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Summary

Hut was excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in the late 19th century. Hut measures 4.9 metres in diameter. Single orthostat and rubble wall 1.7 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. A 180 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Rubble walls leading away to the east from the exterior wall of the hut measure 0.8 metres wide and up to 0.2 metres may be the result of robbing or other interference. Animal burrowing in western part of the hut noted in 2000. Low grass.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019587: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor
• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains on Walkhampton Common including 19th century Swelltor and Foggintor Quarries, a section of the early 19th century Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway, later converted to railway, also streamworks along the Yes Tor Brook

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/87/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 938
• Old SAM Ref: 24108
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Baring Gould, S., 1898, Fifth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 103 (Article in Serial). SDV337066.

Hut 6 was excavated by the Committee. The floor near the entrance was paved. There was a cooking hole in the north-eastern portion of the circle, which was 0.27 metres deep and 0.22 metres in diameter. Finds included charcoal, one cooking stone, a crystal of quartz and some fragments of pottery.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE41 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276070.

(25/8/1950) One of a group of 17 hut circles, given the letter 'B'. Double walled type, diameter 6.5 metres, wall width 1.5 metres, height 0.5 metres, composed of turf-covered stones. Condition fairly good. There are two possible entrances, one on south side and one on east side.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP152565, 21/3/2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Stone hut circle forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Yes Tor Bottom, 1120 metres east-north-east of Criptor.
Diameter 4.9 metres. Single orthostat and rubble wall 1.7 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. A 180 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Rubble walls leading away to the east from the exterior wall of the hut measure 0.8 metres wide and up to 0.2 metres may be the result of robbing or other interference. Current animal burrowing in western part of the hut. Low grass.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 18-20, fig 44.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Butler's hut 6 (5.2 metres in diameter).

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

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

Visited 22/04/2019 Slight gorse and livestock tracks Good condition Photo taken

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

Visited 22/04/2019

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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