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HER Number:MDV50177
Name:Hut circle within settlement east of Leeden Tor. Walkhampton

Summary

Hut circle attached to outer enclosure boundary wall and terraced into hillslope of the settlement to the east of Leeden Tor.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 564 717
Map Sheet:SX57SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX 57 SE 42
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/17/7
  • Old SAM Ref: 22285
  • Pastscape: 440146

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 130796 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 1992. Hut circle attached to outer enclosure boundary wall. Terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling. Internal diameter 3.4 metres. Wall 1.6 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Doorway to aest-south-east. Ordnance Survey plan shows it attached to outer face of boundary wall, but it is attached to inner face.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 38, Map 45, Figure 45.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle shown on the north-western boundary wall at Leeden Tor East.

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

Visited 21/04/2019. A very difficult area to locate features due to poor quality and extremely heavy gorse inundation. SX56570 71711. Built into inner bank of lower enclosure. 100% gorse inundation on walls and internally. Photo taken

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

Visited 21/04/2019 Photo taken

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 440146, SX57SE42 (Website). SDV363416.

Field Investigation on 17th July 1980. Centred at SX 56457164 on the southeast slope of Leeden Tor, at about 370 metresOD., is a settlement, spread over 1.8 hectares. A total of twenty huts are identifiable.

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

Hut circle shown on the boundary wall on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011168 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes four enclosures, 16 stone hut circles and a number of rubble walls arranged within an enclosing boundary and forming an enclosed stone hut circle settlement, situated on a gentle east-facing slope of Leeden Tor overlooking the valley of the River Meavy.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137656Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 38, Map 45, Figure 45.2.
SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 130796.
SDV362781Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital.
SDV363073Photograph: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording photographs. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital.
SDV363416Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 440146, SX57SE42.
SDV364015Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #117043 ]
SDV364016National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1011168.

Associated Monuments

MDV14306Part of: Hut circle settlement east of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV130332Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV50176Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV50179Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

Date Last Edited:Mar 29 2021 1:03PM