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Summary

Hut circle west of the southern enclosure to the north of Ford Waste of 12 metres diameter with walls up to 2.0 metres wide and 0.6 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012704: One of several stone hut circles near enclosures north of Ford Waste
• SHINE: Earthworks and walling of probable medieval field system incorporating Ford Barn and Ford Waste deserted medieval settlements and also several Bronze Age enclosures and hut circles to east of Rook Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW37
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/271
• Old SAM County Ref: 443
• Old SAM Ref: 10767
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (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.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 3054-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th March 1948.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW37, SX66SW37 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV161921.

National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6061, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV156974.

Photograph taken on 14th April 1977.

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

Hut circle visible at SX60716188.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 182-3, Map 52, Figure 52.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '8' of 7.5 metres diameter at 'Ford Brook Lower settlement' is outside the enclosures between the poor remains of two thers to the north and east.

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, 1012704 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This hut circle lies on a south-east facing slope, west of an enclosure north of Ford Waste, and is some 11 metres north-west of another hut circle. It is 12 metres in diameter with walls double faced with orthostats and up to 2 metres in thickness and 0.6 metres in height.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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