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Summary

One of a group of 13 hut circles associated with two enclosures, south of Leeden Tor. This is one of four hut circles which lie to the west of the enclosures and are arranged in a row aligned south-west by north-east. Internal diameter 7.4 metres. Coursed wall 2.4 metres wide, 1.0 metre high. Doorway to south. Small pit against the west wall may have been caused by robbing, but probably is result of re-use as military mortar emplacement.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008669: Four stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement 580m south of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/5/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 828
• Old SAM Ref: 22266

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 H (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 (no grid reference recorded for this hut, but it appears most likely to refer to this feature) Hut H. Double wall, diameter 9.0 metres, wall width 2.0 metres, height 0.7 metres, entrance to south-east. Condition very good interior very uneven and covered with turf and heather.

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

This is one of four hut circles visible on the 1976 National Monuments Record aerial photographs which are apparently laid out in a row (citing NMR, SX5671/1 (8/4/1976)).

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

Hut circle shown on data.

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

Visited 23/4/1992 (SX56117107) Internal diameter 7.4 metres. Coursed wall 2.4 metres wide, 1.0 metre high. Doorway to south. Small pit against the west wall may have been caused by robbing, but probably is result of re-use as military mortar emplacement.

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

Hut circle '7' of 6.9 metres diameter is the largest in a row of four hut circles to the west of Settlement 'A' at Leeden Tor South with an entrance to the south-east.

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

Visited 09/04/2019. Gorse on walls Condition good Photo taken

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

Visited 09/04/2019. Photo taken

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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