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HER Number:MDV5787
Name:Hut Circle on the north side of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent

Summary

Hut Circle '2' (Butler) on the north side of Corringdon Ball field system. Hut circle, internal diameter 9.7 metres, partly set into a north-east slope. The hut is of Type II but in poor condition, the walling 1.0 metres thick and 0.3 metres high. The entrance is not discernible.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 672 612
Map Sheet:SX66SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Brent
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH BRENT

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthworks and surviving stone-walls of Bronze Age parallel reaves, field system and hut circles on Corringdon Ball and Treeland Downs, Bronze Age hut circles and medieval settlement at Newland's Brakes and pillow mounds on south side of Corringdon Ball

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX66SE26
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 441833
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/86

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 2494 3045-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th March 1948. Hut circle clearly visible.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX66SE26 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV177963.

(13/04/1950) At SX 67266122 a hut-circle in poor condition, diameter 9.5 metres.
(17/07/1979) At SX 67266122 a hut circle, internal diameter 9.7 metres, partly set into a north-east slope. The hut is of Type II but in poor condition, the walling 1.0 metres thick and 0.3 metres high. The entrance is not discernible. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

A hut circle at SX67256122 and a second possible double hut circle at SX67246122, both being incorporated into a field boundary which is part of the parallel reave system. Visible on 1948 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 87-9, Map 56, Figure 56.5 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '2' of 9.0 metres diameter on the northern boundary of 'Corringdon Ball field system'.

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

Hut circle visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Hut circle depicted.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 87-9, Map 56, Figure 56.5.
SDV342938Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). 2494 3045-6.
SDV346026Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #95906 ]
SDV350786Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV5788Related to: Hut circle north of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV26434Related to: Hut circle on north boundary of Corringdon Ball field system. South Brent (Monument)
MDV5816Related to: Hut Circle on the north-east side of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5816Related to: Hut Circle on the north-east side of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5816Related to: Hut Circle on the north-east side of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5816Related to: Hut Circle on the north-east side of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5786Related to: Hut circle surrounded by a small plot on the boundary of the parallel reave system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5815Related to: Hut Circle within a small plot to north-east of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)
MDV13291Related to: PARALLEL REAVE SYSTEM in the Parish of South Brent, Ugborough (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 17 2022 1:44PM