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Summary

A fairly well defined hut circle located to the south of the enclosure. It measures 4.1m by 4.6m internally and had a boulder/stone bank with some facing slabs 1.5m wide and 0.5m high; the entrance is on the downhill side. The interior has possibly been excavated.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014145: Three stone alignments, 15 cairns, a cist, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and a small clapper bridge at Drizzle Combe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE87
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/38/1
• Old SAM Ref: 24104
• Pastscape: 438752

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP133429 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 12th March 1993. Hut circle forming part of a cluster of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement and ritual features including 5 enclosures, a large number of associated hut circles, 3 stone alignments and at least 22 cairns. This hut circle is located immediately south of an agglomerate enclosure. It is terraced into the hillslope and is of the simple plan and coursed walling type. The interior measures 3.7 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.6 metre wide wall standing up to 0.7 metres high. A 1 metre by 0.8 metre by 0.2m deep, hollow within the building may be the result of robbing or partial excavation.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 128, Figure 49.13, Map 49 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle (6) to the south of Drizzlecombe Enclosure (A) is 4.1 metres in diameter. It seems to have an alcove built into the north wall and an opening to the south.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

(27/08/1999) SX59306721. A fairly well defined hut circle located to the south of the enclosure. It measures 4.1m by 4.6m internally and had a boulder/stone bank with some facing slabs 1.5m wide and 0.5m high; the entrance is on the downhill side. The interior has possibly been excavated.

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

Feature visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-DZ 23 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 05/02/2020. Overall condition moderate. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UP-DZ 23 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 210° showing grass/moss and bracken cover with reeds in central depression.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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