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Summary

Section of boundary wall forming part of the settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor on Peter Tavy Great Common. The 30 metre long arc running north to south is 2.5 metres wide by 0.4 metres high with a hut circle at the north end and a trial pit at the south end

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011432: Stone hut circle and a short length of boundary wall forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north-east slope of Cox Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/19/11
• Old SAM Ref: 20397

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 129141 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 1992. Stone boundary wall forming part of unenclosed hut settlement. Rubble wall 2.5 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Forms a 30 metre arc from north to south. May originally have been attached to hut to the north.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 84-85, Map 32, Figure 31.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

The western arc of Enclosure 'C' shown at 'Cox Tor North-east' with part of a hut circle at the north end and a 'pit' at the south end.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Length of curving wall visible on aerial photograph.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Curving wall shown on survey.

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

Linear feature shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011432 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes a stone hut circle and a short length of boundary wall forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, and a tin prospecting pit, all situated on the north-east slope of Cox Tor overlooking the Colly Brook. The stone hut circle is terraced into the hillslope and is composed of an orthostatic wall defining an internal area measuring 6.6 metres long by 4.4 metres wide. The huts walls are 1.5 metres wide and stand up to 0.2 metres high. The boundary wall lies to the south of the hut, is of rubble construction, measures 2.5 metres wide, 0.4 metres high and forms a 30 metres long arc aligned from north to south. The tin prospecting pit lies at the south end of the boundary. The pit consists of a sub-rectangular hollow measuring 4.4 metres long by 3 metres wide and 0.6 metres deep with an associated crescent shaped bank standing up to 0.9 metres high lying immediately downslope.

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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