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Summary

Hut measures around 7.5 metres in diameter, wall 0.5 metres high. It is composed of turf-covered stones and has a low wall running east-west, which divides the circle into two unequal compartments, the northern part being smaller than the south. Condition fair. Entrances apparently to each compartment, on east of northern compartment and south-west side of the southern part. Doesn't appears to have been excavated.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019587: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor
• 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
• 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/89
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/89/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 938
• Old SAM Ref: 24108
• Old SAM Ref: 24108
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• STRUCTURE? (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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 'D'. Double walled type diameter 8.0 metres, height of walls 0.5 metres, composed of turf-covered stones and has a low wall running east-west, which divides circle into two unequal compartments, the northern part being smaller than the south. Condition fair. Entrances apparently to each compartment, on east of northern compartment and south-west side of the southern part.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP152566 & 152567, 21/3/2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(152566) 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 7.4. Double orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. This hut was later reduced in size by the construction of a small structure in the south-western section (see below). Grass.
(152567) Measures 4.4 metres by 3.5 metres. Rubble wall 1.1 metres wide, 0.75 metres high. Structure built within an earlier larger hut (MDV4969). This structure is probably a stone hut circle but may represent a shelter of historic date. There are considerable quantities of rubble lying within this building. The structure is orientated at 90 degrees.

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

Butler's hut 8; this hut was apparently not excavated by the Committee. It is an interesting example and has an interior wall.

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. Good condition. Photo taken

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

Visited 22/04/2019 photo showing internal division

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
• EDV8424 - Excavation at Yes Tor Bottom

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