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Summary

Hut circle '1' within enclosed hut circle settlement 'A' (Butler) in Huntingdon Warren

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1004587: Three enclosed hut groups, Huntingdon Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE102
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/57/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 465A
• Pastscape: 1059878, SX66NE102

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 162-4, Map 58, Figure 58.1 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut circle '1' within enclosure 'A' at 6.0 metres diameter with an entrance to the south-east.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1004587 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

Three enclosed hut groups, Huntingdon Warren. The settlement survives as three discrete, massively built pounds of varying size defined by walls which measure up to 3 metres wide and over 1 metre high, all of which contain stone hut circles.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 1059878, SX66NE102 (Website). SDV363416.

Field investigation on 1st January 1996. The seven huts in the enclosure are all clustered in the north-east quadrant; four, including the three smallest huts, being partially incorporated into the fabric of the enclosure wall. The two largest huts are conjoined and possess well-defined entrances in their south walls and two others are adjoined by small sub-rectangular enclosures.
Hut circle at SX 6591666406 of 4.2metres diameter with walls 1.9 metres wide and 0.9 metres high is adjoined by small pound.
Hut circle at SX 6593566405 of 2.2 metres diameter with walls 1.0 metre wide and 0.6 metres high is built into fabric of enclosure wall.
Hut circle at SX 6593366398 of 4.2 metres diameter with wall 1.4 metres wide and 0.9 metres high is adjoined by small pound.
Hut circle at SX 6596966379 of 2.5 metres diameter with walls 1.0 metres wide and 0.6 metres high is built into enclosure wall.
Hut circle at SX 6597066374 of 2.3 metres diameter with walls 1.0 metres wide and 0.5 metres high is built into enclosure wall.
Hut circle at SX 6594066375 of 6.3 metres diameter with walls 2.2 metres wide and 0.8 metres high adjoins the next hut.
Hut circle at SX 6595066377 of 6.5 metres diameter with walls 2.0 metres wide and 1.3 metres high adjoins previous hut.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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