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Summary

One of a group of over 15 hut circles within prehistoric settlement 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.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE43
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/6/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 828
• Old SAM Ref: 22266
• Pastscape: 440151

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.

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 (SX56087104) Internal diameter 7.3 metres. Double orthostatic wall 1.8 metres wide, 1.8 metres high. South-facing doorway edged with stone slabs.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 36-37, Map 45, Figure 45.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '9' is the southern in a line of four free standing huts with diameters between 4.5 metres and 6.9 metres to the south-west of Settlement 'B' at Leeden Tor South with an entrance to the south-east.

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

Visited 09/04/2019. 30% gorse on walls. Obvious human / livestock tracks through door way Condition OK Photos X 2 taken

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

Visited 09/04/2019 Photos X 2 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.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 440151, SX57SE43 (Website). SDV363416.

Site visited on 24th August 1950. One of a group of hut circles and enclosure, south of Leeden Tor. At SX 5608 7104 Hut 'J'. Double walled type diameter 8.5 metres, wall width 1.5 metres, height 0.6 metres. Entrance to south. Much overgrown. Condition good. Interior uneven.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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