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Summary

Conjoined stone hut circle. Terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling. Interior of southern structure of 2.8 metres in diameter with walls 2 metres wide by 0.5 metres high. Northern structure is composed of two compartments: western one measures 6.2 metres by 1.4 metres, eastern one 2.2 metres diameter with an entrance from northern structure facing east

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011173: Enclosed settlement 380m south west of Raddick Hill summit

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/76/9
• Old SAM Ref: 22299

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130578, 09/12/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5769 7076) Conjoined stone hut circle. Terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling. Interior of southern structure measures 2.8m in diameter; wall 2m wide, 0.5m high. Northern structure is composed of two compartments: western one measures 6.2m by 1.4m, eastern one 2.2m diameter. Doorway from northern structure faces east.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 55-7, Map 46, Figure 46.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Double hut circle '5' of 5.8 metres diameter seems to be the only important building within Settlement 'C' at 'Raddick Hill West'.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360209.

Visible.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Double hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-114 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 23/12/2019. Overall condition moderate. Photo x2 taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-114 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo 1: View looking 090° showing grass/moss cover with ropped gorse outcrops. Photo 2: View looking 210° showing grass/moss cover with cropped gorse outcrops.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Two hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011173 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes an enclosure, ten stone hut circles, a clearance cairn and a length of field boundary situated on a gentle south west facing slope of Raddick Hill overlooking the valley of the River Meavy.The stone hut circles are composed of stone and earth banks surrounding an internal area. Nine of the huts are circular in plan and one is oval. The internal diameter of circular huts varies between 2.6 metres and 4.7 metres. The oval hut measures 2.7 metres long by 1.3 metres wide. The height of all the surrounding walls varies between 0.4 metres and 0.6 metres. Three of the huts are linked to the enclosure walling and appear to pre-date it. Seven of the huts have visible doorways and one has an annexe.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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