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Summary

Stone hut circle linked to western wall of enclosure. Appears to pre-date enclosure boundary. Terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling. Internal diameter 4.2 metres with walls 1.3 metres wide by 0.6 metres high with an entrance to the south-east.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/76/4
• 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 130572, 15/02/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5762 7076) Stone hut circle linked to w wall of enclosure. Appears to pre-date enclosure boundary. Terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling. Internal diameter 4.2m. Wall 1.3m wide, 0.6m high. Doorway to south-east.

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

One of eleven hut circles between 2.8 and 4.5 metres diameter 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.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-113 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 23/12/2019. Overall condition good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-113 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 270° showing grass/moss/whortleberry cover with cropped gorse outcrops.

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

Hut circle 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. 6metres 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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