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Summary

Small hut circle within unenclosed settlement north of Hart Tor. Terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan and single orthostat walling type. The interior of the structure measures 4.1 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.5 metres wide wall standing up to 0.4 metres high. The doorway faces south and is partly blocked.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011174: Thirty-six stone hut circles and an irregular aggregate field system forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 450m north of Hart Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 57 SE 20SX 57 SE 20
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/42/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 831
• Pastscape: 440082

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Baring Gould, S., 1896, Third Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 189-191 (Article in Serial). SDV260468.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE20, SX67SE20, Hut B/1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276586.

24/8/1950 (SX 5815 7241). Hut B/1. Very small circle (3.0m diameter), it lies adjacent to hut south of this group. Entrance appears to be to the south, condition good. It is constructed of large granite stones set on edge forming a single wall type hut.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130729, 09/12/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Thirty-six stone hut circles and an irregular aggregate field system forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 450 metres north of Hart Tor.
Stone hut circle within a large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement. Terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan and single orthostat walling type. The interior of the structure measures 4.1 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.5 metres wide wall standing up to 0.4 metres high. The doorway faces south and is partly blocked.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 53-54, Map 46, Figure 46.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Small hut circle at 'Hart Tor North'.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-100 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 15/11/2019. Hut circle not found at given location. General area covered with roughly grazed grass. No photo taken.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Small hut is depicted on the modern mapping; not easy to identify on the 2015 aerial; photography.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011174 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes 36 stone hut circles dispersed within an irregular aggregate field system situated on a gentle west-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Meavy and forming part of a large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement between Hart Tor and Devil's Bridge.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7517 - Survey of Har Tor tin works
• EDV7525 - Survey of Hart Tor prehistoric settlement
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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