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Summary

Hut Circle '8' the southern of three hut circles to the south of Enclosure 'B' (Butler) at Corringdon Ball

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010466: The southern of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball
• SHINE: Earthworks and surviving stone-walls of Bronze Age parallel reaves, field system and hut circles on Corringdon Ball and Treeland Downs, Bronze Age hut circles and medieval settlement at Newland's Brakes and pillow mounds on south side of Corringdon Ball

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SE176
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 765614
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/515
• Old SAM Ref: 10866

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.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 2494 4076-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th March 1946.

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

Hut circle at SX66826069 visible on 1948 aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 22/AA 76832/1 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(20/02/1992) (SX66836070) Hut circle. This stone hut circle is one of three which lie on the south western slope of Corringdon Ball, south west of Corringdon Leat and form part of the concentration of occupation evidence occurring in the area. This hut circle is built of large boulders and measures 11m in diameter, has walls 1.5m in thickness and 0.7m in height and has an entrance to the west towards the river.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 87-9, Map 56, Figures 56.5 & 56.6 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '8' of 7 to 8 metres diameter is the southern of three hut circles to the south of Enclosure 'B' at 'Corringdon Ball enclosures'.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1010466 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

This stone hut circle is one of three which lie on the south-western slope of Corringdon Ball, south-west of Corringdon Leat and form part of the concentration of occupation evidence occurring in the area. This hut circle is built of large boulders and measures 11 metres in diameter, has walls 1.5 metres in thickness and 0.7 metres in height, and has an entrance to the west, towards the river.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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