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Summary

Northern of two hut circles within the western section of the settlement on Shovel Down of 7.5 metres by 7.0 metres with walls 1.6 metres wide by 0.5 metres high and an entrance to the south-east

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE13
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443515
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/173
• Old SAM Ref: 28663

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Agricultural Development Advisory Service, ADAS record sheet (Report - Survey). SDV227573.

(Visited 13/2/1995) Stable condition.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, SX68NE13 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV227572.

(17/07/1974) At SX 6548 8579 is a single-walled hut circle 7.0 metres internal diameter and 0.5 metres high with an entrance to the south-east.
At SX 6549 8574 is a double-walled hut circle 6.0 metres internal diameter and 0.6 metres high with an entrance to the east. Both may have become isolated by stone stripping and only a few rickles of field walls survive in the vicinity. Surveyed at 1:2500.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Hut circle located at SX 6549 8574 is shown on the map overlay (having been identified from an aerial photograph during the project), but is not described.

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

(16/08/1991) Centred at SX 6549 8576. Two hut circles (see also MDV54504) and several field boundaries lie in an area of former peat cutting above the west flank of Shovel Down. Both huts are slightly ovoid and only one possesses a discernible entrance.
Two distinct types of field walls are visible in the immediate area of the two huts. The most obvious are the long straight reaves of the Shovel Down reave system. The others are of a more haphazard nature and adjoin the reaves. As with the settlement it seems likely that the latter represent a period of less regulated enclosure pre-dating the reaves expanded to conform with the later system. There is no evidence to indicate which phase the hut circles belong.
See Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments in England survey 'Shovel Down' at 1:2500 scale. A further table of information on the hut circles is held in the NRHE archive.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143964, (-/-/1997) (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 6549 8578) Hut circle forming part of small settlement. Hut measures 7.5 metres by 7.0 metres. Wall 1.6 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. Internal area 52.5 square metres. Single wall. Door to south-east, flanked on north-east side with stones. Building oriented east-west. Short length of rubble walling 1.5 metres wide, 0.4 metres high leads from the north-east side of the door and curves to create an open sided courtyard 6.0 metres by 5.0 metres.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 175-176, Map 36, Figure 36.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Northern of two hut circles of 7.0 metres diameter within a rectangular field in area 'C' at 'Shovel Down central enclosures' with a short curving wall to the south.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Hut is visible on the aerial photograph at the location given by the 1991 survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017874 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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