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Summary

Hut circle 4 (or C – 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

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/33/2
• 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 C measures 7.0 meters in diameter, 0.5 meters in height. One of a group of thirty eight huts and three enclosures. This hut circle is in good condition and is composed of large boulders; the entrance is to the south-east.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Recorded during Aerial Photograph Project.

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

Other details: 73-75.

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

Hut circle within large, partially enclosed settlement. The hut circle is terraced into hill slope and has a simple plan and double orthostat walling. The interior of the hut is oval, 7.4 meters by 5.8 meters and the wall is 1.6 meters wide, standing to a height of 0.7 meters.

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

Hut circle number 4 (SX55597510). Measures 6.3 meters in diameter internally and walls survive to a height of 0.4 meters and width of 1.6 meters. 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 reed with gorse outcrops. Overall condition good. Photo taken.

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

Photo looking 340° showing grass 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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