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Summary

Hut 'D' of 6 metres diameter with walls 2.5 metres wide by 0.6 metres high in the settlement to the north-east of Wedlake Farm and to the west of the Colly Brook. The hut has two enormous jamb stones marking the entrance. A short wall attaches this hut to Hut 'K'

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007948: Enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the south slope of White Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/4/4
• Old SAM Ref: 22208
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NW15

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1905, 10th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 141-5 (Article in Serial). SDV248367.

Hut 'D'. Good condition. A wall runs from 'D'-'K'. Iron oxide deposit.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX57NW15, SX57NW15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV228498.

Visited on 19th November 1987. Hut 'D'. A squarish-shaped hut measuring 5.8 metres by 4.8 metres internally and slightly levelled into the slope. Its wall constructed of smallish boulders and stones is on average 2.5 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. Two large boulders each 1.2 metres wide and 1.3 metres high have been incorporated into the wall and a large orthostat measuring 0.7 metres by 0.6 metres and 1.4 metres in height, which stands in the south side, may have been one of the door posts of the entrance. The hut is linked to the linear boulder/stone enclosure wall.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 87-88, Map 31, Figure 31.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle '2' attached to the north-west side of Enclosure 'C' at the 'Wedlake settlement' is an impressive oval shaped feature of 5.7 metres by 4.8 metres with two enormous jamb stones at the entrance, one of them fallen.

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.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007948 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes an enclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on a gentle south-facing slope of White Tor overlooking the valley of the Colly Brook. Thirteen stone hut circles are associated with three separate enclosures.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake

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