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Summary

Hut circle 'N' in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement of 6.0 metres diameter with wall 0.6 metres high of large stones; entrance to south-west. This feature was not recorded in the surveys in 1999 and 2018 but is shown on historic maps

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/16/10
• Old SAM County Ref: 571
• Old SAM Ref: 10710
• Pastscape

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.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Hut circle shown on early 20th century map.

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

(30/05/1950) Hut N (SX 5854 6702) Diameter 6.0m, height 0.6m. Walling of large stones; 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.

Not shown at Whittenknowles Rocks enclosure.

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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