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Summary

Hut circle '15' south of Enclosure 'D' (Butler) of 7.6 metres diameter with walls up to 0.9 metres high and an entrance to the south

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014145: Three stone alignments, 15 cairns, a cist, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and a small clapper bridge at Drizzle Combe
• Scheduled Monument 1014145: Three stone alignments, 15 cairns, a cist, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and a small clapper bridge at Drizzle Combe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE90
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/137/2
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/540
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24104
• Old SAM Ref: 10764
• Old SAM Ref: 24014(P)
• Pastscape: 438758

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, SX56NE90 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV235552.

(Visited 19/5/1950) Hut circle B, (diameter 9.5 metres) one of four hut circles with enclosure. Walls (width 2.0 metres, height 600 millimetres) composed of turf covered stones, entrance to south. A fine example of a hut circle.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133434 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 12th March 1993. Hut circle forming part of a cluster of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement and ritual features including 5 enclosures, a large number of associated stone hut circles, 3 stone alignments and at least 22 cairns. This stone hut circle is located north of an enclosure. It is terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan, rubble bank and earthwork walling type. Interior measures 7 metres in diameter and is defined by a 2 metre wide wall standing up to 0.8 metres high. A south facing, 1 metre wide gap in the surrounding wall is lined by slabs on the west side and represents the original doorway.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 128, Figure 49.13, Map 49 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Free-standing Hut Circle (15) of 7.6 metres diameter to the north-east of Drizzlecombe Prehistoric Enclosure (C). The hut circle is turf covered with an entrance facing south-east.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.

Hut circle visible on Lidar data.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

(09/08/1999) One of three impressive unenclosed hut circles lie to the south-east of enclosures MDV4046 and MDV3443.
SX 5947 6708. Internal diameter from 6.0m to 7.0m, with a strong wall of inner and outer facing slabs up to 0.9m high and an entrance on the downhill side.

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.

Circular feature visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2018, National Heritage List for England, 1014145 (National Heritage List for England). SDV360653.

The eastern of 3 hut circles.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-DZ 25 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 08/02/2020. Overall condition moderate. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UP-DZ 25 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 180° showing grass/moss and bracken cover with reeds against NE edge of cairn.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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