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Summary

Hut 'P' of 4 metres diameter with walls 2.8 metres wide by 0.6 metres high attached to the west side of Hut 'Q' between Enclosures 'A' and 'B' within 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/4/14
• 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 'p' of 3.7 metres internal diameter. Finds of charcoal.

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

Visited on 19th November 1987. Hut 'P' of 4 metres by 2.4 metres internally and levelled into the slope to a depth of 0.2 metres. The boulder and stone wall which incorporates 2 large orthostats is up to 2.8 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. It is linked to Hut 'Q'.

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

Small hut circle or annexe of 3.8 metres diameter attached to the west side of Hut Circle '1' between Enclosures 'A' and 'B' at the 'Wedlake settlement'. Charcoal and a possible cooking stone were found during the 1905 excavations. The hut was entered on the north side, though the doorway is no longer visible.

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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