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Summary

Hut Circle '8' on the south-east side of the enclosed hut settlement on Dean Moor was excavated in 1954-6

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1003828: Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/73/9

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 Circles'shown on 19th century map.

Fox, A., 1957, Excavations at Dean Moor (1954-1956), pg. 52-3 fig.17 (Article in Serial). SDV167114.

Hut 8. Built on sloping ground near Hut 7. Lower side wall had collapsed. Doorway faced east, screened from the north and Hut 7 by a short spur-wall of large boulders.
Interior divided by a length of stone foundation 0.6 - 1.2 metres wide, and one stone high. Floor on either side of it was covered with a spill of fine grey soil implying that it had carried a turf superstructure similar to the cellar wall in Hut 7. The way in from the main room was indicated by two paving slabs, probably a sleeping place.
Hearth on lower side with a paved surround, fuel used was oak and birch. A small pit in centre of the hut was filled with dark soil. Three whetstones (fig.23,8, fig.24,10 and 12), a hammerstone, four flints and a piece of shale were found in the dark soil round the hearth. Four postholes found.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 147-150, Map 57, Figure 57.16 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '8' of circa 7.4 metres diameter at 'Brockhill Foot West enclosure' is normally partly submerged and is the only building with a substantial interior wall separating off an inner room to the north.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Main hut depicted on the modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8466 - Excavations in the Avon Valley

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