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Summary

Hut circle 'B' in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement of 3.9 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by up to 0.6 metres high. Interior occupied by clearance material. Historic maps and Butler show an adjoining pair of hut circles at this location

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010650: Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles and later farmstead at Whittenknowles Rocks

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 49
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/16/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 571
• Old SAM Ref: 10710
• Pastscape: 438638

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Pair of adjoining hut circles shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE49, Hut B (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV216718.

(30/05/1950) Hut B (SX 5846 6701) Two hut circles joined together as shown on the Ordnance Survey mapping. Diameter 5.5m, walling of large stones height 0.4m. No obvious entrance.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 126-7, Map 49, Figure 49.11 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Pair of adjoining hut circles at Whittenknowles Rocks enclosure on the west side of a group of eight unattached huts in the south-west part of the enclosure.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(03/08/1999) Whittenknowles Rocks. One of 29 confirmed hut circles within an area of dense clitter on a south-facing hillside some 600m north of Ditsworthy Warren House.
SX 58469 67019 Internal diameter measures 3.9m, with walls 1.8m wide (up to 0.6m high). Interior occupied by clearance material.
On the southern side of the hut (at SX 58468 67014) is a rubble filled hollow. This is attached to hut circle and was previously identified as an adjoining hut.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(10/03/2005) Unchanged from 1999 visit.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

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

Group of three hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1010650 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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