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Summary

Western of two hut circles south-west of Shavercombe Tor of 5.0 metres by 4.9 metres with walls 1.7 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. A possible entrance lies in the south-west

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE98
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438779
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/57
• Old SAM County Ref: 496
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24230(P)
• Old SAM Ref: 10683

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX56NE98 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV149115.

(14/03/1979) These features are situated on a slight north slope at 357m OD within a group of unenclosed huts. Both comprise a rim of turfed stone about 1.2m wide and externally 0.6m high encompassing a fairly level stony interior composed of smaller stones than normal for a Dartmoor cairn. The western feature measures 7.5m by 6.5m overall and the other is 8.5m in diameter.
Although there is a resemblance to robbed cairns it is more likely that these are huts which have been utilised as bases for field clearance (SX 56 NE 125). The additional stone has also obscured the entrances though in some others of the group (See SX 56 NE 97) entrances are not clear either.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX56NE99, SX56NE99 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV148947.

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

Not visible 1946 Royal Air Force vertical aerial photographs.

Ancient Monuments, 1990, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV149065.

(1990) Both of 9m diameter with walls 2m thick, 0.6m high.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140468, 03/05/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5934 6610 and SX 5932 6610). Two of 3 huts forming part of a partially enclosed settlement. Simple plan, rubble bank and earthwork walling type.
This western hut survives as a 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high circular bank surrounding a 4.4 metres diam internal area. A south-facing gap in the surrounding wall may represent an original doorway. This hut is site no.102950 in the National Trust Upper Plym inventory.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 123-4; Map 49, Figure 49.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Western of two hut circles to the north of Enclosure 'C' at 'Shavercombe Tor enclosures'.

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Two hut circles depicted and described by Robertson and Butler.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. Management Strategies and Archaeological Site Inventory, 260/102.950 + 951 (Report - Survey). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(15/01/2002) SX 5932 6611 and SX 5933 6611. Two hut circles west of Shavercombe Tor.
SX 5932 6611. A hut circle measuring 5.0m north to south by 4.9m internally with walls 1.7m wide and 0.6m high. A possible entrance lies in the south-west.
SX 5933 6611. A D-shaped hut circle with an entrance in the south. Measuring 5.1m north to south by 4.7m internally it possesses walls 1.4m wide and 0.3m high.
Both huts have been terraced into the gently sloping hillside to provide level interiors and both now serve as repositories for cleared surface stone.
Four cairns and a number of military earthworks lie to the north and west of these features.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-36 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(24/03/2020) Condition of huts assessed as very good. Western hut circle – site description from HER is accurate however entrance is believed to be south not south-west. Eastern hut entrance believed to be on west side not south. Site little visited and area is lightly grazed, no damage evident. Site is stable.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographed during March 2020 visit.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Vis=-/10/1961 (ancient monuments) village settlement on shavercombe tor.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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