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Summary

Hut circle positioned to the north-east of the incomplete Enclosure 'C' (Butler) north-west of Dry Lake gulley, Harford Moor.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Group of Bronze Age hut circle settlements west of Quickbeam Hill, adjacent to the River Erme, consisting of three sets of enclosures, two conjoined, with over ten associated hut circles

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/47/2
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

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 Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW9 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV165657.

Hut B. One of two hut circles. Diameter measures 9.5 meters. Of similar construction to hut A (PRN 4293), with turf-covered stones.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 55, Map 54, Figure 54.14 (Monograph). SDV337765.

This hut circle is the smallest of the free-standing buildings to the north-east of Enclosure C and seems to have lost part of its wall to the south. It measures 6.5 meters in diameter.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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

Feature visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.

Hut circle surveyed.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

A hut circle which is part of a settlement containing nine hut circles and three enclosures. The hut, although large survives only as a doughnut-shape earthwork with two narrow breaches and may have been robbed. Very little stone is exposed. The overall spread of the hut circle is 13 metres and the banks are up to 4.4 metres wide and 0.8 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

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