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Summary

Hut circle measuring 2.3 metres in diameter, with double orthostat and rubble wall 0.9 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. A 210 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Bracken and grass cover.

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

• National Monuments Record: SX 57 SE 133
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/86/8
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/95
• Old SAM Ref: 24108(P)
• Pastscape: 440411
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE41, Hut 'O', 25/8/1950 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276070.

(SX5649 7299). One of a group of 17 hut circles, given the letter 'O'. In ruinous condition. Small, diameter around 5.0 metres, wall width 1.0 metre, height 0.3 metres. The north-west quadrant of wall survives and remainder is traceable by odd stones. Many of the smaller stones used to fill the pillaged wall have been thrown into the centre of the circle. Condition poor.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152577, 21/3/2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Yes Tor Bottom, 1120 metres east-north-east of Criptor. Diameter 2.3 metres. Double orthostat and rubble wall 0.9 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. A 210 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Bracken and grass cover.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 19; fig 44.2. (Monograph). SDV137656.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

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

Visited 22/04/2019. Bracken; grass; reeds Condition OK. Photo taken

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 22/04/2019. Photo taken

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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