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Summary

Two disturbed adjoining hut circles on a gentle north-east flank of Chagford Common 435m north of the summit of Water Hill on Hurston Ridge. The interiors of both huts are level and neither possesses a definable entrance. The western hut survives as a circular hollow 4.7m in diameter with a slight lip 0.8m wide and 0.2m high which is absent in the south-western quadrant. The eastern hut, 4.3m in diameter, is edged by a similar rim on the west and north.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE292
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 919047
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/363

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

(04/11/1992) Centred SX 67198173. Two disturbed adjoining hut circles on a gentle north-east flank of Chagford Common 435m north of the summit of Water Hill on Hurston Ridge.
The interiors of both huts are level and neither possesses a definable entrance. The western hut survives as a circular hollow 4.7m in diameter with a slight lip 0.8m wide and 0.2m high which is absent in the south-western quadrant. The eastern hut, 4.3m in diameter, is edged by a similar rim on the west and north.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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