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Summary

Central of a row of three hut circles of 4.4 metres diameter in settlement west of Hen Tor connected to a length of boundary wall with a well-defined entrance in the north side. The walls measure 1.5 metres wide and 0.75 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE78
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/163/2
• 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.

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

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

(02/05/1950) SX 5911 6539 Hut K; 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 6538) Hut B. Simple plan, double orthostat and rubble bank walling type. Interior is 3.4m in diameter and is defined by a 1.1m wide wall standing up to 0.7m high.

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

Central 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, 145-7/517j (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

(22/03/2002) SX 5910 6538. Infilled hut 4.4 metres in diameter with a well-defined entrance in the north side. The walls measure 1.5 metres wide and 0.75 metres high.

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

Hut shown on survey.

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

Central of three hut circles 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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