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Summary

A hut circle occupying an elevated yet protected position within a narrow fold of the hill. It is, therefore sheltered from the N and has a SW aspect. It is levelled 0.6m into the slope and its diameter is 4.6m. The walls are 0.3m high and are constructed of medium to small sized rubble. No entrance is visible, although the gap on the SE may be original.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020090: Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlement 410m west of Cox Tor
• SHINE: Earthworks and remaining stone walls of Bronze Age parallel reaves, field system and hut circles to north-west of Cox Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW93
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439978
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/186
• Old SAM Ref: 22361.01

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV221777.

Osa=sx57nw93. (10/11/1980) At SX 52647625, on the SW facing slope of a small gulley, there is a hut circle of Type 1 (SX 56 SE 19).
The levelled interior, 4.6m. in diameter, has been cut into the slope to a depth of 0.5m. and built up to a height of 0.8m. on the SW. The rubble walling measures 1.5m. wide and 0.3m. high with an entrance gap in the SE. There is an associated field system (see SX 57 NW 96).
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV221779.

Des=ancient monuments/(-/-/2001)/as above. Vis=est -/-/2000 (ancient monuments) (part of) coaxial field system + prehistoric settlement 410m w of cox tor (am).

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP, (No reference) (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Hut circle is drawn but not described at SX 52657627.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(10/07/1991) SX 5262 7625. A hut circle occupying an elevated yet protected position within a narrow fold of the hill. It is, therefore sheltered from the N and has a SW aspect. It is levelled 0.6m into the slope and its diameter is 4.6m. The walls are 0.3m high and are constructed of medium to small sized rubble. No entrance is visible, although the gap on the SE may be original.
It lies within the parallel reave system (SX 57 NW 96). One of these field boundaries approaches the hut from the SW and stops approximately 6m away. It is visible again some 35m to the NE. The hut lies directly on its course, but there is no apparent relationship.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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