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Summary

Hut Circle '1' (Butler) within southern enclosure in prehistoric settlement north of Hook Lake recorded on the late 19th century map

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002493: Stone row, cairn and enclosures near Hook Lane, Erme Valley

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NW49
• National Monuments Record: SX66NW50
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/55/2
• Pastscape
• Pastscape: 441711

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66NW49, Hut I (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151203.

(08/05/1950) SX 6401 6516 Hut circle I. One of a group of nine. A very small hut circle, 5.5m in diameter. There is an apparent entrance north-south-west.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX66NW50, SX66NW50 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV153144.

(14/01/1978) Within the enclosure MDV5152 is a hut circle, oval rather than circular in shape, with a maximum internal measurement of 3.7m, wall 1.0m thick and an entrance on the south-west side. The walling is largely orthostatic. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 71, Map 55, Figure 55.4 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '1' of circa 3.4 metres diameter at 'Hook Lake North 1' on the eastern boundary of the courts on the west and south sides of the enclosure.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

An internal hut circle within the enclosure has an internal diameter of 3.2 metres. Several orthostats representing the internal wall face of the structure remain in situ, surrounded by turf-covered rubble.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

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