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Summary

Hut circle of 3.3 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide by 0.4 metres high in settlement north-west of junction of the Rattle Brook and the River Tavy recorded in 1992 by Gerrard. No hut at this location was noted by the Royal Commission in 1998; requires further information to plot accurately.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011235: Stone hut circle settlement 280m south-west of Deadlake Foot

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/11/5
• Old SAM Ref: 22240
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE3

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 130617 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 1992. SX 5588 8384 Hut circle terraced in to the hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling type. The interior measures 3.3 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.7 metres wide wall standing up to 0.4 metres high. A wall composed of large blocks measuring 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high leads south from this hut. It is not clear whether this wall represents part of a field-plot or an enclosure boundary.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 104, Map 32, Site 9 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circles at 'Rattlebrook Foot' settlement.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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