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Summary

Eastern of two hut circles to the west of Shavercombe Tor of 5 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres high

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE97, SX56NE97 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV148977.

Eastern hut is D-shaped and has an entrance in the south. Measuring 5.1 metres north to south by 4.7 metres internally it possesses walls 1.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. Both huts have been terraced into the gently sloping hillside to provide level interiors and both now serve as repositories for cleared surface stone.

Ancient Monuments, 1990, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV149065.

(1990) Both of 9m diameter with walls 2m thick, 0.6m high.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140468 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 3rd May 1995. Two huts at SX 5934 6610 and SX 5932 6610. The interior of the east hut is 4.5 metres in diameter and the surrounding 1.4 metres wide wall stands up to 0.5 metres high. This hut is site No.102951 in the National Trust Upper Plym inventory.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 123-4; Map 49, Figure 49.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Eastern of two hut circles to the north of Enclosure 'C' at 'Shavercombe Tor enclosures'.

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

SX 5932 6611 and SX 5933 6611. Two hut circles west of Shavercombe Tor.

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 aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-36 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(24/03/2020) Condition of huts assessed as very good. Western hut circle – site description from HER is accurate however entrance is believed to be south not south-west. Eastern hut entrance believed to be on west side not south. Site little visited and area is lightly grazed, no damage evident. Site is stable.

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

Photographed during March 2020 visit.

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: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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