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Summary

Hut 'L' of 5.5 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by 0.5 metres high in the settlement to the north-east of Wedlake Farm and to the west of the Colly Brook. Possible lumps of copper ore were excavated here in 1905

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/4/11
• 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 'l' of 7.3 metres internal diameter. Unworked flint recovered.

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

Visited on 19th November 1987. Hut 'L' of 4 metres internal diameter and levelled into the slope to a depth of 0.4 metres. The boulder and stone wall which has some in situ facing boulders is 1.3 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. The blocked entrance may be on the south side.

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

Hut circle '5' of 4.6 metres diameter between Enclosures 'B' and 'C' within the 'Wedlake settlement'. Possible lumps of copper ore were recovered during the excavations in 1905.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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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