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Summary

One of a group of hut circles in an agglomerated enclosure on Lee Moor above Spanish Lake. A small hut 2.0 metres in diameter with walls 1.2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. A possible entrance in the south side is marked by two upright granite posts.

Summary from record MDV53369:
Vis=18/5/1994 (gerrard) hut b. Simple plan and single orthostat walling type. Interior measures 2m in diam and is defined by a 1.8m wide wall standing up to 0.4m high. A se facing gap in the surrounding wall is lined on both sides and represents an original doorway (mpp). Maybe SX 5861 6563; needs confirming

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018356: Stone hut circle settlement 600m ENE of Great Trowlesworthy Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: MDV53369
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/576
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/17/2
• Old SAM Ref: 24119
• Old SAM Ref: 24119
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: sx56ne105

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56SE3 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV139161.

Enclosure and hut circles. A compound enclosure of the usual Dartmoor type. Walling of turf and heather covered stones reaching an average height of 0.5 metres. No obvious entrances.
Hut circle E. (Remains of). Very vague remains of a small hut circle, accurate measurement impossible.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133401 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(18/05/1994) SX 5851 6563 Hut B. Simple plan and single orthostat walling type. Interior measures 2m in diameter and is defined by a 1.8m wide wall standing up to 0.4m high. A south-east facing gap in the surrounding wall is lined on both sides and represents an original doorway.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 162-3, Map 51, Figure 51.6 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Central of three hut circles on the northern boundary of the western enclosure within Settlement 'B' at 'Upper Spanish Lake'.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

One of a group of four hut circles in a agglomerated enclosure on Lee Moor above Spanish Lake.
SX 58526463. A small hut 2.0 metres in diameter with walls 1.2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. A possible entrance in the south side is marked by two upright granite posts.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Visible on the aerial photography.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Depicted on the modern mapping, although shown rather large.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
• EDV8965 - Aerial survey of guardianship sites on Dartmoor

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