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Summary

Hut circle in settlement north-west of Hentor Meadow. One of a group of at least five huts to the east and south-east of the enclosure. Hut with annex on the southern side. Hut of 5.8 metres by 6.2 metres with walls 1.2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. Adjoining the south wall is a small, sub-rectangular annexe open to the west.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 79
• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 79
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/147/4
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/504/7
• Old SAM County Ref: 493
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24230(P)
• Old SAM Ref: 10642
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438726
• Pastscape: 438726

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE79 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV164267.

(02/05/1950) Hut D; probably double walled type, but due to the ruinous condition, it is difficult to say. Probable entrance to south. Diameter 7.0m, wall height 0.5m.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140388 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(16/4/1995) Huts A and B. Two of the six huts recorded by Gerrard lying in a tight cluster between enclosure and Willings Walls reave.
Conjoined plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior is 6m in diameter and the surrounding 2m wide wall stands up to 0.6m high. Hut B is attached to the southern part of this building.
Hut B. Conjoined plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior is oval, 4.5m by 4m and is defined by a 2m wide wall standing up to 0.7m high.
This hut is site No. 102 828 in the National Trust inventory (1994).

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

Hut circle, the western of a group of three to the east of the enclosure in Settlement 'C' at 'Lower Hentor Brook' with a small annexe on the south side.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 215-6, 102.824 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Gerrard, S., 1995, SAM 24230 (Plan - sketch). SDV164276.

Hut A is shown to the north-west; B to south-east on Gerrard's plan.

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

(16/01/2002) The remaining huts in the settlement lie to the east and south-east of the enclosure.
SX 5852 6578. A hut circle with internal measurements of 5.8m north-south by 6.2m and walls 1.2m wide and 0.4m high. Adjoining the south wall is a small, sub-rectangular annex open to the west.

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

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.

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

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

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