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Summary

Hut circle 'L' in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement of 3.8 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by up to 0.6 metres high. It is the western of two joined huts

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE49
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/16/8
• 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.

Western of two adjoining hut circles shown on 19th century map.

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

(30/05/1950) Hut L (?SX 5857 6709) Two hut circles joined together as shown on the Ordnance Survey 6inch historic map. Diameter 6.0m. Walling is in good condition and is composed of very large stones, reaching a height of ?2.7m. Entrance to south-west.

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

Western of a row of three small hut circles shown at Whittenknowles Rocks 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 58508 67051 Internal diameter measures 3.8m, with walls 1.3m wide (up to 0.6m high).

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

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.

Noted on the GIS survey layer.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-DZ 23 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 05/02/2020. Overall condition good. Photo x2 taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UP-DZ 23 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo 1: View looking 290° showing grass/moss and bracken cover on S part of enclosure wall. Photo 2: View looking 230° showing bracken (foreground) and reeds (background) in W part of enclosure.

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

Hut circle 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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