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| HER Number: | MDV49785 |
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| Name: | Small hut L in settlement 1180 metres south of North Hessary Tor |
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Summary
Hut circle terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling. Internal diameter 2.3 metres, wall 1.6 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Doorway survives as a gap in south-south-west wall.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 577 730 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/1/4
- Old SAM Ref: 22326(P)
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57SE26
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130651, 8/10/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Hut circle terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling. Internal diameter 2.3 metres, wall 1.6 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Doorway survives as a gap in south-south-west wall.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 21-22, Map 44.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Butler's hut 9; the smallest building (measuring 2.6 metres) lies just eight metres from the Walkhampton Common East reave bounding the settlement on this side.
One of twelve hut circles lie in an exposed position just below the Princetown Railway track. Partially explored by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee they had previously been much pulled about by stone cutters.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Visible on the aerial photography.
National Monument Record, 2018, Pastscape (Website). SDV360651.
Thought to be the hut L, referred to from the 1980 Ordnance Survey notes (cited in Pastscape).
Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.
Visited 26/12/2018. Condition stable.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 21-22, Map 44.3. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 130651, 8/10/1992. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #114390 ] |
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| SDV360651 | Website: National Monument Record. 2018. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk. Website. |
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| SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2019. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV3692 | Part of: Hut circle settlement 1180 metres south of North Hessary Tor (Monument) |
| MDV3698 | Related to: Hut F in settlement 1180 metres south of North Hessary Tor (Monument) |
| MDV15038 | Related to: The Walkhampton Common Reave (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 28 2019 10:47AM |
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