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Summary

Two small hut circles in the north-west corner of the eastern enclosures of the settlement on Giant's Hill. These are not shown on the 2002 survey and may constitute fallen stone from the enclosure wall

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019081: Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and three round cairns on Giant's Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 94
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/542/1
• Old SAM Ref: 24190
• Pastscape: 438767

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., MPP 140362, 02/06/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5956 6682) Two of five hut circles within this enclosure; the others are at SX 5957 6678 and SX 5956 6678.
They lie within an enclosure forming part of an agglomeration including at least two distinct enclosed areas. Four of huts are conjoined, one is of simple plan, all are terraced into the hillslope and each is of rubble bank walling type.
The northern pair are conjoined and attached to the inner face of the enclosure boundary wall. The interior of the western hut is 2.1m in diameter and is defined by a 1m wide wall standing up to 0.3m high. The eastern hut survives as a 1.4m wide and 0.3m wide wall surrounding a 2m diameter internal area.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 130, Map 49, Figure 49.14 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Two small adjoining hut circles in the north-west corner of the northern enclosure of the eastern enclosures at the settlement on Giant's Hill.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 285/102.997b-e (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Square feature shown on modern mapping.

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

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