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Summary

Hut circle of 6.1 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by 0.4 metres high in northern corner of the settlement to the south-east of Roos Tor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007547: Stone hut circle 660m east of Roos Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW51
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439872
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/27
• Old SAM County Ref: 598
• Old SAM Ref: 20377

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) 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 Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57NW51 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV226718.

Visited on 11th July 1950. Hut circle, only a few stones remain, no visible entrance. Diameter 7 metres.

Royal Air Force, 1964, 58/6399, 0042-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDV225273.

National Monument Record, 1979, SF1510, 555 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224088.

Photograph taken on 26th April 1979.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Recorded on aerial photograph.

Robinson, R, 1985, Hut south-east of Roos Tor (Personal Comment). SDV226720.

There is only one hut circle here although the am7 describes two.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(09/12/1987) SX54987646 A hut circle on a gentle slope 25m E of the Grimstone and Sortridge Leat, close to the foot of Roos Tor.
It is in fair condition, with an internal diameter of 5.8m. The walls are 1m to 1.7m wide and 0.3m high, composed of medium and large moorstone blocks now arranged haphazardly. On the E side is a concentration of small stones, perhaps the remnant of infill between an original double-faced wall construction.
A break in the circuit on the SE, 1.9m wide, may be the site of an entrance. The interior is level and largely stone-free and is terraced into the slope by cutting in 0.4m on the E and embanking 0.35m on the W. The area around is substantially cleared of stone.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 87, Map 31, Site 8 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle of 6.3 metres diameter just downhill from the leat at Roos Tor south-east settlement.

Newman, P., 2003, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs (Report - Survey). SDV255420.

Re-surveyed using GPS September 2003.

Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.

(02/08/2004) Condition is stable.

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.

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 03/09/2021 (Website). SDV364039.

Full description(s) ?
(SX54987646) Hut Circle (NR) (1)
Hut Circle correct as shown on OS 6". Diameter 7 metres. Only a few stones remain. No visible entrance. (2)
Not visible on air photographs. (3)
At SX 54987646 on the lower cast-facing slopes of Roos Tor is a hut circle. It has an internal diameter of 6.3m with walling 1.2m. thick. No entrance is visible. It is in poor condition and of indeterminate type.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on P.F.D. (4)
SX 540770. Hut circles (sic) 3/4 mile (1205m) N of Merrivale Bridge, scheduled.
(The grid reference quoted by Authority 5 is inaccurate. By examination of Authority 6 and OS 1:10000 1982, the site can be located at SX 54987646. Only one hut circle shown by Authority 6). (5-6)
(SX54987646) Hut Circle (NR) (7)
Sources ?
Ref Title (& comments) Year SoR Pages Volume Notes
1 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Default value used to record large numbers of archive items which are not separately catalogued. See Monument Recording Guidelines for details of use. OS 6" 1907
2 Field Investigators Comments F1 JHO 11-JUL-1950
3 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION RAF F64 58/6399 0042-3 July 1964
4 Field Investigators Comments F2 JGB 17-OCT-1978
5 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION DOE(IAM) Anc Mons Eng 2 1978 49
6 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION DOE(IAM) Record Map
7 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION OS 1:10000 1982

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

'Hut Circle' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007547 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes a stone hut circle situated on a gentle east-facing slope overlooking the valley of the river Walkham. The building lies on the hillslope and the wall is faced with orthostats. The interior of the structure measures 6.1 metres in diameter and has 1.5 metres wide walls standing up to 0.4 metres high. The hut lies in close proximity to a substantial Bronze Age field boundary known as The Great Western Reave and on the periphery of a contemporary fragmentary field system.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV7275 - Survey of the Langstone Moor stone circle and other prehistoric monuments nearby
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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