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Summary

Gerrard (1992) shows two small huts here, so close to one another they are practically joined. Butler (1994) and the base mapping only show one hut. Diameters 3.2 - 4.0 metres; huts are partly damaged.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011174: Thirty-six stone hut circles and an irregular aggregate field system forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 450m north of Hart Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE20
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/42/51
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/42/53
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/42/59
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/42/60
• Old SAM Ref: 22303
• Pastscape: 440082

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE20, SX67SE20 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276586.

Visited on 16th June 1980. Centred at SX58587244 is an open settlement of 39 huts covering nearly 5 hectares of a heather-covered south-west slope between 360 metres and 388 metres OD. Some huts are densely overgrown and in poor condition but all appear to be of Type 2.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130710-11, 09/12/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Thirty-six stone hut circles and an irregular aggregate field system forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 450 metres north of Hart Tor.
Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Survives as an earthwork of the simple plan type the interior measures 4 etresm in diameter and is defined by a 1.3 metres wide bank standing up to 0.3 metres high.
Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat walling type. The interior measures 3.2 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.4 metres wide wall standing up to 0.3 metres high a short length of the west wall has seen limited damage and now survives as a buried feature.
(Gerrard shows these huts as practically joined on his plan of the settlement).

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 54-54, Map 46, Figure 46.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle south of the enclosure at 'Hart Tor North'.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-106 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 15/11/2019. No stones of SW circle visible at surface. SW circle centered on SX 58188 72535. NE circle centered on SX 58192 72540. Overall condition very good. Photo X2 taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-106 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo of SW circle looking 050° showing grass, moss and heather covering. Photo of NE circle looking 230° showing grass, moss and heather covering.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Single hut shown on the mapping here; neither could be traced with any certainty on the 2015 aerial photography, unlike the others in the settlement.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011174 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes 36 stone hut circles dispersed within an irregular aggregate field system situated on a gentle west-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Meavy and forming part of a large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement between Hart Tor and Devil's Bridge.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7517 - Survey of Har Tor tin works
• EDV7525 - Survey of Hart Tor prehistoric settlement
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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