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| HER Number: | MDV43437 |
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| Name: | Hut circle settlement with two hut circles south-west of Penn Beacon, Cornwood |
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Summary
Small sub-rectangular enclosure with two hut circles to the south-west of Penn Beacon
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 597 628 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Cornwood |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CORNWOOD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/312
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Enclosure plotted but no further reference.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 176-7, Map 52, Figure 52.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Small sub-rectangular enclosure at 'Penn Beacon South-west' to the north of the larger oval enclosure with slighter built walls with some sections missing altogether, perhaps buried. The pair of huts on the south side both of 4.0 metres diameter each have a pillar at the south-west entrance.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on aerial photogarph.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
A bank defined hut circle settlement was transcribed in this location by a pre-NMP aerial survey but no evidence for such a site was identified by subsequent aerial survey on any of the available aerial photographic or lidar derived sources.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 176-7, Map 52, Figure 52.2. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV131185 | Parent of: Hut circle within settlement south-west of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV131186 | Parent of: Hut circle within settlement south-west of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV2401 | Related to: Enclosure south-west of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV2403 | Related to: Enclosure with two hut circles south of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 27 2021 11:58AM |
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