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Summary

A building platform representing the site of a small structure situated in the angle formed by the junction of two field walls. It consists of a levelled rectangular platform which measures 2.7 metres (north-south) by 1.6 metres. Field walls form the south and east sides while a slight scarp marks the western extremity. The north wall is defined by a single granite slab

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/71/3
• Old SAM Ref: 22250
• Pastscape: 965592
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
• BUILDING PLATFORM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC? to 701 BC)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 129202, 21/4/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle (SX 5911 7830) internal diameter 2.7 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.7 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Doorway to south. Attached to a length of boundary 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.

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

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 59167825. The building platform. It represents the site of a small structure situated in the angle formed by the junction of two field walls. It consists of a levelled rectangular platform which measures 2.7 metres (north-south) by 1.6 metres. Field walls form the south and east sides while a slight scarp marks the western extremity. The north wall is defined by a single granite slab (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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