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Summary

Hut within western enclosure (the second earliest of the settlement). A well-preserved hut 6.5 metres in diameter with walls 2.2 metres wide and 0.9 metres high. Gerrard (1993) describes it as conjoined type hut.

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: SX 56 NE 69
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/4/10
• Old SAM Ref: 22289
• Pastscape: 438698

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130826 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(22/02/1993) SX 5692 6520 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope, and of the conjoined plan and orthostat walling type. Interior of northern room measures 6.3m in diameter and is defined by a 2.7m wide double orthostat wall standing up to 0.8m high. A number of facing stones within the fabric of the wall suggests that the wall was widened at some time. The doorway faces south and is partly blocked with loose rubble. The interior of the south room measures 3m and is defined by a single orthostat wall 1.4m wide and 0.3m high.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 111-114, Map 49, Figure 49.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle in the most westerly of the enclosures within Settlement 'A' at Legis Tor on the south side of the leat.

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

(15/02/2005) One of 13 hut circles within a field system on the lower south and south-west flanks of Legis Tor. All but one of the huts are contained within five irregular, adjoining enclosures to the south of the settlement. The hut circles are largely integral with the enclosure banks though several are free-standing. All the huts have level interiors unless otherwise stated. Few display obvious entrances. All diameters are internal. Described separately; see related records.
SX 5692 6521. A well-preserved hut 6.5m in diameter with walls 2.2m wide and 0.9m high.

Probert, S. A. J., 2010, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV360517.

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.

Only one large hut shown at this location 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, 1019876 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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