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Summary

Hut circle to the south-west of the settlement. One of 20 huts associated with the settlement to the east of Leeden Tor. Interior measures 4.8 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.5 metres wide wall standing up to 0.6 metres high. A 2.8 metres long by 2.5 metres wide and 0.15 metres deep hollow in the immediate vicinity of the doorway suggests this hut was the subject of a partial early excavation. The doorway faces east-north-east. This building lies on the southern edge of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement, and may have originally 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
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/17/3
• Old SAM Ref: 22323
• Pastscape: 440146

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 D (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV272875.

(28/08/1950) One of a group of four hut circles on Leeden Tor. SX 5644 7159 Hut 'D'. Double walled type diameter 6.5 metres, wall width 1.0 metres, height 0.4 metres. Entrance to south-south-east, condition good, many stones still standing on low wall.

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 sout. 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 1946 aerial photograph.

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

Visted in 1992. Stone hut circle situated on east-facing slope of Leeden Tor. Terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 4.8 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.5 metres wide wall standing up to 0.6 metres high. A 2.8 metres long by 2.5 metres wide and 0.15 metres deep hollow in the immediate vicinity of the doorway suggests this hut was the subject of a partial early excavation. The doorway faces east-north-east. This building lies on the southern edge of an enclosed stone hut circle settlement, and may have originally been enclosed itself.

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

One of two hut circles shown to the south-west of the main settlement at Leeden Tor East with an entrance to the south-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. 50% gorse 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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