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Summary

Large hut outside circular enclosure south of Leeden Tor. Internal diameter 10.0 metres. Coursed wall 2.3 metres wide, 0.9 metres high. South-south-west facing doorway faced with slabs on both sides. Attached to eastern end of a boundary wall leading from the nearby enclosure (MDV3711).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008661: Eight stone hut circles and two enclosures forming part of an unenclosed settlement 580m south of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/3/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 828
• Old SAM Ref: 22263

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

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, SX57SE43, Hut B (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV272991.

One of a group of 13 hut circles and an enclosure, south of Leeden Tor.
Visited 24/8/1950 (SX 5623 71-0) Hut B. Diameter measures 12.0 metres, wall width 2.0 metres, height 0.7 metres. Double walled type. Entrance to south is very clear, being composed of two large boulders with smaller stones set in between. Condition very good. Interior floor uneven and whole feature much overgrown.

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

Hut circle shown on data with a wall extending west to the enclosure.

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

Visited 23/4/1992 (SX 5623 7110) Internal diameter 10.0 metres. Coursed wall 2.3 metres wide, 0.9 metres high. South-south-west facing doorway faced with slabs on both sides. Attached to eastern end of a boundary wall leading from the nearby enclosure (MDV3711).

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 36-7, Map 45, Figure 45.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle '4' of 9.0 metres diameter on the perimeter of a secondary enclosure attached to the outside of the main enclosure within Settlement 'B' at Leeden Tor South with an entrance to the south-east.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 10/04/2019. There is a "dip" / trench 5m X 2m ( not recent) on the west side Overall condition is good Photos X 2 taken

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

Visited 10/04/2019. Photos X 2 taken one showing the "dip" / trench

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Depicted on the modern mapping, which matches the 2015 aerial photography for this area quite well, so is assumed to be fairly accurate.

Historic England, 2019, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV362730.

See designation record for detail.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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