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Summary

Part remains of a free-standing hut circle within the large settlement to the south of Legis Tor. Only stones on the western half of the hut survive in situ, forming a crescent wall. The diameter may have been 5.2m when intact (2022 survey detail). Gerrard (1993) recorded this hut but it was not identified during surveys in 2005 and 2018.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/363/6
• Old SAM Ref: 22289

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 130847 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

22/02/1993 (SX 5712 6528) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope, and of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 6.5m in diameter and is defined by a 1.1m wide wall standing up to 0.3m high on the west and as a clearly defined terrace elsewhere. Attached to a 1m wide and 0.4m high stone faced lynchet, which leads south-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.

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

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

No hut recorded at this location during the 2005 survey; unlikely feature.

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 depicted on the GIS survey layer.

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

Hut circle (part of) SX 57129 65281. Part remains of a free-standing hut circle within the large settlement to the south of Legis Tor. Only stones on the western half of the hut survive in situ, forming a crescent wall. The
diameter may have been 5.2m when intact.

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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