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Summary

Hut circle to the north of Enclosure 'B' (Butler) to the south-west of of Hen Tor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015752: A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 330m south west of Hen Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 82
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/173/5
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/173/9
• Old SAM Ref: 28792

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX56NE81, Hut E (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV163217.

(02/06/1950) SX 5908 6517 Hut E. One of seven huts noted (four confirmed) which have average diameters of 5.5 metres, wall height 0.3 metres. No obvious entrance.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE81 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV171555.

Type 2 hut with a windbreak.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140506, 08/05/1996 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5907 6517) Hut circle and length of boundary wall. Hut survives as a 1 metre wide and 0.6 metres high double orthostat wall surrounding a 4.4 metres diameter internal area. A south-west facing gap in the hut wall may represent a doorway. A 1 metre wide and 0.3 metre high rubble wall leads for 8 metres from the south-west side of the hut.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 122-3, Map 49, Figure 49.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle with a south-western entrance shown between Enclosure 'B' and the area of 'surface stone' at 'Upper Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 142/102.511 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut shown on survey.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-30 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(06/02/2020) Condition of hut north of the enclosure assessed as good, although excess water is having an impact on the site. Hut lies on edge of grassed area and is lightly grazed. Internal area of hut is boggy / waterlogged.

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

Photographs taken during February 2020 visit.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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