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Summary

One of a group of hut circles within settlement to the west of Yellowmeade Farm

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019575: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m west of Yellowmeade Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE16
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440068
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/40/2
• Old SAM Ref: 28776

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV273005.

(18/08/1950) Hut 'C'. Condition poor, 6.5 metres diameter, 0.3 metres high, much pillaged for stone and east side destroyed when newtake wall was built, no stones remain above ground on north side. No entrance in remaining part of wall.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV239080.

(22/01/1980) An open settlement of seven Type 2 hut circles in 0.5 hectares of moorland centred at SX 5643 7423. Three 'A', 'B', and 'C' are in fair condition and have internal diameters of 6 metres, 4.6 metres and 5.7 metres respectively, with double walling 1.2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. All have south to south-west entrances.

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 152373 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 11th June 1999. At SX56467422 a stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement 200 metres west of Yellowmeade Farm.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 14-18, Map 44, Figure 44.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Feature shown at Yellowmeade as two curvilinear walls against the field wall with a gap between them to the west which may represent a small enclosure.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019575 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The monument includes an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on a gentle west facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. The settlement includes at least seven stone hut circles, two of which are associated with courtyards. The stone hut circles survive as banks each surrounding a circular internal area of between 2.4 metres and 6.8 metres in diameter. The heights of the surrounding walls vary between 0.3 metres and 0.85 metres. Five of the huts have visible doorways and are composed of orthostatic and rubble bank walls.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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