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Summary

Northern of a row of three hut circles of 5 metres diameter in settlement west of Hen Tor connected to a length of boundary wall

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE78
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/163/1
• 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.

Northern of a row of three hut circles shown on 19th century map.

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

(02/05/1950) SX 5912 6540 Hut J; 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 140440, 18/05/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5911 6539) Hut A. Simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior is 5m in diameter and the surrounding 1.3m wide wall stands up to 0.8m high. A gap in the surrounding wall facing south may represent an original doorway.

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

Northern of a row of three hut circles on the west side of the southern part of Settlement 'D' at 'Upper Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 145-7/517k (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

(22/03/2002) SX 5911 6539. A massively built hut 3.9 metres north to south by 4.6 metres with walls 1.1 metres wide and 0.6 metres high.

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

Hut shown on survey.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-27 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(06/02/2020) Condition of hut assessed as good; vegetation encroachment is threatening this feature. A very stone strewn site, wall lines / reaves are hard to distinguish in general boulder covered area. All huts recorded in this area have moderate to significant amount of low level bracken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during February 2020 visit.

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

Northern of three hut circles shown on modern mapping.

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

This monument includes extensive prehistoric and historic archaeological monuments situated within Hentor Warren, which lies between the Shavercombe and Hentor Brooks.

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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