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| HER Number: | MDV55005 |
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| Name: | Enclosed hut circle settlement north of Merrivale Bridge, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Subcircular enclosure with two hut circles inside. A further hut is located to the south-east of the enclosure.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 553 754 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of a sub circular bronze age enclosure with at least two internal hut circles and an additional hut to the south-east, north of Merrivale Bridge
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NE45
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439700
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/144
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1968, F42/58/8609 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221584.
Photograph taken on 26th February 1968. A subcircular enclosure with one hut circle is visible at SX 55367547.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX57NE45 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV250193.
(03/12/1979) Centred at SX 55377544 are the remains of two hut circles within a circular enclosure, situated on a rock strewn W slope above Walkham River.
The incomplete enclosure has a diameter of 49.0m., the north part merging with clitter, the southern part either stripped out or peat covered. Its walling consists of single blocks and slabs linking 'in situ' boulders, averaging 0.7m. wide and 0.5m. high. There is no entrance in the surviving part.
Both hut circles are of Type 1 (SX 56 SE 19) with internal diameters of 4.2m. and 4.6m. and single stone walling 0.3m. high. They are in poor condition with no obvious entrances.
A third and similar hut with an internal diameter of 5.6m. is situated 40.0m. to the SE outside the enclosure at SX 55417541.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:2500.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 72, Map 30, Site 7 (Monograph). SDV219155.
'Merrivale Bridge North 1' is an almost circular enclosure about 55 metres in diameter which surrounds a pair of hut circles at the centre. One of them is 5 metres in diameter while the other is represented by a short arc of stones. The circuit wall was rather casually built between naturally placed rocks, with some slabs set on edge and others simply pushed into position.
Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.
'Settlement' shown on modern mapping with two internal and one external hut circles.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 72, Map 30, Site 7. |
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| SDV221584 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1968. F42/58/8609. royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. |
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| SDV250193 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX57NE45. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV364674 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV133294 | Parent of: Hut circle within settlement north of Merrivale Bridge, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV133295 | Parent of: Hut circle within settlement north of Merrivale Bridge, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV55006 | Related to: Hut circle south of small settlement north of Merrivale Bridge, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 31 2022 9:21AM |
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