See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

Hut circle 'W' of 4.1 metres diameter with walls 2.2 metres wide by 0.6 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: SX68NW21.31
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/46/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28663
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68NW21
• Pastscape: 443727

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (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, 31, Hut W (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV266651.

(13/09/1951) Hut W. SX 6460 8512 One of 24 hut circles with enclosures. Diameter 6m, height 0.5m. Turf covered with entrance possibly in south-east side.

National Monument Record, 1977, SX6485/2, 37-44 (Aerial Photograph). SDV266591.

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

Visible on 1947 and 1977 aerial photographs.

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. Group C: These huts have diameters of between 2.8m and 4.3m. All except 35 and 36 are terraced into a south-east facing slope with walls remaining to a maximum of 0.8m high on the upslope. Neither entrances or facings are visible. Another table of information on the site is held in the archive.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144034 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1997) At SX 6459 8513. (NMR 21.31) Hut forming part of settlement. Diameter 4.1m. Earthwork wall 2.2m wide, 0.6m high. Internal area 13.19m. A 145 degree gap (south-south-east) in wall may represent a doorway.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 187-188, Map 37, Figure 37.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Southern of two hut circles to the west of the 'axial reave' at '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.

Visible on the aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mappping.

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

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.