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Summary

Hut Circle (10) within Drizzlecombe Prehistoric Enclosure (C)

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

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/137/4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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.

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.

National Monument Record, 2018, Pastscape, 438761, SX56NE91 (Website). SDV360651.

The remains of two hut circles lie within the enclosure. The northern hut circle is 2.0 metres by 2.3 metres in internal diameter with a poor stony wall 0.4 metres high. The position of the entrance is not discernible.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor

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