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Summary

Hut circle 7.0 metres in diameter, with internal subdivision. Single orthostat and earthwork wall 0.7 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. The partition leading through the centre of this hut survives as a line of stones set on edge standing up to 0.2 metres high. Grass and gorse cover. Lies directly under electricity supply wires leading to Princetown.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018927: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Walkhampton Common, 1000m north east of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/46/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 937
• Old SAM Ref: 28729

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Group of seven 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

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

Hut F (SX5710 7246). Double walled type, 8.5 metres in diameters, wall width 1.5 metres, height 0.5 metres. Large and composed of large partly turf-covered rocks. The north-east quadrant of the wall has been destroyed. Condition fairly good. Entrance on southern side.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152055, 19/1/1998 (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 7 metres. Single orthostat and earthwork wall 0.7 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. The partition leading through the centre of this hut survives as a line of stones set on edge standing up to 0.2 metres high. Grass and gorse cover. Lies directly under electricity supply wires leading to Princetown.

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

Hut circle '3' of 5.5 metresby 4.5 metres at 'Walkhampton Common North 3' unenclosed settlement. The oval shape of the hut is probably the result of the upper walls collapsing down the slope.

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 28/1/2019 No electricity wires any longer 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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