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Summary

Hut circle 'A' of 4.5 metres diameter with walls 2.5 metres wide by 0.4 metres high within the settlement north-east of Cox Tor on Petertavy Great Common

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011429: Two stone hut circles and an enclosure forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement of the north-east slope of Cox Tor
• SHINE: Earthworks and surviving stone walling of Bronze Age hut circle settlements and medieval or later prospecting pits on Petertavy Great Common, to north-east of Cox Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/3/1
• Old SAM Ref: 20396
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NW33
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

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 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

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

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57NW33, SX57NW33 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV228332.

Pattison, P., 1987, Settlement north-east of Cox Tor - Field Investigation (Report - Assessment). SDV241190.

Visited on 1st December 1987. Hut circle 'a' at SX53617662. Hut circle of 4.5 metres internal diameter with walls 2 to 2.9 metres wide composed of small to medium size rubble with occasional larger blocks. The level interior is formed by cutting into the slope 0.55 metres and embanking downhill to a height of 0.4 to 5 metres. Elsewhere the walls are up to 0.4 metres high. There is no clear entrance.

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

Visited in 1992. Internal diameter 4.5 metres rubble bank wall 2.5 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Attached to enclosure wall.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 84-85, Map 31, Figure 31.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle at the northern end of the boundary wall of Enclosure 'D' within the extensive settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2019, Prehistoric Settlements North and South of Wedlake (Supplementary survey report) (Report - Survey). SDV363726.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011429 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes two stone hut circles and an enclosure situated on a gentle north-east facing slope overlooking the valley of the Colly Brook and is part of a large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north-east slope of Cox Tor. The two stone hut circles are attached to the enclosure boundary and each has a stone and earth bank defining a circular interior. The internal diameters of the structures are 4.5 metres and 5.8 metres and the walls stand 0.4 metres and 0.5 metres high respectively.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake

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