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Summary

Hut circle partially excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in the late 19th century. Gerrard (2000) records a diameter of 8.4 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.5 metres wide, 1.0 metre high. A 200 degree facing gap with a leaning orthostat on the north-west side represents a doorway. The interior of the east side of the hut has been subdivided into two compartments formed by a rubble wall measuring 1.2 metres wide and up to 0.3 metres high. The northern room is 2.5 metres long by 2.1 metres wide and the southern room is 4 metres long by 2.3 metres wide. Grass and rushes.

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/92/1
• 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, 104 (Article in Serial). SDV337066.

Excavation of hut number 7 was started but not completed, due to poor weather.

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 'G'. Large double walled type diameter 9.5 metres, wall width 1.75 metres, height 0.6 metres of large granite slabs, some turf-covered. In the centre are a number of partly buried stones, which may have been thrown down or may be remains of a partition wall. Condition good. Entrance on south side.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible on National Monuments Record aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP152559, 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 8.4 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.5 metres wide, 1.0 metre high. A 200 degree facing gap with a leaning orthostat on the north-west side represents a doorway. The interior of the east side of the hut has been subdivided into two compartments formed by a rubble wall measuring 1.2 metres wide and up to 0.3 metres high. The northern room is 2.5 metres long by 2.1 metres wide and the southern room is 4 metres long by 2.3 metres wide. Grass and rushes.

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

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

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 22/04/2019 Reeds; gorse. Fair condition Photo taken

Various, 2018-2019, 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: none recorded

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