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Summary

Hut Circle 'A' an oval of 2.4 metres by 2 metres with walls 1.3 metres wide by 0.7 metres high within settlement to the north-west of White Tor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011461: Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and kerbed boulder 300m WNW of White Tor summit

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/32/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22211
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NW4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

One of three 'Hut Circles' shown on early 20th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57NW4, SX57NW4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV228625.

Visited on 18th October 1980.

Ordnance Survey, 1954, SX57NW (Cartographic). SDV242244.

Shown on map.

Sainsbury, I. S., 1987, Enclosed settlement north-west of White Tor (Report - Survey). SDV228631.

Visited on 9th November 1987. Hut 'A' at SX53967874. The best preserved of the huts, it is levelled into the hillside and lies higher up the slope than the others. It measures, internally 2.4 metres by 2.0 metres.

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

Visited in 1992. Oval.hut of 2.4 metres by 2 metres internally. Coursed wall 1.3 metres wide, 0.7 metres high.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 91-92, Map 31, Figure 31.7 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle shown at Site '11' to the west of 'White Tor Fort'.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping,

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011461 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes an enclosed stone hut circle settlement and kerbed boulder situated on the west-facing slope of White Tor overlooking the valley of the Colly Brook. Nine stone hut circles can be identified within the settlement. Eight of the huts are circular in plan and measure between 2.2 metres and 4 metres in diameter. The remaining hut is oval and measures 2.4 metres long by 2 metres wide. The walls of all the huts are composed of stone and earth and measure between 0.1 metre and 0.7 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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