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HER Number:	MDV51478
Name:	Hut circle within enclosed settlement between Sharp Tor and Doe Tor, Lydford

Summary

Hut circle of 4.3 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by 0.5 metres high within enclosed settlement between Sharp Tor and Doe Tor

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 546 848
Map Sheet:	SX58SW
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Lydford
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	LYDFORD

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1007663: Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 540m east of Doe Tor

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/187/10
Old SAM Ref: 22352

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130986 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 20th April 1993. At SX 5474 8484 a hut circle within an enclosure. Terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 4.3 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.3 metres wide wall standing up to 0.5 metres high.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 104, Map 32, Site 10 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle at 'Sharp Tor settlement'.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

Visited on 2nd March 2004. Ht circle at SX54678484. Internally 3.7 metres in diameter with overgrown walling 0.6 metres high.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Visible on aerial photgraph.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1007663 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155	Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 104, Map 32, Site 10.


SDV277946	Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 130986.


SDV346026	Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #139972 ]
SDV350801	Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown.


SDV365228	National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2023. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1007663.

Associated Monuments

MDV51480	Part of: Hut circle settlement between Sharp Tor and Doe Tor, Lydford (Monument)
MDV51475	Related to: Hut circle within enclosed settlement between Sharp Tor and Doe Tor, Lydford (Monument)
MDV51477	Related to: Hut circle within enclosed settlement between Sharp Tor and Doe Tor, Lydford (Monument)
MDV133785	Related to: Hut circle within enclosed settlement between Sharp Tor and Doe Tor, Lydford (Monument)
MDV51476	Related to: Hut circle within enclosed settlement between Sharp Tor and Doe Tor, Lydford (Monument)
MDV51479	Related to: Hut circle within enclosed settlement between Sharp Tor and Doe Tor, Lydford (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

Date Last Edited:	Jan 29 2023 12:18PM

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