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Summary

Hut terraced into the hillslope; of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. The interior of the structure measures 6 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 lined on the east with slabs.

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/42/25
• 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

Baring Gould, S., 1896, Third Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 189-191189-191 (Article in Serial). SDV260468.

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

24/8/1950 (SX 5821 7252) Hut D/1 (5.5m diameter, wall height on west side 0.4m, width 1.0m). Very fragmentary and much overgrown. Double walled type, entrance at the south-south-west, condition fair.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130708, 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 at SX58207251 within a large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement. The building is terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. The interior of the structure measures 6.0 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 lined on the east with slabs.
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.

One of 45 hut circles at 'Hart Tor North'.

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, WLK-106 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

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

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-106 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 130° showing grass, moss and heather covering.

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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