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Summary

One of a group of over 20 hut circles within prehistoric settlement south of Leeden Tor. May be an annex to the adjoining hut to the east

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008671: An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, an irregular aggregate field system, a length of reave and an enclosure on the south east slope of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE92
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/11/5
• Old SAM Ref: 22265
• Pastscape: 440288

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 36-37, Map 45, Figur 45.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Small eastern hut on the south side of a small enclosure within Settlement 'C' at Leeden Tor South. This may be an annex to the larger adjoining hut to the west.

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

Visible on aerial photograph

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 440288, SX57SE92 (Website). SDV363416.

Field Investigation on 4th August 1980. Centred at SX 56437103 is a settlement of twenty-five huts covering 3.1 hectares of a south and east hillslope at about 361 metres O.D. The area
is broken up by erosion runnels and quantities of surface clitter.

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

Small eastern of two adjoining huts shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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