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Summary

A settlement comprising four hut circles, two are inside an incomplete rectilinear enclosure attached to a contour reave, situated on a moderate slope on Cudlipptown Down

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of a prehistoric reave on Cudlipptown Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW114
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 918840
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/226

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC? (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(14/01/1988) SX 5390 7912: A settlement comprising four hut circles, two are inside an incomplete rectilinear enclosure attached to a contour reave, situated on a moderate slope on Cudlipptown Down. The features occupy an area of medium clitter cover.
'A' SX 5394 7911. Hut circle of 2.8 to 3.2m internal diameter with walling of medium and large-size rubble 1.2m wide and up to 0.5m high. The circuit has been damaged on the W resulting in wall material being pushed to the interior. No entrance is visible.
'B' SX 5391 7910. Hut circle of 3.2m internal diameter with rubble walling of medium and large-size stones 1.6m wide and 0.4m high. There is a trace of laid facing stones on the E. The interior is levelled into the slope by cutting in to 0.4m and embanking to 0.6m. There is no entrance visible.
'C' SX 5390 7910. Hut circle of 1.5m to 1.8m internal diameter with fragmentary walling formed by large, earthfast boulders c1.6m wide and up to 0.3m high. No entrance is visible.
'D' SX 5389 7911. Hut circle of 2.6m to 3.5m internal diameter with rubble walling of medium and large-size stones 1.3m wide and 0.4m high. There is a possible entrance at the NE giving access to a slightly dished interior.
The huts are partly enclosed by walling on three sides. The N side is formed by a reave (SX 57 NW 85 D); here a stony scarp 2.5m wide and 0.6m high. A fragmentary line of medium and large size boulders, some set upright edge to edge leaves the reave at SX 5387 7915; at a point of pronounced change in alignment. It runs S for 50m before turning to run E for 34m and fading after a small inward step. The wall is 1.5m to 2m wide and generally 0.4m high. Two huts; 'C' and 'D' are effectively enclosed. There is no trace, however, of walling enclosing huts 'A' and 'B' and returning to the reave. These features constitute a small enclosed settlement of rectilinear plan attached to the contour reave but now partly robbed.
See RCHME 1:2500 survey of Cudlipptown Down.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 94-95, Map 31, Site 16 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Triangular enclosure on the south side of a bend in a reave on Cudlipptown Down containing four small hut circle of 2.2 to 3.8 metres diameter.

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

Western and eastern boundaries visible on aerial photograph.

National Mapping Programme, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data (Cartographic). SDV364293.

Hut circles and part of enclosure shown.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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