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Summary

Hut Circle '8' of 6 metres diameter with walls 2 metres wide by 0.6 metres high and an internal division and a south-eastern doorway within settlement north-east of Ger Tor. The 1893 excavations revealed the dividing wall and a paved floor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011237: Length of boundary wall and seven stone hut circles forming part of a large enclosure north-east of Ger Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/57/7
• Old SAM Ref: 22242
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE5

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58SE5, SX58SE5 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV236695.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130608 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 1992. Hut circle situated within a large enclosure. It is terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. The interior measures 6 metres in diameter and is defined by a 2 metres wide wall standing up to 0.6 metres high. The doorway faces south-east and is lined on one side with an upright slab. Excavation by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1893 revealed the dividing wall, which still survives as an earthwork and a paved floor. The excavators believed this hut was a cattle pen because they found no trace of a hearth. This building forms part of a cluster of stone hut circles situated around the northern edge of the large enclosure.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 100-101, Map 32, Figure 32.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut Circle '8' of 5.8 metres diameter at 'Ger Tor North-east' settlement has a straight interior wall and excavation showed it had been at least partly paved.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1011237 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

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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