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Summary

Southern of a row of three hut circles of 4.2 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by 0.4 metres high within settlement to the south-east of Great Nodden on the east side of the River Lyd. Doorway survives as a gap in the surrounding wall facing south-west and is lined by slabs along the northern side

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008653: Stone hut circle settlement 330m south east of Great Nodden

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/42/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 424
• Old SAM Ref: 24071
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58NW7

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

One of the 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130902, 30/4/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle within a settlement overlooking the valley of the River Lyd. Terraced into the hillslope and of the simple plan, single orthostat and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 4.2 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.5 metre wide wall standing up to 0.4 metres high. Doorway survives as a gap in the surrounding wall, is lined by slabs along the northern side and faces west-south-west.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 218, Map 43, Figure 43.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Southern of three hut circles to the north of the enclosure at Settlement '2' to the east of the River Lyd.

Bray, L. + Crabb, A., 2017, HER Field Updates (Cartographic). SDV361914.

Hut circle plotted on site.

Bray, L., 2017, Site Condition Assessment: MDV50933 (Worksheet). SDV361930.

Site visited 23/11/17 and condition assessed as moderate, due to vegetation encroachment (bracken).

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Southern of a row of three hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1008653 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Between the enclosures lie at least three unenclosed stone hut circles. The interior of the southern hut measures 4.2 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.5 metres wide wall standing up to 0.4 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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