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Summary

A disturbed hut circle on the steep east flank of Conies Down, 250 metres east-north-east of the tor measuring 2.5m by 3.4m with surviving walls to a height of 0.4m..

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 1012572: Stone hut circle 635m 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: SX57NE105
• National Monuments Record: SX57NE71
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065412
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 965549
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/122/6
• Old SAM Ref: 22258

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 SX59127923. Internal diameter 3.4 metres. Coursed wall 1.0 metre wide, 0.6 metres high.

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

(19/09/1994) SX 59147919. A disturbed hut circle on the steep east flank of Conies Down, 250 metres east-north-east of Conies Down Tor. The hut measures 2.5 metres (north-south) by 3.4 metres internally with walls formed of upright slabs and boulders, 1.2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. The south-east quadrant has been partially destroyed and there is no obvious entrance.
Several other hut circles (SX 57 NE 103, 104, 108, 109 and 110) and a cairn (SX 57 NE 106) lie within a 250 metres 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. All stones are earthfast and the feature is well protected 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 disturbed hut circle on the steep east flank of Conies Down, 250 metres east-north-east of the tor.

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) SX59127922 A stone hut circle is recorded here south west of Beardown Man on an east facing slope overlooking the River Cowsic. The hut circle 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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