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Summary

Central of three hut circles within settlement north-west of Swincombe Water Intake. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Walling remains of a Bronze Age settlement north-west of Swincombe Water Intake, comprising three hut circles and fragmentary remains of field walls

Other References/Statuses

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset (Historical): NI Site
• National Monuments Record: SX67SW55
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443400
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/52/3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1980, SX67SW28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV234018.

SX6303 7191 Two small cairns recorded by Worth, R. H. (10/12/1948).
(27/04/1950) Visit by the Ordnance Survey could not identify these features.
(18/02/1980) No trace of these cairns was found during field investigation; it is possible that they are in fact the two hut circles at similar National Grid reference for which see SX 67 SW 55.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(18/08/1989) On a moderate south-eastern slope, and centred at SX63057196, are the remains of a settlement covering 3.6 hectares. It comprises three hut circles and fragmentary field walls. There has been some robbing for newtake walling and more recent disturbance, but almost certainly further remains are buried beneath the peat cover. The interiors of the huts retain the natural slope of the hillside.
Hut circle C (at SX 63047195). A hut of 7.0m internal diameter, robbed in the south-west quadrant. The walling is about 2.0m wide, consisting of massive inner and outer facing slabs between 0.3m and 1.3m high. No entrance can be seen. Small stones protrude from the turf within the hut on the east and south, and outside, to the west, a stony patch may indicate robbed or excavated material.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 213, Map 63 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Two hut circles recorded at 'Joan Ford's Newtake'.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Two hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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