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| HER Number: | MDV28610 |
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| Name: | Hut circle 190 metres east-north-east of Gidleigh Circle, Gidleigh |
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Summary
Single walled hut circle of 4.9 metres diameter with walls 1.1 metres wide by 0.6 metres high. There may have been others in the vicinity but the area has been largely stripped of surface stone in modern times.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 656 874 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/171
- Old SAM Ref: 28713
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, SX68NE38 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV227628.
(23/7/1974) SX 65668742. A single walled hut circle with orthostats up to 0.6m high but no discernible entrance. There may have been others in the vicinity but the area has been largely stripped of surface stone in modern times.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not recorded in project.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149159 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(05/02/1998) Hut circle 210m ENE of Scorhill stone circle. Diameter 4.9m. Internal area 18.84m. Single orthostat wall 1.1m wide, 0.6m high. Grass and gorse. Scorhill stone circle is just visible.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 190. Map 38, Site 1 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Solitary hut circle of circa 6 metres diameter below the summit of Scorhill Down.
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
Hut circle shown on modern mapping.
Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1018914 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.
The monument includes a stone hut circle lying on a gentle south west facing slope overlooking the valley of the River North Teign. The stone hut circle survives as a 4.9 metres diameter circular internal area surrounded by a 1.1 metres wide and 0.6 metres high single orthostatic wall.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 190. Map 38, Site 1. |
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| SDV227628 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1974. SX68NE38. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 149159. |
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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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| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV365228 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2023. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1018914. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6122 | Related to: Stone circle on Scorhill Down, Gidleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 7 2023 4:01PM |
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