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| HER Number: | MDV58332 |
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| Name: | Hut circle in settlement on Shovel Down |
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Summary
Hut circle forming part of a hut settlement. Diameter 5.3 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.2 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Internal area 22.05 metres. The doorway faces 135 degrees (south-east) and is faced on the south-west. The doorway leads into an annex which measures 4.4 metres by 4.3 metres, is triangular and is denoted by edge set orthostats (1997 survey data).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 652 861 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX 68 NE 53.5
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/88/20
- 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 143985, 1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Visited 1997 (SX 6529 8610) Hut circle forming part of a hut settlement. Diameter 5.3 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.2 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Internal area 22.05 metres. The doorway faces 135 degrees (south-east) and is faced on the south-west. The doorway leads into an annex which measures 4.4 metres by 4.3 metres, is triangular and is denoted by edge set orthostats.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 184-86, Map 37.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Depicted by Butler on map. Not numbered.
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.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 184-86, Map 37.1. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 143985, 1997. |
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| SDV359365 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J.. 1991. Shovel Down Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #119069 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6116 | Part of: Stonetor Brook East settlement, Shovel Down (Monument) |
| MDV58333 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement on Shovel Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 30 2019 2:32PM |
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