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Summary

Unenclosed hut circle settlement within an area of tin workings to the west of the Devonport Leat lying on a west-facing slope overlooking Newleycombe Lake

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a section of the late 18th century Devonport Leat running from Raddick Hill to Nun's Cross, including extensive tinning remains at Cramber Tor
• Scheduled Monument 1012896: Two stone hut circles 810m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Scheduled Monument 1008648: Stone hut circle 770m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement
• Scheduled Monument 1008647: Two stone hut circles 850m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross, forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE59
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440199
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/338
• Old SAM Ref (Yes): 90788
• Old SAM Ref: 22387
• Old SAM Ref: 22388

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• UNENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE59, SX57SE59 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV232421.

Site visited on 13th August 1970. Two of the four hut circles which are centred at SX5968570027 are identical in size and shape; they are situated at 'A' - SX5964470009 and 'B' - SX5969270053 and comprise double stone walls of north to south 6.4 metres, east to west 6.9 metres with walls 0.5 metres high. The entrance gaps are in the south sides each having one remaining recumbent door-post.
Site visited on 12th August 1977. The hut circles (all probably Type 2 though one is a little ruined) are as described above. It is more likely however that they fall into a Bronze Age category rather than the Iron Age one purported by Lady Sayer.

Lady Sayer, 1981, Hut circle settlement (Correspondence). SDV232414.

Hut circles - possibly Iron Age- on the hillside between the two head streams of Newleycombe Lake. May be threatened by a proposal to construct a tunnel under the hillside in connection with the Swincombe Reservoir Scheme.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133148 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 65, Map 47 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Four heather covered hut circles of 3.2 metres to 5.5 metres diameter can be identified amongst the tinners' excavations pitting the hillside here. There are no traces of associated enclosures but they could be buried beneath the turf at this very overgrown site.

Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV354588.

Cramber Tor Survey 2002, Sites WA193, WA1945, WA195, WA196 (Duplicated Sites WA205, WA206, WA207, WA208).

Newman, P., 2006, Cramber Tor Training Area Archaeological Field Investigation (Report - Survey). SDV233640.

(01/08/2006) English Heritage Resurvey. Five hut circles: SX 5968 7005; SX 5967 7004; SX 5970 7000; SX 5963 7001; SX 5965 6999. The diameter of the largest hut is 7.1m. The walls are between 1.4m and 2m thick and up to 0.8m high. They consist of turf-covered stony banks, with a small proportion of the stones visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Five 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012896, 1008648 & 1008647 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This settlement includes three scheduled areas.
Monument Number 1012896 covers two hut circles in the north-east part of the settlement.
Monument Number 1008648 covers a hut circle in the south-east part of the settlement.
Monument Number 1008647 covers two hut circles in the south-west part of the settlement.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
• EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV8711 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area

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