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Summary

Eastern of two disturbed hut circles of 4.2 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.3 metres high situated 300 metres north-east of the Standon Down settlement. Surveyed in 1998

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011229: Two stone hut circles 1000m north of Standon Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SE21
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440637
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/82/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22314

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX58SE21 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV277842.

(25/10/1979) Two hut circles, centred at SX 55468258, are situated on a slight north west facing slope to the west of an un-named tributary of the River Tavy at about 426m OD. Both are of Type 1 (SX 56 SE 19) with rubble walling, 1.1m wide and 0.3m high and south west facing entrances. The westernmost hut has an internal diameter of 2.7m; the other a diameter of 3.7m.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD.

Ancient Monuments, 1990, Schedule notes (Schedule Document). SDV239957.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 128977 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(13/10/1992) Hut circle terraced into the hillside. Simple plan and rubble bank walling type. The interior measures 4.2m in diameter and is defined by a 1.4m wide wall standing up to 0.3m high. The doorway faces south-west. A boundary bank measuring 1m wide and 0.15m high leads south-south-west from this hut. This bank survives as an earthwork, only within 4m of the hut and as a buried feature elsewhere. The extent of the attached field system or enclosure is not known because of the considerable peat deposits surrounding the monument.
Butler argues that this structure is a robbed cairn but this interpretation seems unlikely because of the boundary bank, the surviving doorway and the character of the earthwork evidence which is typical of stone hut circles.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 98, 241, Map 32, Site 1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Standon Hill N. cairn '2' at SX55518256 (?) of 5.8 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high. One of a pair of mounds that are likely to be well-robbed cairns.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(26/08/1998) Two stony earthworks, probably the disturbed remains of hut circles lie at 430m above OD on a fairly steep NW-facing slope.
SX55468258 A damaged amorphous stony spread 5.5m in overall diameter with a 2.8m by 2.6m and 0.5m deep crude central depression. Small boulders protrude from a ragged bank and there is no obvious gap. The downslope is 0.6m high and the back scarp is 0.4m high.
These earthworks have been extensively damaged, possibly by excavation or military activity.
SX55418263 A rectangular grouping of small boulders c 5.4m long may be part of a linear feature mostly buried under deep peat on granite bedrock.

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(15/02/2001) No change.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011229 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes two stone hut circles aligned east-west and situated on a north-west facing slope overlooking Tavy Cleave. The huts are terraced into the hillside, are composed of stone and earth banks surrounding a circular internal area and have south-west facing doorways. The eastern hut measures 4.2 metres in diameter and is defined by a wall 1.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. A boundary bank measuring 1 metre wide and 0.15 metres high leads south-south- west from this hut. This bank survives as an earthwork only within the immediate vicinity of the huts and as a buried feature elsewhere. The extent of the attached field system or enclosure is not known because of the considerable peat deposits surrounding the monument.

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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