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Summary

One of two huts within enclosure bisected by two tinners leats. The remains of this hut measure 2.8m to 3.6m in internal diameter with a ragged stony bank 0.7m high. The entrance may be located in the south side.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014145: Three stone alignments, 15 cairns, a cist, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and a small clapper bridge at Drizzle Combe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 91
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/137/4
• Pastscape: 438761

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950-1977, SX56NE91, hut (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV231285.

(19/05/1950) Hut D; (diameter 7m). One of four hut circles with enclosure. Wall (width 2m, height 0.5m) of turf covered stones, with entrance to south; in good condition.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 128,Figure 49.13, Map 49 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle (10) within Drizzlecombe Prehistoric Enclosure (C) may be converted from an earlier cairn.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.

Hut circle visible on Lidar data.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

(01/08/1999) One of two huts within enclosure bisected by two tinners leats. The remains of this hut lie at SX 5939 6709. It measures 2.8m to 3.6m in internal diameter with a ragged stony bank 0.7m high. The entrance may be located in the south side.

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

Feature visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-DZ 25 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 08/02/2020. Overall condition moderate very good. Photo x2 taken.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UP-DZ 25 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo 1: View looking 170° showing grass/moss and bracken cover. Photo 2: View looking 250° showing area of burning on N side of central depression.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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