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HER Number:MDV28597
Name:Alleged hut circles south of Crow Tor

Summary

Two or three hut circles were alleged at this location from air photos. Field investigation could reveal no trace of them.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 605 785
Map Sheet:SX67NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67NW113
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 442819
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/240
  • Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX67NW113

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1509, 427/358 (Aerial Photograph). SDV262885.

SX60417858 Two or three possible hut circles are visible on the air photograph.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX67NW113 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV235503.

(30/10/1979) No hut circles could be found; the boulders visible formed only natural configurations.

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

(07/09/1994) As described by the Ordnance Survey in 1979.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation, 8, Table 3 (Report - Survey). SDV361635.

442819: The site of two alleged hut circles. No ground evidence (included in list of sites previously recorded but not recorded in this survey either because not located, natural features, non-antiquities or duplicates).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV235503Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX67NW113. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV262885Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1509. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 427/358.
SDV350839Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. P. Pattison.
SDV361635Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. 8, Table 3. [Mapped feature: #15817 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
  • EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
  • EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
  • EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

Date Last Edited:Feb 16 2022 11:38AM