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| HER Number: | MDV28548 |
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| Name: | Probable hut circle north-west of New Park, Meavy |
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Summary
A levelled earthen platform 8.2 metres in diameter. On the platform is an inner concentric bank 6.5 metres in diameter and 0.1 metre high with an outer groove which may indicate the position of former walling. This bank is broken on the east which suggests an entrance. The feature has been suggested as a possible threshing floor or a stripped out hut circle.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 552 661 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of a field system on Lynch Common thought to be medieval or post-medieval in date, as well as Bronze Age hut circle and enclosure remains
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE187
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439027
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/491
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- (Former Type) THRESHING FLOOR (Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Haynes, R. G., 1978, Typescript notes and plans (Un-published). SDV285917.
SX 55246610 Threshing floor.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX56NE187, plan (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV221159.
(16/09/1980) On a south-west slope of Lynch Common at 234m. OD is a levelled
earthen platform 8.2m. in diameter. As a threshing floor it is exceedingly small and lacks a stone base though this may be attributed to robbing for road metalling. On the platform is an inner concentric bank 6.5m. in diameter and 0.1m. high with an outer groove which may indicate the position of former walling. This bank is broken on the east which suggests an entrance. Together it would seem more probable that the platform is a stripped out hut circle rather than a threshing floor.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not recorded in project.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
(2002) Probably a badly robbed hut. Considered under the Monument Protection Programme but not recommended for scheduling
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV221159 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1980. SX56NE187. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. plan. |
| SDV285917 | Un-published: Haynes, R. G.. 1978. Typescript notes and plans. Unknown. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV25063 | Related to: Ridge and furrow on Lynch Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 20 2023 2:10PM |
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