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Summary

Hut circle 'B' of 5.8 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by 0.5 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/3/2
• 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 'B' at SX53607661. Hut circle of 5.8 metres internal diameter with walls 1-2 metres wide mainly of medium and large size stones, reaching up to 0.5 metres in height. There is a possible entrance in the southern arc. The interior is level and cut into the slope to 0.4 metres with corresponding downhill embankment to 0.5 metres high.

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

Visited in 1992. Internal diameter 5.8 metres. Rubble bank wall 1.5 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. Doorway to south. Attached to an enclosure wall.

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

Hut circle on the southern side of the gap in the north-western boundary wall of Enclosure 'D' within the large settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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.

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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