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Summary

Hut circle on the east bank of Langcombe Brook to the south-east of the enclosure. D-shaped hut circle measuring 3.2m by 3.5m in diameter with walls 0.6m wide and 0.2m high.

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/46/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28787

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140540d [add38. Doc] (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

[MPP 140540D] (09/05/1996) SX 6060 6684. Wall width measures 1.4m, height 0.7m, feature is 3.5m long, 2.4m wide, internal area measures 8.4m. Type S. Walling east-west.
Lies 0.8m from MPP 140540C. A 145 degree and 0.7m wide gap may represent a doorway to south-south-east.

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

Two or three hut circles with traces of an enclosure sited close to the bank below Deadmans Bottom in the Langcombe valley.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 102.1173f. (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(13/02/2002) Centred SX 60596687. The remains of four hut circles (one previously recorded as SX 66 NW 44), a ruinous rectangular structure and the truncated remains of an associated sub-divided enclosure. These features lie immediately outside the streamworks flanking the right bank of Langcombe Brook and may have formed part of a more extensive settlement since disturbed by industrial activity.
The hut circles are all terraced into the foot of the steep SW facing slope and are generally in poor condition.
SX 60626684. D-shaped hut circle 3.2m by 3.5m in diameter with walls 0.6m wide and 0.2m high. This feature previously recorded as SX 66 NW 44.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Possibly visible on aerial photogrph.

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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