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Summary

Hut circle of 8.1 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.8 metres high forming part of a hut settlement on Shovel Down east of Stonetor Brook. A rubble bank wall surrounds the west and south sides of the hut.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 68 NE 53.16
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/88/3
• Old SAM Ref: 28663
• Pastscape: 888854

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 143968, 1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited 1997 (SX 6526 8580 ) hut circle forming part of a hut settlement. Diameter 8.1 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.4 metre wide, 0.8 metresd high. Internal area 51.5 metres. Doorway faces 155 degrees, measures 0.9 metres wide and is flanked on both sides by large orthostats. A rubble bank wall surrounds the west and south sides of the hut. The purpose of this wall is unknown.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 184-86, Map 37, Figure 37.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut '1' of 8.0 metres diameter within the 'Stonetor Brook East settlement' The largest hut in the settlement has both door jambs in position (0.8 metres apart) and is approached by a funnel-shaped passageway from the direction of the river but is blocked by a cross wall at its lower end. A single line of stones follows the contour of the hut around the west side as far as the entrance leaving a space about a metre wide outside the hut wall.

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Shovel Down Survey (Report - Survey). SDV359365.

(16/08/1991) Centred SX 652859. A settlement of 6.5 hectares containing at least nineteen hut circles and traces of two other structures is situated on the moderate west and north-west flanks of Shovel Down. This settlement lies within and appears to be contemporary with a well-developed parallel reave system (SX 68 NW 24).
The vast majority of the huts are ovoid and where discernible, entrances generally lie in the south. Some of the huts are intimately associated with smaller enclosures within the larger reave pattern. Unlike the neighbouring settlements SX 68 NE 13 and 41 there is no evidence to suggest that these huts or their associated enclosures pre-date the construction of the reaves. An additional table of information on the hut circles is held in the archive (see Pastscape notation).
Visited 1997 (SX 6524 8574) hut circle forming part of a hut settlement (MDV6208). Measures 5.3 metres by 4.2 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.2 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. Internal area 22.26 square metres. The doorway faces 172 degrees (south) and is flanked by a slab on the east.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Stony remains of hut is fairly clearly visible on the aerial photography.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017874 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6198 - Geophysical Survey on Shovel Down and Kes Tor

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