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Summary

Hut circle situated on the northern edge of a large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, lying on a gentle south-west facing slope which was excavated in 1895. Terraced into the hillslope. Of the simple plan and coursed walling type. Internal diameter 4.7 metres. Defined by a 2.0 metres wide wall standing up to 0.7 metres high. Doorway faces south-south-west and is partly blocked. A trickle of stones running east-west through the centre of the hut is probably of recent date.

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 20
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/42/6
• Old SAM County Ref: 831
• Old SAM Ref: 22303
• Pastscape: 440082

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.

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

One of the eighteen hut circles excavated in 1896.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE20, SX67SE20, Hut A (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276586.

24/8/1950 (SX 5812 7262) Hut A (7.0 metres diameter). Single wall type, entrance apparently to the south-south-west. Condition very good, much overgrown.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130701, 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 450m north of Hart Tor.
Hut circle situated on the northern edge of a large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, lying on a gentle south-west facing slope. Terraced into the hillslope. Of the simple plan and coursed walling type. Internal diameter 4.7m. Defined by a 2m wide wall standing up to 0.7m high. Doorway faces south-south-west and is partly blocked. A trickle of stones running east-west through the centre of the hut is probably of recent date.
This settlement was partially excavated in 1895 by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, but it is not known which huts were investigated.

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

Hut circle on the northern edge of the settlement at 'Hart Tor North' with an entrance to the south. This hut was excavated in 1896.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-108 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 15/11/2019. Overall condition very good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-108 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 200° showing grass, moss and heather covering with reeds withing the circle.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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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