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Summary

Hut circle comprising a circle of stones on sloping ground on the eastern slope of Sharp Tor, amidst outlying elements of the Dartmeet reave system. The interior of the hut is not level but there is a possible entrance opening on eastern side and many large stones remain in situ. The diameter is 8.2 metres.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE119
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443204
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/451
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX67SE119

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, 985 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE119 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV347118.

(05/05/1980) At SX 68897294, on an east slope, at the extremity of a field system, is a hut circle of Type 1 (SX 56 SE 19). It is built up on the east side and has a levelled interior which measures 8.3m. from east to west and 7.5m. from north to south. The single stone walling is up to 0.5m. wide and 0.5m. high, with an entrance gap in the north-east (see plan).
The extensive field system around Sharp Tor is made up of rectilinear fields of sizes varying from 7.0m. by 5.0m. to 40.0m. by 30.0m. and is within the parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 94).
Hut surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. and field system delineated on OS 6".

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, SX67SE (Cartographic). SDV345957.

Fields shown but not described.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 121-2 (Monograph). SDV299725.

A barely recognisable hut of 7 metres diameter about 15 metres above the road with little walling remaining. Probably once part of a settlement around the head of Simon's Lake sited within the present fields. Other details: Map 12, Site 3.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

(14/03/2008) Hut circle comprising a circle of stones on sloping ground on the eastern slope of Sharp Tor, amidst outlying elements of the Dartmeet reave system. The interior of the hut is not level but there is a possible entrance opening on eastern side and many large stones remain in situ. The diameter is 8.2 metres.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Outline of a hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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