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HER Number:MDV50186
Name:Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton

Summary

Hut circle to the west of the enclosures. One of 20 huts associated with the settlement to the east of Leeden Tor

Location

Grid Reference:SX 563 716
Map Sheet:SX57SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX57SE42
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/17/17
  • Old SAM Ref: 22321
  • 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 130807 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 1992. Hut circle at SX 5637 7167 terraced into hillside. Simple plan and coursed walling. Internal diameter 3.8 metres. Wall 1.5 metres wide, 0.6 metres high.

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

Northern of two hut circles shown to the west of the enclosures at Leeden Tor East.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

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

(Visited 20/04/2019) Hut recorded at SX 56377 71666. Internal diameter measures 3.0 metres. Molinia cover. The wall is very collapsed (old) in centre of hut. Fair condition. Photograph taken.

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

Visited 20/04/2019. 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 metres OD., is a settlement, spread over 1.8 hectares. More than
half of the area is covered with erosion runnels and surface clitter, which thins towards the east
and th. A total of twenty huts are identifiable.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping to the north at SX5637771676.

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 130807.
SDV346026Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #117053 ]
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.

Associated Monuments

MDV14306Part of: Hut circle settlement east of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV50185Related to: Enclosures in settlement east of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV50183Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV50184Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV50187Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV3742Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV3743Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV50189Related to: Hut circle within settlement on the east side of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV50190Related 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 31 2021 9:54AM