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Summary

Hut circle 'I' of 4.2 metres diameter with walls 2 metres wide by 0.6 metres high within the extensive settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor on Petertavy Great Common

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/3/12
• 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 'I' at SX53597648. Hut circle of 3.4 to 4.2 metres internal diameter with walls of partly turf-covered small and medium size stone 1 to 2 metres wide and up to 0.6 metres high. A number of large boulders lie along the northern arc; an attempt to remove one of which has caused considerable damage. The level interior has been terraced into the slope by cutting in to 0.6 metres and embankment to 0.55 metres. No entrance visible.

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

Visited in 199. Internal diameter 4.2 metres. Rubble bank wall 2 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. A 6 metres diameter platform immediately to the north may be another hut'

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

Not shown within settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (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, 1011389 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area,

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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