HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV48232
Name:Hut circle 'C' within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy

Summary

Hut circle 'C' of 5.8 metres diameter with walls up to 3.1 metres wide by 0.5 metres high within the settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor

Location

Grid Reference:SX 535 767
Map Sheet:SX57NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishPeter Tavy
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishPETER TAVY

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/19/2
  • Old SAM Ref: 20394

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

Visited on 20th November 1987. Hut circle 'C' at SX53507677 of 5.8 metres internal diameter with turf-covered stone rubble walls 1.3 metres wide on the north-east, but spread elsewhere to 3.1 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres high. The intake bank clips the south-west arc making the circle incomplete. Several larger boulders form part of the north wall, perhaps once edging stones. There is no entrance visible to a level interior cut into the slope to 0.4 metres and embanked downslope to 0.5 metres.

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

Visited in 1992. Oval.6.5 metres by 4.5 metres internally. Rubble bank wall 1.5 metres wide, 0.6 metres high.

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

Hut circle on the eastern boundary of Enclosure 'B' in the settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011441 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 84-85, Map 31, Figure 31.2.
SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP.
SDV345521Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #139036 ]
SDV350839Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown.
SDV364674Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV364675National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1011441.

Associated Monuments

MDV4124Part of: Hut crcle settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV48238Related to: Hut circle 'A' within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV48237Related to: Hut circle 'B' within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV48233Related to: Hut circle 'D' within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV48234Related to: Hut circle 'E' within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV48235Related to: Hut circle 'F' within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV48236Related to: Hut circle 'G' within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV48291Related to: Hut circle within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV56387Related to: Mound within settlement north-east of Cox Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake

Date Last Edited:Sep 20 2022 8:30AM