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Summary

Remains of a hut circle situated just above the head springs of the Lud Brook. Entrance to the south-east. Small stones remain but no standing stones. The site is grass covered, and the ground is now almost up to the top level of the walls inside the hut. This may be a medieval or post medieval tinner's hut

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of a pair of prehistoric hut circles on Beacon Plain

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX65NE9
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441126
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/19
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/19/1
• Pastscape: 441126

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• (Alternate Type) TINNERS HUT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1216-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Faint circular crop-mark visible. Possibly hut circle

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX65NE9 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV176033.

(28/03/1950) Two fragmentary hut circles situated in a bog near Main Head.

Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.

Two Hut Circles on Beacon Plain at SX 66085927 and SX 66095923.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX65NE9 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV176064.

(31/01/1978) Beacon Plain, elevation 335 metres OD. Remains of a hut circle situated just above the head springs of the Lud Brook. Entrance to the south-east. Small stones remain but no standing stones. The site is grass covered, and the ground is now almost up to the top level of the walls inside the hut.

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

One hut circle visible at SX66105923 on 1946 aerial photograph.

Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 17 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.

The remains of two small buildings within the Lud Brook streamworks are huts for tinworkers rather than prehistoric hut circles.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping.

Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.

Visited on 21st January 2021, Surveyed and photographed. Possible building in Lud Brook streamworks: remains of building 3 metres north to south, 3.5 metres east to west defined by tumbled stone bank, 0.6 metres wide, 0.5 metres high, may be a tinner's hut.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough

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