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Summary

Possible hut measuring 4.2 metres in diameter with wall 1.1 metres wide (up to 0.4 metres high) recorded in 1993. Attached to a boundary wall within an agglomerate enclosure, this hut was not recorded during the recent 2018 survey of the site and may be doubtful.

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/4/20
• Old SAM Ref: 22289
• Pastscape: 438698

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130836 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

22/02/1993 (SX 57036525) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope, and of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 4.2m in diameter and is defined by a 1.1m wide wall standing up to 0.4m high. Attached to a boundary wall within an agglomerate enclosure.

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

Not shown within Settlement 'A' at Legis Tor.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Possible hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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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