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Summary

Hut circle 'H' of 6.5 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by 1.3 metres high in settlement to the east of Nodden Gate. Recorded in 1993 as a conjoined hut with a smaller hut to the south

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008638: Hut circles and a length of enclosure wall, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement 600m east of Nodden Gate

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/9/8
• Old SAM County Ref: 18
• Old SAM Ref: 24075

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

One of the 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, SX58NW15, SX58NW15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV236238.

Hut circle H. Diameter measures 6.5 metres, height 1.3 metres, double wall 1.5 metres (width). One of 11 hut circles. Double walled type at south extreme, and single wall to the north where huge granite stones standing on edge are used. Condition fair; no obvious entrance.

Robinson, R., 1986, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1986 (Un-published). SDV345664.

Visited 6/3/1986.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133129, 26/4/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle terraced into the hillslope and of the conjoined plan, single orthostat and earthwork walling type. Interior of northern room measures 6.0 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.0 metre wide wall standing up to 1.3 metres high.
Interior of southern room measures 4.0 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.7 metre wide and 0.4 metre high bank. Doorway survives as a gap in the surrounding bank and faces south.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 219, Map 43 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle within Settlement '3' to the west of Arms Tor.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360209.

Lidar data does show possible conjoined, smaller hut to the south of this feature, appears as a roughly circular depression.

Bray, L. + Crabb, A., 2017, HER Field Updates (Cartographic). SDV361914.

Feature was plotted by GPS during site visit.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

One of the 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 108638 (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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