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| HER Number: | MDV5806 |
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| Name: | Hut circle within enclosure north-west of Dockwell, Dean Prior |
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Summary
Ovoid hut circle with associated oval-shaped yard within enclosure north-west of Dockwell.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 693 645 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Walling remains of a Bronze Age hut circle settlement 400 metres west of Dockwell Hole, comprising a sub-circular enclosure with at least three internal hut circles and further external huts
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SE12
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/97/2
- Pastscape: 441775
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951 - 1979, SX66SE12, Hut B (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV169282.
(06/06/1951) Hut circle 'B' at SX69306456 is double walled of 7.5 metres diameter with turf walls 2 metres wide by 0.75 metres high and a possible entrance to the south.
(26/7/1979) Hut Circle at SX69306457 is oval of 7.4 metres by 5.1 metres visible only as an inner face of orthostatic slabs and a southern entrance gap. Attached to the west is a small oval yard 7.1 metres by 3.2 metres of single stone construction.
National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 383-384 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Hut circle visible on 1979 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 112,143, Map 57, Figure 57.12 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Hut Circle '5' of 6.5 metres diameter at 'Parnell's Hill' settlement is reasonably well preserved on the edge of a stony patch of ground.
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Hut circle with small pen to the west shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169282 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951 - 1979. SX66SE12. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. Hut B. |
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| SDV172921 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1457. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 383-384. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 112,143, Map 57, Figure 57.12. |
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| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #95981 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5804 | Part of: Settlement 400 metres north-west of Dockwell Hole, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129404 | Related to: Hut circle to the north-east of the settlement north-west of Dockwell, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV13257 | Related to: Hut circle within enclosure north-west of Dockwell, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV5805 | Related to: Hut circle within enclosure north-west of Dockwell, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129403 | Related to: Hut north-east of settlement north-west of Dockwell, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129401 | Related to: Pen in enclosure north-west of Dockwell, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129402 | Related to: Pen in enclosure north-west of Dockwell, Dean Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 6 2021 12:59PM |
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