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Summary

Eastern cairn or hut circle south of enclosure to the north-east of Langcombe Brook. Measures 2.8 metres in diameter by 0.4 metres high with a central pit 1.2 metres square.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016145: A prehistoric settlement with cairns and a historic tin mill, streamwork and buildings lying adjacent to the Langcombe Brook

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/203/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28787

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• (Alternate Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140544b (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(09/05/1996) One of two cairns lying north east of the Langcombe Brook. SX 60716697 Cairn of diameter 2.8 metres, height 0.4 metres. Robbed. Central pit 1.2 metres square.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 148, Map 50, Site 2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Site '2' at Langcombe valley includes two hut circles on the south side of an enclosure boundary. This eastern hut circle is the smaller of the two.

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

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1016145 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape

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