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Summary

Hut in field south-east of Hentor Farm at the north-west end of a low rubble bank. Hut of 5.5 metres diameter with walls 1.0 metres wide wall by 0.4 metres high

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 78
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/164
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438723

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, SX56NE78, Hut U (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV163730.

(02/06/1950) SX 5906 6551 Hut U. Walling of usual type - turf covered stones. Diameter 5.0 metres, wall 0.4 metres high. No obvious entrance.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Hut is not visible on the 1946 Royal Air Force vertical aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140436, 18/05/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5905 6551). Hut circle situated at the north-west end of a low rubble bank. Within the historic field system associated with Hentor Farm.
Simple plan and single orthostat walling type. Interior is 5.5m in diameter and is defined by a 1m wide wall standing up to 0.4m high, except on the north-west side where a slight terrace survives. This length of walling was probably robbed for building material.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 122-3, Map 49, Figure 49.8. (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle in field to the south-east of Hentor House with a small annexe on the west side.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 243/ 102.913 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

(22/03/2002) SX 5906 6552. 4.6m in diameter with walls 1.0m wide and 0.4m high. Some internal facing stones are visible.

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-26 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(06/02/2020) Condition of hut assessed as moderate; vegetation encroachment is threatening this feature. Site is covered in bracken with majority of stones covered in moss and grass most visible stone on the south-east quadrant (photo 1).

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

Photographs taken during February 2020 visit.

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

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

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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