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Summary

Hut circle 'R' of 5 metres diameter with walls 2 metres wide by 0.45 metres high within the settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011384: Three 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/3/23
• Old SAM Ref: 20391
• 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 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 'R' at SX53537637 of circa 5 metres internal diameter; walling as 'P' but including some smaller turf-covered stone, 2 metres wide and 0.3-0.45 metres high. Interior terraced into the slope to 0.2 metres and embanked downslope to 0.45 metres. No entrance can be seen.

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

Visited in 1992. Internal diameter 5 metres. Double orthostatic wall 3 metres wide, 0.35 metres high.

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

One of three hut circles in the southern part of the extensive settlement to the south-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, 1011384 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes three stone hut circles 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. All three stone hut circles include a stone and earth bank defining a circular interior. The internal diameter of the structures varies between 4 metres and 6.5 metres and the banks stand between 0.15 metres and 0.35 metres high. A short length of boundary wall leads eastward from the southernmost hut.

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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