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Summary

Hut circle of 6.0 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.8 metres high within the settlement to the north of Stonetor Hill

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge
• SHINE: Earthwork remains of medieval or later streamworks on the northern side of Stonetor Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NW20
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/34/7
• Old SAM Ref: 28663
• Pastscape: 443726

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX68NW20 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV235594.

(13/09/1951) Hut H. Hut circle at SSX64818603. Wall contains some large pieces of granite, mainly turf-covered. Diameter 6.5 metres, height 0.5 metres, entrance probably on the west side.

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

Not visible on Royal Air Force 1947 aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144069, 1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

SX 6478 8603 (National Monuments Record: 20.5). Diameter 6.0 metres, single and double orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. Internal area 28.26 metres. Door facing 20 degrees, flanked on west-north-west by large orthostat.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 188-9, Map 37, Figure 37.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle on the north side of a boundary wall at 'Stonetor Brook West settlement'

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Shovel Down Survey (Report - Survey). SDV359365.

(14/8/1991) Centred SX 6475 8603. Seven hut circles and two further structures lie within a well-developed area of Shovel Down Parallel Reave System on the moderate slope on the east flank of Langridge.
All the huts are well constructed and, with exception of (6), are integral with the parallel system. The site of hut (6) appears to have been reused at a later date as a smaller structure. The two triangular structures (8) and (9) lie adjacent to a field boundary. Their function is unclear.
See Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England survey 'Shovel Down' at 1:2500 scale.
A further table of information on the settlement is held in the archive.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

This hut is fairly clearly visible on the aerial photographs at the location indicated by the Royal Commission 1991 survey.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017874 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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