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Summary

A disturbed hut 5.3 metres across with walls 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. This hut may have been excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1895 thus accounting for the irregular interior (2005 survey). Gerrard (1993) records a doorway facing south-south-west, lined with slabs on the west side of the passageway and partly blocked with loose rubble.

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: SX56NE69
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/4/24
• 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.

Baring Gould, S., 1896, Third Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 184-9 (Article in Serial). SDV260468.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130840 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

22/02/1993 (SX 56996526) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope, and of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 5m in diameter and is defined by a 2m wide wall standing up to 0.9m high. The doorway faces south-south-west, is lined with slabs on the west side of the passageway and is partly blocked with loose rubble.
This hut was excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1895, and this work revealed a paved floor extending over the southern half of the hut, a flint nodule and a crushed bowl found in a pit.

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

Hut Circle '3' of 4.9 metres diameter within the main enclosure of Settlement 'A' at Legis Tor. During excavations in 1895-6 several flints were found as well as charcoal and ash around the cooking hole containing a shattered vessel. The hut was partly paved.

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 5700 6526. A disturbed hut 5.3m across with walls 1.5m wide and 0.5m high. This hut may have been excavated thus accounting for the irregular interior.

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

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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 the 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: 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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