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Summary

Hut circle within enclosure east of Hentor Brook later described as a natural collection of ground stone

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 73
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/146/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 493
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24230(P)
• Old SAM Ref: 10634
• Pastscape: 438708

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE (Constructed, Unknown date)
• (Alternate Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

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

Northern of two 'Hut Circles' shown within enclosure on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE73, Hut B (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV152018.

Hut circle B; one of three within enclosure on Hentor. Diameter 5.5m, wall 0.3m high. Entrance to south-east.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140391 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(16/04/1995) Possibly the second of two huts identified by Gerrard within the enclosure. Measures 4.5m internally and is defined by a 1.5m wide and 0.7m high single orthostatic wall. The doorway faces south and is lined on both sides with granite slabs.
This structure is described as site No.102 817D in the National Trust Upper Plym Valley inventory.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 118-21; Map 49, Figure 49.7 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Northern of two hut circles of 5.0 metres diameter with an opening to the south shown within the enclosure at Settlement 'A' at 'Lower Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 209-10, 102.817d (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

(15/01/2002) The southern enclosure contains a single hut at SX 5823 6580.
A further hut has previously been recorded at SX 5824 6579, also in the southern enclosure. This is represented by three earthfast boulders in a roughly circular arrangement with a diameter of 5m.

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

Outline of a circular feature shown on survey.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

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

One hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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