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Summary

Larger hut in unenclosed settlement. Diameter 6.0 metres. Double orthostat wall 2.5 metres wide, 0.7 metres high.

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/47
• 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 B (SX5713 7252). Double walled type, diameter 7.0 metres. Width of wall 2.0 metres, height 0.5 metres. Composed of turf-covered stones. Condition good. Entrance on south side.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152053, 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 6.0 metres. Double orthostat wall 2.5 metres wide, 0.7 metres high.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 22-3, Map 44, Figure 44.5 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle '2' of 5.5 metres diameter is one of the best preserved huts at 'Walkhampton Common North 3' unenclosed settlement.

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 28/01/2019 Good condition

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

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1018927 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The monument, which falls into three areas of protection, includes an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on a gentle west facing slope overlooking the Yes Tor Brook. The settlement includes at least nine stone hut circles which survive as circular or oval banks each surrounding an internal area which varies from 5.3 square metres to 38.5 square metres. The height of the surrounding walls varies between 0.3 metres and 0.9 metres. Three of the huts have visible doorways, one contains a partition and they are all of orthostatic or rubble bank construction.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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