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Summary

Rectangular building on west side of field boundary considered to be of historic date of 6 metres by 2.5 metres defined by a 1.3 metres wide and 0.4 metres high rubble wall. A spread of rubble leading between the long axis of the structure may represent a partition or tumble.

Summary from record MDV130767:
Same as MDV55481

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE313
• National Monuments Record: SX56NE97?
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1405432
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438776?
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/55/5
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE? (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• BOTHY (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
• TRANSHUMANCE DWELLING (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE97, SX56NE 97 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV148977.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140475 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Butler considers this structure to represent 2 conjoined stone hut circles whilst Heal sees it as a simple plan hut with a partition. The National Trust Upper Plym inventory notes that it may have had a military function. The archaeologist considers that it is most likely to be an historic shelter and that it represents either a transhumance hut or served the rabbit warren.

Heal, S. V. E., 1991, Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement west of Shavercombe Tor, SAM 10685 (Report - non-specific). SDV154684.

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

Hut circle '6' to the north-east of Enclosure 'B' at 'Shavercombe Tor enclosures' consists of two conjoined hut circles of circa 3.0 metres diameter. Located to the south of the later rectangular building.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 256/102.940. (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

English Heritage, 2005, Survey Information (miscellaneous date) (Report - Survey). SDV345855.

Rectangular building shown on survey.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

The monument includes a building which may have been a transhumance hut or structure associated with warrening. The interior of the rectangular building measures 6 metres long by 2.5 metres wide and is defined by a 1.3 metres wide and 0.4 metres high rubble wall. A spread of rubble leading between the long axis of the structure may represent a partition or tumble.

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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