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Summary

A disturbed stone hut circle located 33m east of a large enclosure associated with an extensive settlement of huts and enclosures, south of Legis Tor. Very little of the wall facing remains in situ but the internal diameter is approximately 4.42m and the spread wall remains are 2m wide.

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/363/5
• Old SAM Ref: 22289
• Pastscape: 438929

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 130851 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

22/02/1993 (SX 5713 6524) Hut circle forming part of an extensive prehistoric settlement. Terraced into the hillslope, and of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior is oval in shape, measures 3.1m long by 1.9m wide and is defined by a 1m wide wall standing up to 0.3m high.
Attached to a 1m wide and 0.4m high stone faced lynchet, which leads west. 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.

Southern of two small hut circles between Settlements 'A' and 'B' at Legis Tor.

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

(07/02/2005) Centred SX 5715 6528. Three hut circles and an enclosure on the southern flank of Legis Tor above the right bank of the River Plym (see related records).
SX 5714 6525. A crude circle of stones enclosing a level platform 2.8m in internal diameter.
Neither of these features possess an identifiable entrance.

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.

Depicted on GIS survey layer.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019876 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within Scheduled area.

Newman, P., 2022, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey, Table 1 (Report - Survey). SDV365490.

A free-standing stone hut circle associated with an extensive settlement of huts and enclosures, south of
Legis Tor. SX 57134 65257. A disturbed stone hut circle located 33m east of a large enclosure associated with an extensive settlement of huts and enclosures, south of Legis Tor. Very little of the wall facing remains in situ but the internal diameter is approximately 4.42m and the spread wall remains are 2m wide.

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
• EDV8917 - Survey of the archaeological features on Ringmoor Down

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