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Summary

Hut 'J' of 4 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by 0.6 metres high with a small annex of 3 metres diameter attached to the south side in the settlement to the north-east of Wedlake Farm and to the west of the Colly Brook

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/4/9
• Old SAM County Ref: 869
• 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

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Enclosures & Hut Circles' shown on early 20th century map.

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

Hut 'j' o f 5.5 metres internal diameter. Connected with hut 'k' by a wall.

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

Visited on 19th November 1987. Hut circle 'J' of 2.5 metres by 2.2 metres internally and levelled into the slope to a depth of 0.4 metres. The front scarp is 0.3 metres high and the wall constructed of small boulders and stones with some very large boulders is 1.3 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. A semi-circular wall of similar construction attached to the south side may be a small annex and the hut is linked to an enclosure wall.

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

Two small attached hut circles on the outside of the eastern boundary of Enclosure 'C' at 'Wedlake settlement'.

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

Small hut circle with a semi circular feature attached to the south shown on survey.

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

Two small circular features visible on aerial photograph.

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

Within Scheduled area.

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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