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Summary

Hut circle of 5.0 metres by 4.4 metres with walls 1.0 metres wide by 0.7 metres high forming part of a hut settlement on Shovel Down. Hut is depicted in the corner created by the junction of two field walls

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 53.21
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/88/13
• 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 143978, 1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited 1997 (SX 6523 8594) Hut circle forming part of a hut settlement. Measures 5.0 metres by 4.4 metres. Rubble and earthwork wall 1.0 metre wide, 0.7 metres high. Internal area 22 metres. A small enclosed area defined by field walls and a 0.7 metres high, 1.0 metre wide lynchet revetted in places by slabs.

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

Not shown at this location at 'Stonetor Brook East settlement' although a possible Hut '6' is shown in the rectangular field to the north.

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).
On GIS data based on this survey, the hut is shown in the corner created by the junction of two field walls.

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

Outline of feature shown on survey.

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

A small triangular enclosure is shown at the junction of two field walls 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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