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Summary

Hut built into the northern boundary of a conjoined prehistoric enclosure on the west bank of the Cowsic river south of Broad Hole. It consists of a levelled platform, 3.0 metres (north-south) by 2.6 metres, enclosed by the remains of a wall measuring 1.3 metres wide and 0.3 metres high; a gap on the south-west may indicate the position of the entrance.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008657: Two enclosed stone hut circle settlements 300m south of Broad Hole
• SHINE: Earthworks and surviving walls of a Bronze Age settlement 300 metres south of Broad Hole comprising enclosures with hut circles

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 57 NE 73
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/71/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22250
• Pastscape: 965592
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 129200, 21/4/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle at SX 5909 7831, internal diameter 3.8 metres. Single orthostat wall 2.0 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Doorway to south. Attached to a length of boundary wall. Erosion against outer side of south wall.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 64-5, Map 29.14 (Monograph). SDV219155.

One of three hut circles 0f 3.0. to 4.0 metres diameter within the enclosure on the west bank of the Cowsic river.

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

Hut is depicted on the modern mapping on the northern boundary of the southern part of the conjoined enclosure.

National Monument Record, 2018, Pastscape, (1994 Data) (Website). SDV360651.

Centred SX 59137825. A settlement and cairn located on a slight shelf on the otherwise steep east-facing slope above the right bank of the River Cowsic. The site comprises two enclosures, two hut circles, a rectangular building platform and a cairn (See related records for details).
SX 59137826. The western hut. It consists of a levelled platform, 3.0 metres (north-south) by 2.6 metres, enclosed by the remains of a wall measuring 1.3 metres wide and 0.3 metres high; a gap on the south-west may indicate the position of the entrance (citing Probert, S. A. J., 11/07/1994, Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England Field Investigators Comments).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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