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Summary

One of a group of over 20 hut circles within prehistoric settlement south of Leeden Tor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008671: An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, an irregular aggregate field system, a length of reave and an enclosure on the south east slope of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/7/3
• Old SAM Ref: 22265

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Visited in 1992. Hut circle at SX 5632 7106 diameter 3.5 metres. Coursed wall 1.0 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Doorway to south.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 36-37, Map 45, Figure 45.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle shown on west side of Settlement 'C' at Leeden Tor South just to the east of the 'Walkhampton Common East reave'.

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

Visible on aerila photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 10/04/2019. SX 56319 71065 Heavy gorse covering walls. Molinia internally. Not easy to locate. Photo taken

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 10/04/2019. Photo taken

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 440288, SX57SE92 (Website). SDV363416.

Field Investigation on 4th August 1980. Centred at SX 56437103 is a settlement of twenty-five huts covering 3.1 hectares of a south and east hillslope at about 361 metres O.D. The area
is broken up by erosion runnels and quantities of surface clitter.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1008671 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement comprising 31 stone hut circles in an irregular aggregate field system.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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