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Summary

Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement 350 metres north-west of Yellowmeade Farm. Diameter 7.5m. Double orthostat wall 1.5m wide, 0.45m high. The partition running through this building from north west to south-east is 1m wide by 0.15m high and is of rubble bank construction. A 2m wide gap in the southern sector is probably the result of robbing of the door jamb stones. Low grass.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019574: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a route marker 325m north west of Yellowmeade Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE15
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/79
• Old SAM County Ref: 867G
• Old SAM Ref: 28775
• Pastscape: 440065

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (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, 1906, 106NE (Cartographic). SDV249909.

Pound and hut circles north-west of Yellowmeade.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE15, Hut G (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV271768.

(17/08/1950) SX 5640 7456. Hut circle G. Double-walled type. Diameter 8.5m, wall height 0.3m. Condition fair - composed on large stone mainly turf-covered. Entrance to south.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152353 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(11/06/1999) Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement 350 metres north-west of Yellowmeade Farm. Diameter 7.5m. Double orthostat wall 1.5m wide, 0.45m high. The partition running through this building from north west to south-east is 1m wide by 0.15m high and is of rubble bank construction. A 2m wide gap in the southern sector is probably the result of robbing of the door jamb stones. Low grass.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 14-18, Map 44, Figure 44.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle shown to the north-west of the enclosure at Yellowmeade with an internal division and an entrance to the south.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019574 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The settlement includes an oval enclosure containing three stone hut circles, with a further nine huts lying outside. The stone hut circles survive as banks each surrounding a circular internal area of between 2.6 metres and 7.5 metres in diameter. The heights of the surrounding walls vary between 0.4 metres and 0.8 metres. Nine of the huts have visible doorways, one has an annex, another a courtyard and two have partitions.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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