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Summary

Possible hut in settlement north-west of Hen Tor. Hut recorded by the Ordnance Survey and Gerrard, but does not appear to have been plotted in the English Heritage 2002 survey. Hut circle of 4 metres diameter with a 1.3 metres wide wall standing up to 0.3 metres high

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/158/1
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)

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 at this location.

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

(02/05/1950) SX 5906 6544 Hut G; one of a group of eight huts (G-N) described by the Ordnance Survey as being smaller than Huts A-F, averaging 5.5 metres in diameter. They are in poor condition generally, the walling in most parts has collapsed, average height 0.4 metres. Entrances are not obvious.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140438, 18/05/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5906 6543) Hut circle forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement; it is linked to a curving length of rubble boundary wall which may represent the remains of a small enclosure measuring 20m by 5m defined by a 1.5m wide and 0.4m high rubble wall. Of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type, its interior is 4m in diameter and is defined by a 1.3m wide wall standing up to 0.3m high.

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

Not shown at 'Upper Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 153-4/102.525 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

Possible site of hut visible on the aerial photograph.

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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