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Summary

Hut circle of 6.0 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide by 0.7 metres high forming part of a hut settlement on Shovel Down. An annexe is attached to this building and this measures 5.0 metres by 2.5 metres

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 53.20
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/88/12
• Old SAM Ref: 28663
• Pastscape: 888854

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• 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 143977, 1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited 1997 (SX 6524 8592) Hut circle forming part of a hut settlement. Diameter 6.0 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.7 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Internal area 28.26 metres. An annexe is attached to this building and this measures 5.0 metres by 2.5 metres, is denoted by single orthostatic walls standing up to 0.5 metres high and is orientated north-east by south-west.

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

Hut circle '2' is rectangular of 9.3 metres by 5.1 metres at 'Stonetor Brook East settlement' . The hut has rounded corners which is unusual for a hut and it contains a large slab set on end near the centre of one of its walls. It is at the junction of three walls in the centre of a rectangular field. One of these walls leads to Hut circle '3'.

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).

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

Outline of feature shown on survey.

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

Hut and small annexe visible on the aerial photography.

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

Feature 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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