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Summary

Hut circle 'C' of 4.5 metres diameter with walls 3.5 metres wide by 0.6 metres high within the settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor on Petertavy Great Common. A small structure of 2 metres by 1.4 metres lies immediately to the west of this hut

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011389: Sixteen stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on 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/3/5
• Old SAM Ref: 20393
• 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 'C' at SX53597655 of 4 to 5 metres internal diameter with walling of partly half-covered small rubble with occasional medium and large size boulders, spread to between 2 and 3.5 metres wide and up to 0.6 metres high. There is an entrance in the southern arc, immediately west of which is a small box-like structure measuring 2 by 1.4 metres and formed by 5 edge-laid slabs almost flush with the ground surface. It lies partly within the interior which is terraced into the slope by cutting into 0.55 metres and embanked to 0.6 metres.

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

Visited in 1992. Internal diameter 4.5 metres. Single orthostat wall 3.5 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Doorway to south. Immediately west of entrance is a box-like structure, 2 metres by 1.4 metres, of granite slabs almost flush with ground surface. A boundary wall leads south from this structure.

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

Hut circle at the north end of the arc of Enclosure 'E' within the extensive 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.

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

Shown on survey.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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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