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Summary

Hut circle within the incomplete enclosures to the east of Hentor Brook of 5.7 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide and 0.6 metres high

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/146/3
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/501
• Old SAM County Ref: 493
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24230(P)
• Old SAM Ref: 10633
• Old SAM Ref: 10634
• Pastscape: 438708

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• 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.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

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

Hut circle C; one of three within enclosure at Hentor. Walls of small stones covered by turf; diameter 7.5m, 400mm high. No obvious entrance.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140403 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(16/04/1996) SX 5821 6582; possibly Gerrard's hut 'A'. One of 5 forming a partially enclosed settlement. Simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior is 5.7m in diameter and the surrounding 1.8m wide wall stands up to 0.6m high. Doorway survives as a clearly defined gap in the wall and faces south. This hut is site No.102 819b in the National Trust Upper Plym inventory.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 118-121, Map 49, Figure 49.7 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Large hut circle to the north of the enclosure at Settlement 'A' at 'Lower Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 211-12/102.819b (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

(15/01/2002) Centred SX 5824 6582. Two incomplete enclosures containing four hut circles and a rectangular structure. The huts are in generally in a good state of preservation and all are terraced into the moderate north-west facing hillside. Three of the huts lie in the northern enclosure:
SX 5822 6583. A well-defined hut circle measuring 5.7m in internal diameter with walls 1.8m wide and 0.6m high. There is no obvious entrance.

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

Hut shown on survey.

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-23 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(05/02/2020) Condition of this hut assessed as good; some vegetation encroachment is threatening this feature. The site area is lightly grazed with no damage visible.

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

Photographs taken during February 2020 visit.

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

Hut 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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