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Summary

Western of two hut circles within oval enclosure to the south-west of Penn Beacon

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017397: Enclosure with hut circles south-west of Penn Beacon

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/4/1
• Old SAM Ref: 10744

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2292-2293 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

A circular bank is visible.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 176-7, Map 52, Figure 52.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '1' of 6.4 metres is the western of two hut circles within the oval enclosure at 'Penn Beacon South-west'. This well preserved hut has an entrance on the south side.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5962 01-JUN-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A circular bank is visible.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 14-OCT-2019 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A circular bank is visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A stony bank circa 1.2 to 1.8m wide is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, enclosing a circular area circa 6m in diameter, within a larger oval enclosure on the higher south-west facing slopes of Penn Moor, approximately 220m south-west of Penn Beacon.
The circular feature is interpreted as a hut circle of probable Bronze Age date. It is one of two visible within the surrounding oval enclosure (MDV2401).
It is not possible to identify an entrance to the hut circle from the sources available to the survey.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1017397 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Hut circle within enclosure. Diameter 10 metres with walls 2 metres thick and 1 metre high. Entrance to the south-east.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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