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Summary

Gerrard (1993) records a very ruined hut which may have pre-dated the main settlement here; the robbing may have occurred at the time of the construction of the nearby enclosure. Remains of hut are oval in shape and measure 3.9 metres long by 2.9 metres wide internally, with bank 1.1 metres wide (up to 0.3 metres high). Not seen during 2005 or 2018 survey work.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019876: Prehistoric settlement, three round cairns and a post-medieval rabbit warren at Legis Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE153
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/363/4
• Old SAM Ref: 22289
• Pastscape: 438929

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE? (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE153 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV277800.

(12/02/1979) Hut 15.0m to the north of enclosure (MDV22775) is also very ruined. Its internal diameter is 5.0m, the walling being 0.6m thick and 0.4m high. No entrance is visible. Discovered during field investigation. Surveyed at 1:10 00 on P.F.D.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130853 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(22/02/1993) Hut circle forming part of an extensive prehistoric settlement. Terraced into the hillslope, and survives as an earthwork. Interior is oval in shape and measures 3.9m long by 2.9m wide and is defined by a 1.1m wide bank standing up to 0.3m high.
This hut may pre-date the main phase of Bronze Age occupation, because it has clearly been partly robbed and this is most likely to have occurred in antiquity, perhaps at the time when the nearby agglomerate enclosure was being built and occupied.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 111-4, Map 49, Figure 49.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Not shown between Settlements 'A' and 'B' at Legis Tor.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

No hut recorded at this location during 2005 survey.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Not shown on GIS survey layer.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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

Within Scheduled area

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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