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HER Number: | MDV48271 |
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Name: | Hut circle on Conies Down |
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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.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 591 791 |
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Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX 57 NE 105
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/122/6
- Old SAM Ref: 22258
- Pastscape: 1065412
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
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.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
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.
Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.
Depicted on the modern mapping.
National Monument Record, 2018, Pastscape, 1994 data (Website). SDV360651.
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 (citing Probert, S. A. J., 19/09/1994, Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England Field Investigation).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. 21/4/1992. |
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SDV346874 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2004. Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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SDV360651 | Website: National Monument Record. 2018. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk. Website. 1994 data. |
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SDV360652 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #112824 ] |
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SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman , P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. Southwest Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV48266 | Part of: Group of hut circles north-east of Conies Down Tor (Monument) |
MDV48267 | Related to: Hut circle east of Conies Down Tor (Monument) |
MDV48272 | Related to: Natural feature east of Conies Down Tor (Monument) |
MDV48268 | Related to: Round cairn 600 metres south-west of Beardown Man (Monument) |
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
Date Last Edited: | Aug 7 2018 1:11PM |
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