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Summary

A group of eight hut circles are clustered around the north and west margins of a small enclosure on the moderate south-east facing slope of Huntingdon Warren. The huts are all slightly ovoid and they are relatively large with diameters in the range of 4.3 metres to 7.2 metres. Four have well-defined entrances either in the east or south sides and all are terraced into the slope.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1004587: Three enclosed hut groups, Huntingdon Warren
• SHINE: Earthworks of Huntingdon Medieval Warren including pillow mounds, vermin traps and warren house, Bronze Age hut circles, enclosures, and the Huntingdon Barrow as well as old tin workings including Huntingdon Tin Mine, Gibby Beam and Wellabrook Girt

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE27
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441429
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/59
• Old SAM County Ref: 465C
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX66NE27

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Cambridge Committee for Aerial Photography, CPE/UK 2494, 4117-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDV156973.

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

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 223 5221-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE27 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV225997.

(08/07/1977) Centred SX 66336639 An open settlement of six probably Type 1 hut circles lies on a moderate, well drained south-east facing slope at 395 metres above OD and may be associated with the enclosed settlement between them. The hut circles have an average internal diameter of 6.5 metres with walls 1.5 metres thick constructed mostly of small boulders. Three have entrances in the south-east quadrant and two are cut back into the slope. There is no indication of cultivation in the vicinity which is mainly clear of clitter. 1:10 000 Survey revised.

Harvey, N., 1980, Industrial Archaeology of Farming in England and Wales, 16 (Monograph). SDV234502.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, Hazel Riley (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(31/01/1996) Centred at SX66316641. A group of eight hut circles are clustered around the north and west margins of a small enclosure on the moderate south-east facing slope of Huntingdon Warren. The huts are all slightly ovoid and they are relatively large with diameters in the range of 4.3 metres to 7.2 metres. Four have well-defined entrances either in the east or south sides and all are terraced into the slope.
Hut circle at SX 6635766413 of 5.7 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide and 1.2 metres high.
Hut circle at SX 6634866428 of 7.2 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide and 1.2 metres high.
Hut circle at SX 6633266419 of 5.5 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide and 0.7 metres high. Eastern entrance. Disturbed by later drainage channel.
Hut circle at SX 6632566422 of 4.3 metres diameter with walls 1.1 metres wide and 0.7 metres high. Adjoins previous hut.
Hut circle at SX 6631066405 of 6.2 metres diameter with walls 1.2 metres wide and 0.5 metres high.
Hut circle at SX 6627766353 of 4.9 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. Eastern entrance.
Hut circle at SX 6629466350 of 5.1 metres diameter with walls 2.1 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. Southern entrance.
Hut circle at SX 6628766328 of 5.5 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. Southern Entrance.

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.

Site visited on 11th January 1961. 4-5 hut circles above enclosure.
Three enclosed hut groups at 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. A further seven stone hut circles lie outside these enclosures. There are up to 24 stone hut circles which vary in diameter internally from 2.2 metres to 7.2 metres. Seventeen of the huts are enclosed and of these 12 are attached to enclosure walls.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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