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Summary

Hut circle on the south-west side of the settlement. One of 20 huts associated with the settlement to the east of Leeden Tor. Internal diameter measures 4.3m. Wall 2m wide, 0.6m high. Doorway to south-south-west. Lies on southern edge of enclosed settlement and may originally have been enclosed.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011168: Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m east of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE42
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440146
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/17/2
• Old SAM Ref: 22285
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57SE42

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE42, Hut C (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV272875.

(28/08/1950) One of a group of four hut circles on Leeden Tor. SX 5642 7160 Hut 'C'. Much despoiled diameter 7.0 metres, wall height 0.3 metres, was apparently double walled, but now much spread. Entrance at south-south-west, condition fair, much overgrown with turf.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE42 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV231363.

(17/07/1980) Centred at SX 56457164 on the southeast slope of Leeden Tor, at about 370 metres OD., is a settlement, spread over 1.8 hectares. More than half of the area is covered with erosion runnels and surface clitter, which thins towards the east and south. A total of twenty huts are identifiable.

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

Not visible on RAF 1946 photos.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130790 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) Hut circle terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and coursed wall. Internal diameter measures 4.3m. Wall 2m wide, 0.6m high. Doorway to south-south-west. Lies on southern edge of enclosed settlement and may originally have been enclosed.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 38, Map 45, Figure 45.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle shown to the south-west of the main settlement at Leeden Tor East

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Visited 20/04/2019. Internal dimension 5m. 75% gorse; molinia. Condition poor Photo taken

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

Visited 20/04/2019. Photo taken

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011168 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes four enclosures, 16 stone hut circles and a number of rubble walls arranged within an enclosing boundary and forming an enclosed stone hut circle settlement, situated on a gentle east-facing slope of Leeden Tor overlooking the valley of the River Meavy.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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