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Summary

Hut circle in settlement to the south of the road to the south-west of Devil's Bridge

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011253: An enclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m south-west of Devil's Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/12/4
• Old SAM County Ref: 829
• Old SAM Ref: 22273

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1964, F62/58/6399, 40-42 (Aerial Photograph). SDV272301.

Photograph taken on 2nd July 1964.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE28, SX57SE28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV220805.

Site visited on 25th August 1950. One of a group of four hut circles south-west of Devil's Bridge. Hut 'A' a large hut circle of double walled type, 11.5 metres diameter, wall height 0.7 metres, width 1.3 metres, condition good, entrance at south.

Robinson, R., 1984, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1984 (Un-published). SDV343082.

Visited on 30th May 1984.

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

Not visible on 1945 aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130693 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 8th October 1992. Hut circle attached to an enclosure. Terraced into the hillslope and is of the conjoined plan and orthostat walling type. Interior of north-west room measures 5.7 metres in diameter and is defined around the northern arc by a 1.4 metres wide single orthostat wall standing up to 0.6 metres high. The arc of this structure is no longer visible at ground level and survives as a buried feature. The south-east room is defined by a 1.9 metres wide and 0.8 metres high double orthostat wall surrounding a 9.5 metres diameter internal area. The ground surface within the interior of this room is uneven and this may suggest partial early excavation. A gap in the south wall represents the site of a doorway.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 22, Map 44, Figure 44.6 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle '1' within settlement to the south-west of Devil's Bridge of circa 9.0 metres diameter with a curving section of wall to the north-west.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Adjoining hut circles visible on aerial photograph.

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

Visited 09 July 2019 SX57806 72686 Internal diameter 9.5 metres. Slight evidence of livestock. 90% internal inundation of reeds. Condition OK. Photo taken

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

Visited 09 July 2019. Photo taken from south west looking towards the north east

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

Adjoining hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011253 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Site visited on 23rd September 1970. A group of hut circles to the south of the B3212. Four of the hut circles are well preserved, three being 6.40 metres in diameter, and one being 7.32 metres in diameter. There are also the remains of two badly robbed hut circles.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7517 - Survey of Hart Tor tin works
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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