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Summary

Previously thought to be a pair of huts, survey in 1994 has identified these are natural features.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008073: Two stone hut circles forming part of the enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the south-east slope of Conies Down Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NE6
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/128
• Old SAM Ref: 22224
• Pastscape: 439581

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/F64/58/6399, 0035 (Aerial Photograph). SDV255307.

Ancient Monuments, 1992, Huts on Conies Down Tor, 1992 (Schedule Document). SDV227366.

Two attached hut circles terraced into hillside, forming part of enclosed settlement. The larger is of stone and earth; 3.5 metres in diameter, walls 1 metre wide, 0.4 metres high. The smaller is attached to north-east side, diameter 2.0 metres, walls 1.3 metres wide, 0.3 metres high.

National Monument Record, 2018, Pastscape, 1994 data (Website). SDV360651.

The huts recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1978 at SX 59127883, SX 59157881 and SX 57178777 are merely rocky outcrops and hollows in the steep east-facing slope above the enclosures (citing Probert, S. A. J., 19/09/1994 Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England Field Investigation).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area

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