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Summary

Cairn of 7.1 metres diameter by up to 0.7 metres high with traces of a kerb on the south side and a central depression 0.4 metres deep. Other sources record it as a hut circle 'D' of 3.2 metres diameter with walls 2 metres wide by 0.4 metres high within settlement south-west of Stonetor Hill

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NW21.
• National Monuments Record: SX68NW54
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 903767
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/134
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/37/3
• Old SAM Ref: 28663
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68NW21
• Pastscape: 443727

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 1366-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX68NW21, Hut D (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV266651.

(13/09/1951) SX 6448 8523 Small hut circle D. One of 24 hut circles with enclosures. Much overgrown by turf and heather, probably double walled type it stands with hut c within small sub rectangular enclosure.

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

Visible on 1947 aerial photograph.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(01/05/1990) A heather-covered cairn lies within a dense cluster of hut circles and enclosures on the gentle north-east facing slope of Langridge.
Measuring 7.1m in diameter it stands to a maximum 0.7m high and displays traces of a retaining kerb on its southern margin. A disturbed depression around 2m in diameter and 0.4m deep lies slightly south of centre. (This feature was previously recorded as a hut circle, part of OSA SX68NW21).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144012 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1997) At SX 6446 8525. Hut circle forming part of settlement at Stonetor Brook Head.
Hut diameter 3.2m; earthwork wall 2m wide, 0.4m high. Internal area 8.03m. 1n dense heather.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 187-188, Map 37, Figure 37.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle within a small oval enclosure at 'Stonetor Brookhead settlement'.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Shown as cairn on survey.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017874 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8652 - Langridge Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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