HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV50181
Name:Hut in settlement east of Leeden Tor

Summary

Hut circle attached to enclosure boundary wall. Terraced into hillslope. Annex plan and coursed walling. Internal diameter 7.0 metres, wall 1.8 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. Annex attached to the southern side: 3.7 metres by 2.6 metres; wall 1.2 metres wide, 0.4 metres high.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 564 716
Map Sheet:SX57SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/17/11
  • Old SAM Ref: 22285
  • Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: sx57se42

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 130800 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

[1992] (SX 5643 7166) Hut circle attached to enclosure boundary wall. Terraced into hillslope. Annexe plan and coursed walling. Internal diameter measures 7m. Wall 1.8m wide, 0.8m high. Annexe attached to southern side measures 3.7m by 2.6m; wall 1.2m wide, 0.4m high.

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

Visited 21/04/2019 A very difficult section to locate features. SX56436 71667. Not very obvious amongst the clitter. Photos taken X 2

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

Visited 21/04/2019 A very difficult section to locate features. Annex at SX56435 71662

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

Visited 21/04/2019 Photos X 2 taken. 1) Main hut 2) main hut with annex in back

Sources / Further Reading

SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 130800.
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.

Associated Monuments

MDV14306Part of: Hut circle settlement east of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

Date Last Edited:Dec 19 2023 4:14PM