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Summary

A roughly circular enclosure with eleven adjacent hut circles east of Huntingdon Cross and Ford. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002536: Enclosure and hut circles E of Huntingdon Ford
• SHINE: Walling remains of a Bronze Age settlement consisting of enclosures and hut circles to the east of Huntingdon Ford

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE35
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441453
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/18/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 466

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, NMR SX6666, 9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV151758.

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

Enclosure shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/223, 5220-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147275.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66NE35 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151755.

Enclosure wall of turf and heather covered stones.

Ministry of Works, 1961, Enclosure and hut circles east of Huntingdon Ford (Schedule Document). SDV152916.

Enclosure, entrance gaps on both upper and lower sides. Interior is sloping and soil has built up on the lower side - no huts.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE35 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151754.

(09/07/1977) This oval enclosure 80m by 70m and of 0.5 ha, lies on a very steep, well drained, south west facing slope at 375m above OD. It has a double faced wall, average width 3m, 0.5m high and lynchetted on the lower side, and is in good condition.
There is a simple gap, 1m wide, on the south lower, side and a probably original entrance, 4m wide with 3m inturns, on the upper side. The interior has not been cleared of boulders, but contains two small terraces, diameter 2.5m, constructed against the wall.
Two hut circles, (see SX 66NE 28) are built on to the outside of the enclosure. Also a sub circular platform, 6.5m diameter, which was probably a hut, but might have been a yard, connected with the Medieval building (SX 66 NE 55) which is built against the external wall face. There is no evidence of cultivation within, or adjacent to, the enclosure.
1:10 000 Survey revised on PFD.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Aerial Photograph Project records: ‘Ovoid enclosure of 0.5 hectares with two apparent hut circles inside’.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 156, Map 57, Figure 57.23 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Enclosure 'A' at 'Biller's Pound' is surrounded by a substantial bank still 1.5 metres high on the downhill sides. Three hut circles are attached to the exterior of the enclosure. There are no substantial buildings within the pound but there are a series of curved banks up to 3.5 metres across against the perimeter wall. A row of three adjoining features occur along the north wall with a further one to the east and one in the south-east.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

Richards, A. F., 2010, Enclosure (Personal Comment). SDV345928.

There is no evidence of there being any internal hut circles within the enclosure. The Aerial Photograph Project may not be entirely accurate in this instance.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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