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Summary

Hut circle 'M' of 6.4 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.7 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/3/20
• 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 'M' at SX53607640 in a good state of preservation 6 metres double face 1.4 metres wide infilled with small hand-size stones. Where disturbed, especially on the east side, wall width increases up to 3 metres and facing is no longer apparent. There is an entrance in the southern arc, 1 metre wide and partly obscured by tumble. The interior contains more rubble and is terraced into the slope to 0.5 metres matched by embankment downhill to 0.7 metres.

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

Visited in 1992. Internal diameter 6.4 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Doorway to the south.

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

Hut circle on the west side of the 'track' within the extensive 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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