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Summary

Stone hut circle forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement. The stone hut circle is terraced into the hillside and is composed of a stone and earth wall surrounding a circular internal area. The interior of the building measures 4.8 metres in diameter and the 1.7 metres wide wall stands up to 0.5 metres high. The doorway survives as a 1.2 metres wide gap in the surrounding wall and faces south west.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008654: Stone hut circle 370m south east of Great Nodden forming an outlying part of a stone hut circle settlement

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/42/4
• Old SAM County Ref: 424
• Old SAM Ref: 24071

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275024.

Osa=sx58nw7.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130907, 30/4/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle on e edge of settlement overlooking the valley of the river lyd. Terraced into the hillside and of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 4.8m in diam and is defined by a 1.7m wide wall standing up to 0.5m high. Doorway survives as a 1.2m wide gap in the surrounding wall and faces sw.
A boundary bank, leading e from this hut is shown on butler's plan, but no trace of this was found during the field visit (mpp).

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 218, Map 43.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Depicted on Butler's map.

English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.

The stone hut circle 370m south east of Great Nodden survives comparatively well and contains archaeological remains and environmental evidence relating to the monument, the economy of its inhabitants and the landscape in which they lived. As such, it provides a valuable insight into the nature of Bronze Age occupation on the west side of the Moor. This hut lies a short distance from a stone hut circle settlement and will therefore contain information concerning the development of settlements within this area.
This monument includes a stone hut circle situated on the eastern edge of a stone hut circle settlement, lying on a west-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Lyd. The stone hut circle is terraced into the hillside and is composed of a stone and earth wall surrounding a circular internal area. The interior of the building measures 4.8m in diameter and the 1.7m wide wall stands up to 0.5m high. The doorway survives as a 1.2m wide gap in the surrounding wall and faces south west.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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