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Summary

Hut within enclosure south-west of Hen Tor. One of the three huts within the partial enclosure of 3.3 metres diameter with a possible entrance in the south-east

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 78
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/159/4
• Old SAM County Ref: 10694
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438723

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE78, Hut E (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV163730.

SX 5900 6537 Hut E; one of a group six described by the Ordnance Survey as having average diameters of 7.5 metres, walling of large stones from which turf has been largely denuded reaching the approximate height of 0.5 metres. Entrances all to the south-east.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE78 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV363230.

No further information.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140418, 01/05/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5899 6537) hut d. One of 7 hut circles forming part of a partially enclosed settlement. Simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 3.5m in diameter and is defined by a 1.4m wide wall standing up to 0.8m high. Doorway survives as a gap in the surrounding wall and faces south-south-west.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 122-3, Map 49, figure 49.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle shown within Enclosure 'C' at 'Upper Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 148-51/ 102.518e (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(22/03/2002) SX 5900 6537. A crude circle of massive boulders and slabs. Measures 3.3m in diameter with a possible entrance in the south-east.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on the aerial photography.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

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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