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Summary

Hut circle to the south of the enclosure in settlement to the north-west of Yellowmeade Farm. Diameter measures 5.3m. Double orthostat wall 1.3m wide, 0.7m high. A 185 degree facing gap lined on the west represents a doorway. Low grass cover (1999 visit).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019574: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a route marker 325m north west of Yellowmeade Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE15
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440065
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/110
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/21/6
• Old SAM County Ref: 867D
• Old SAM Ref: 28775
• Pastscape: 440065

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE15, Hut B (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV271768.

(17/08/1950) SX 5640 7443 Hut circle. One of a group of 16 hut circles and an enclosure, given the letter B. Double walled type. Diameter 6.0m, walls 1.0m wide, 0.5m high. Condition good, entrance to south-east.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV271765.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152359 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(11/06/1999) Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement 350 metres north-west of Yellowmeade Farm.
Diameter measures 5.3m. Double orthostat wall 1.3m wide, 0.7m high. A 185 degree facing gap lined on the west represents a doorway. Low grass cover.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 14-18, Map 44, Figure 44.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle at Yellowmeade shown to the south of the enclosure with an entrance to the south.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019574 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The settlement includes an oval enclosure containing three stone hut circles, with a further nine huts lying outside. The stone hut circles survive as banks each surrounding a circular internal area of between 2.6 metres and 7.5 metres in diameter. The heights of the surrounding walls vary between 0.4 metres and 0.8 metres. Nine of the huts have visible doorways, one has an annex, another a courtyard and two have partitions.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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