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Summary

Hut circle 2 (or A - Ordnance Survey); part of the settlement north of the road. Within the guardianship area managed by Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013427: A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, post medieval farmstead, millstone and stone cutting pits 580m ESE of Merrivale Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 440079
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/33
• Old SAM County Ref: 332
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 12/01/1996
• Old SAM Ref: 24191

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE19 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV219145.

Hut circle A measures 8.0 meters in diameter, with an average wall height of 0.5 meters. This circle is composed of large granite boulders, some of which are 0.7 – 0.8 meters in height. Its condition is fairly good and has an entrance on the south side.

Grinsell, L. V., 1970, Discovering Regional Archaeology: South Western England (Monograph). SDV304192.

Other details: 22.

National Monuments Record, 1976, National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDV345011.

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

Recorded in Aerial Photograph Project.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North (Monograph). SDV219155.

Other details: 72-75.

Gerrard, S., 1994, MPP/133501 (Site Visit). SDV219156.

Hut circle within a large partially enclosed settlement. Terraced into the hill slope and is of the simple plan, single and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 5.6 meters in diameter and is defined by a 1.5 meter wide wall standing up to 0.8 meters high. A linear rubble scatter, leading south-south-west for 15 meters from this building may represent a boundary wall.

Probert, S. A. J., 2000, The Merrivale Guardianship Area, Walkhampton, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV344969.

Hut circle number 2 (SX55577510). Measures 6.6 meters in diameter internally and walls survive to a height of 0.6 meters and width of 1.1 meters with a possible entrance on the south side. Other details: 12 (Fig 4).

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, MER-24 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 19/10/2019. Hut circle covered with grass and reeds with gorse outcrop. Overall condition very good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, MER-24 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 19/10/2019. Hut circle covered with grass and reed with gorse outcrops. Overall condition good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, MER-24 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 270° showing grass and reed cover with gorse outcrop.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, MER-24 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 020° showing grass and reed cover with gorse outcrops.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4830 - Survey of guardianship area, Merrivale

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