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Summary

An enclosed settlement consisting of two adjoining enclosures. The first at SX 67806573 is ovoid in shape and contains three hut circles. The second at SX 67836569 post dates the first and also contains three hut circles. All features are believed to be of Bronze Age date.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Two joining enclosures with seven hut circles and stone circle with cist 200 metres north of the Avon Dam Reservoir
• Scheduled Monument 1003828: Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE20
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441408
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/53
• Old SAM County Ref: 282
• Old SAM Ref: 2
• Pastscape: 441408

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, NMR SX6766, 1-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147534.

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

Two adjoining enclosures with seven hut circles shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1977, SX66NE20 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146872.

(03/05/1950) Enclosure walls of turf covered stones. Entrance to north enclosure at SX67756573. Walling has disappeared where Abbot's Way enters and leaves the southern enclosure. Seven hut circles whose walls are of turf covered stones, and each hut circle has an entrance to south-east. Interior cultivated and clear of stones.
(04/07/1977) The settlement consists of 2 adjoining enclosures, and lies on a gentle, well drained south facing slope at 370m above OD.
A: SX 67806573. This ovoid enclosure, 80m by 65m. and 0.5ha, has walls, about 3m wide, constructed of large boulders, with two probable original entrances, the west 2.0m wide and the north 2.5m wide. Two other gaps are probably modern. The enclosure contains three terraced type II hut circles, average internal diameter 6.5m, walls 1.4m wide; one freestanding and one built on the line of the wall, the other has a south facing entrance, 0.6m wide, marked by jambs 1.2m high and is built against the wall.
B: SX 67836569: This enclosure, 40m by 35m and 0.1 ha, is built onto and post dates enclosure A. The wall, about 1.4m wide, is of double orthostat construction and has 2 gaps through which the Abbot's Way passes. Three terraced type II hut circles, average internal diameter 6.5m, walls 1.6m wide, are built on the line of the enclosure wall and have entrances in the south quadrant. All the structures are in fair condition.
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.

Agglomerated enclosure (with two elements) recorded. Seven hut circles visible. Total area about 0.5 hectares.

Griffith, F. M., 1990, DAP/QG, 8-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV144136.

Photograph taken on 14th March 1990.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 151, Map 57, Figure 57.18 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Double enclosure at 'Brockhill Ford West' with the southern enclosures cut by the Abbot's Way. Each enclosure contains three medium sized huts all incorporated into the perimeter wall.

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

Two adjoining enclosures visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Two adjoining enclosures with six hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1003828 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

Enclosure adjoining Abbot's Way - containing 3 huts. The interior appears to have been cultivated. There are 4 robbed huts in a lower enclosure. Condition fair.
The central settlement in the scheduled area includes an agglomerated enclosure incorporating five stone hut circles in its walls. A further free-standing hut is situated within the south-western part of the northern enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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