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Summary

This hut measures 5.5 metres in diameter (internal) with walls 2.0 metres wide and 0.7 metres high. Possibly excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1895 (2005 survey). Gerrard (1993) records a doorway facing south-east and partly blocked with loose rubble. This structure is attached to a short length of boundary bank which partly sub-divides one of the enclosures within an agglomerate enclosure.

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/4/25
• 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 130841 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

22/02/1993 (SX 56986528) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope, and of the simple plan and coursed walling type. Interior measures 6m in diameter and is defined by a 1.8m wide wall standing up to 0.8m high. The doorway faces south-east and is partly blocked with loose rubble. This structure is attached to a short length of boundary bank which partly sub-divides one of the enclosures within an agglomerate enclosure.
Excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1895, and this work revealed flint flakes and a cooking hole filled with ash and pottery sherds.

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

Hut Circle '5' of 5.2 metres diameter is connected by walling to its neighbour to the west within the main enclosure of Settlement 'A' at Legis Tor. Excavation in 1895-6 produced worked flint and pottery from the floor and a cooking pit.

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 5698 6528. This hut measures 5.5m in diameter with walls 2.0m wide and 0.7m high. Possibly excavated.

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 corcle 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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