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Summary

Hut circle with a smaller, later hut inside; part of an unenclosed prehistoric settlement on Walkhampton Common. Main hut has a diameter of 6.9 metres. Double orthostat wall 2.5 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. A second hut lies with the eastern part of the interior measuring 2.6 metres in diameter. It is defined by a rubble bank wall measuring 1.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. Grass and bilberry.

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/48
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/48/1
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/48/2
• 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 A (SX5713 7261). Double walled type, 9.0 metres in diameter. Wall width 2.0 metres, height 0.5 metres. In fairly good condition, composed of turf-covered stones. Entrance to south.

National Monument Record, 1976, SX5772 (Aerial Photograph). SDV271979.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149398 & 152057, 29/1/1999 (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.
Hut circle diameter 6.9 metres. Double orthostat wall 2.5 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. A second hut lying with the eastern part of the interior measures 2.6 metres in diameter and is defined by a rubble bank wall measuring 1.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. Grass and bilberry.

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

Hut circle '1' of 7.6 metres diameter is one of the best preserved huts at 'Walkhampton Common North 3' unenclosed settlement. It is the largest building in the settlement with an internal division in the south-east and an entrance to the south.

GetMapping PLC, 2015, 2015 Colour Aerial Photography (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV359717.

The aerial photography shows the larger hut well, but it is not possible to ascertain the smaller hut within it.

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

Visited 28/01/2019 Grass & moss. Good condition

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

Hut with smaller hut inside shown 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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