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Summary

Hut to the west of the dry leat in an unenclosed settlement on Walkhampton Common. Diameter 3.6 metres by 3.0 metres. Single orthostat wall 0.9 metres wide, orientated at 95 degrees. Grass, bilberry and gorse.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018927: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Walkhampton Common, 1000m north east of Leeden Tor
• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains on Walkhampton Common including 19th century Swelltor and Foggintor Quarries, a section of the early 19th century Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway, later converted to railway, also streamworks along the Yes Tor Brook

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/45/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28729
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX57SE29, 24/8/1950 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV216331.

Hut H (SX5711 7250). Double walled type. Small, diameter 5.0 metres, width of wall 1.25 metres, height 0.3 metres. Composed of turf-covered stones. Condition fair. Entrance on south-east side.
(Unclear if this is Hut H as the grid reference doesn't match, although the other locations given for these huts are all slightly inaccurate. This source data has been included on this record and it appears to match fairly closely the later description given by Gerrard. Richards, A. F., 04/01/2019).

Royal Air Force, 1964, 58/6399, 042-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV225273.

National Monument Record, 1976, SX5772 (Aerial Photograph). SDV271979.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149399, 19/8/1998 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed prehistoric settlement on Walkhampton Common lying 1050 metres south-west of Devil's Bridge.
Diameter 3.6 metres by 3.0 metres. Single orthostat wall 0.9 metres wide, orientated at 95 degrees. Grass, bilberry and gorse.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 22, Map 44, Figure 44.5 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Small hut circle to the west of the dry leat at 'Walkhampton Common North 3' unenclosed settlement.

GetMapping PLC, 2015, 2015 Colour Aerial Photography (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV359717.

Visible on the aerial photography.

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

Thick gorse on banks but in good condition

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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