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Summary

A hut circle on the very steep east flank of Conies Down, 275 metres east of the tor. The site survives as a levelled circular platform, 2.4 metres in diameter, with a revetment, 0.5 metres high, forming the west (upslope) side. A low stony rim marks the east edge. There is no obvious entrance.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of an unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlement north-east of Conies Down Tor, comprising eight hut circles, a Bronze Age cairn and fragmentary enclosure and a post Medieval Tinner's cache
• Scheduled Monument 1012543: Stone hut circle 630m south-west of Beardown Man forming part of a dispersed settlement on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE66
• National Monuments Record: SX57NE104
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065402
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 965464
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/122/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22253

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 21/4/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle at SX59177919. Internal diameter 4.0 metres. Rubble bank wall 1.8 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Part of unenclosed dispersed settlement.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(19/09/1994) SX 59187914. A hut circle on the very steep east flank of Conies Down, 275 metres east of Conies Down Tor. The site survives as a levelled circular platform, 2.4 metres in diameter, with a revetment, 0.5 metres high, forming the west (upslope) side. A low stony rim marks the east edge. There is no obvious entrance.
Several other hut circles (SX 57 NE 103, 105, 108, 109, 110) and a cairn (SX 57 NE 106) lie within a 300 metre radius of this feature on the same slope.

Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.

(30/11/2004) Merrivale range Baseline Condition Survey visit. As described in 1994. The feature is almost totally disguised by turf.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.

A hut circle on the very steep east flank of Conies Down, 275 metres east of the tor.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Scheduled. NB: polygon for this (and all of features in the group) are inaccurate; they lie around 40-50m north-north-west of actual feature locations. This has contributed to duplicate records in the NRHE; correctly linked to features here, based on the 2018 survey information (Richards, A. F., 24/08/2021).

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website (Website). SDV364039.

(02/03/1993) SX59177918 A Stone hut circle is recorded here on the lower slopes of Conies Down Tor. It is probably Bronze Age in date (English Heritage Record Form).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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