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Summary

A hut circle probably of Bronze Age date is recorded from field investigation and aerial survey on the north-west facing slopes of Shaugh Moor. It is one of two located within a pentagonal enclosure. The hut circle is identifiable as a ruined structure and earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016 and visualisations derived from low resolution lidar data captured in 2013.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002516: Pound and hut circles N of Hawk's Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/35/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 422

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3257-3258 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

A circular bank and hollow are visible as earthworks.

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/58/6399, RAF/58/6399 F64 0380-0382 02-JUL-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363068.

A circular bank and hollow are visible as earthworks.

Price, D. G., 1973, Ancient fields on Shaugh Moor, 91 (Article in Serial). SDV147593.

Two hut circles inside enclosure.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX56SE52 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV138636.

(29/09/1980) On the west slope of Shaugh Moor at 295m. OD is a pound like enclosure of 0.34 hectares containing two hut circles.
The Two Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71) huts have level interiors with diameters of 8.7m. and 6.3m. and walling 1.1m. thick and 0.5m. high. They are much robbed and their entrances are uncertain. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

Collis, J., 1983, Field Systems and Boundaries on Shaugh Moor and at Wotter, Dartmoor, 58-60, figs 7, 9 (Article in Serial). SDV144058.

Disturbed hut circle cut into hill side, demarcated by low banks and odd stones. House V measures around 8.0 metres in diameter.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, Map 48 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Depicted and described by Butler.

Fletcher, M. + Probert, S., 1998, Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey (Report - Survey). SDV343481.

(01/12/1997) SX 5530 6283. A very fine enclosure build on a west-facing slope at 260m above OD incorporated the remains of two hut circles and traces of the reave it overlies.
SX 5529 6284. A hut circle located within the enclosure is 10.5m in overall diameter with a 7.2m diameter level interior and an 0.6m high back scarp. Its walling which as been damaged especially in the south-west quadrant survives as an 0.5m high stone and boulder core with some large inner and outer facing slabs/boulders in situ. The entrance is located in the south-west side.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5562 31-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A circular stony bank and hollow are visible as earthworks.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5563 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

A circular bank and hollow are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A bank up to circa 3m wide is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 and 1964 as an earthwork under scrub vegetation, enclosing a roughly rectilinear hollow or terrace up to circa 7m across, within a larger enclosure on the west-facing slopes of Shaugh Moor. Linear arrangements of stones are visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016 set into two opposing sections of the bank.
The bank and stones are interpreted as the ruinous remains of a hut circle of probable Bronze Age date. A break in the south-west corner of the bank might be evidence of an entrance into the structure.
A second probable hut circle is visible as a more subtle earthwork immediately to the south-east.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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