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Summary

An isolated hut circle located 40m to the east of a large hut settlement on the lower southern slopes of Legis Tor. The hut is in poor condition with poorly defined single orthostat walls partly turf-covered and no identifiable entrance opening. The hut is part of an extensive complex of prehistoric settlement and enclosure spread over the southern slopes of Legis Tor in the Plym valley (MDV3326).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019876: Prehistoric settlement, three round cairns and a post-medieval rabbit warren at Legis Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE153
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/536/2
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 22289(P)
• Old SAM Ref: 10704
• Pastscape: 438929

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.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130849 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

22/02/1993 (SX 5713 6525) Stone hut circle forming part of an extensive prehistoric settlement. Terraced into the hillslope, and of the simple plan, single orthostat and coursed bank walling type. The interior of the structure measures 4.5m in diameter and is defined by a 1.65m wide wall standing up to 0.8m high. This hut is attached to a 1m wide and 0.4m high rubble wall, which leads southward towards hut MPP 130851.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 111-4, Map 49, Figure 49.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Northern of two small hut circles between Settlements 'A' and 'B' at Legis Tor.

Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(07/02/2005) Centred SX 5715 6528. Three hut circles and an enclosure on the southern flank of Legis Tor above the right bank of the River Plym (see related records).
SX 5713 6526. A disturbed hut circle 3.3m in internal diameter with walls 2.3m wide and a maximum of 1.0m high. This feature appears to have been reused in the more recent past.
Neither of these features possess an identifiable entrance.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Depicted on GIS survey layer.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within Scheduled area.

Newman, P., 2022, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey, Table 1 (Report - Survey). SDV365490.

Hut Circle SX 57143 65275. An isolated hut circle located 40m to the east of a large hut settlement on the lower southern slopes of Legis Tor. The hut is in poor condition with poorly defined single orthostat walls partly turf-covered and no identifiable entrance opening. The hut is part of an extensive complex of prehistoric settlement and enclosure spread over the southern slopes of Legis Tor in the Plym valley (3326).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8917 - Survey of the archaeological features on Ringmoor Down

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