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Summary

Hut circle 'U' of 6.9 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.35 metres high forming part of settlement to the 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: SX68NW21.10
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/45
• Old SAM Ref: 28663
• Pastscape: 443727

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

(13/09/1951) SX 6470 8510 Hut U. One of 24 hut circles with enclosures (diameter 4.5m, height 0.3m). Turf covered in poor condition.

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

Not visible on 1977 aerial photograph.

Probert, S. A. J., 1990, Field Investigation - Report available? (Report - Survey). SDV218442.

(02/05/1990) Centred SX 6454 8520. Thirty six hut circles, some associated with enclosures on the gentle north and north-east facing slopes of Langridge and the dry valley bottom above the head of Stonetor Brook.
This settlement straddles the terminal reave of a large, well preserved parallel reave system (SX 68 NW 24) which extends east towards Shovel Down. Two further, though much smaller, settlements (SX 68 NW 16 and 53) lie to the N outside the reave system.
The largely ovoid huts form three distinctive groups; this hut belongs to the first group A) Ten huts 1-10 and associated enclosures abutting the terminal reave or situated just inside the reave system.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144032 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1997) SX 6471 8506. (NMR 21.10) Hut forming part of settlement. Diameter 6.9m. Earthwork and rubble wall 1.4m wide, 0.35m high. Internal area 37.37m.

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

Hut circle '1' of circa 7.5 metres diameter on the east side of the 'axial reave' in the southern part of 'Stonetor Brookhead settlement'.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

Clearly visible on aerial photograph.

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

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