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Summary

Hut circle forming part of a hut settlement. Diameter 5.0 metres. Single and double orthostat wall 1.2 metres wide, 0.7 metres high (1997 Survey data). Surrounded by three ruined huts (MDV58320, 58322 and 58323).

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 53.10
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/88/9
• Old SAM Ref: 28663
• Pastscape: 888854

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143974, 1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited 1997 (SX 6523 8586) Hut circle forming part of a hut settlement. Diamter 5.0 metres. Single and double orthostat wall 1.2 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Internal area 19.62 metres. A D-shaped structure attached to the inner face of a small enclosure. Hut butted by enclosure walling.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North (Monograph). SDV219155.

Depicted by Butler on map (hut 7, c. 5.5 metres in diameter). Three smaller huts surround this hut, all of them despoiled.

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).

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

Hut clearly visible on the aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6198 - Geophysical Survey on Shovel Down and Kes Tor

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