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Summary

One of a group of unenclosed hut circles in prehistoric settlement to the east of the River Yealm and north of Ranny Brook of 5.3 metres diameter with walls 2 metres wide by 0.5 metres high and an entrance to the south

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015429: Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, a contemporary field system, post-medieval buildings and two lengths of leat 310m south east of Yealm Steps

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/259
• Old SAM County Ref: 460
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24100
• Old SAM Ref: 10842

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Whitley, N., 1855, Settlement north of Ranny Brook, Plan (Plan - sketch). SDV137283.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Oval hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133085 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 11th March 1993. Hut circle terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 5.3 metres in diameter and is defined by a 2 metres wide wall standing up to 0.5 metres high.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 183-7, Map 52, figure 52.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '22' has been curiously deformed. The foundations around the eastern half are plainly visible but all the stonework has been piled into the western half forming an oval cairn circa 8 metres by 4 metres where one of the doorposts remains in place. The hut seems to have been deliberately slighted, perhaps following the death of the occupier.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 10015429 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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