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| HER Number: | MDV58415 |
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| Name: | Feature in enclosure on north side of Hound Tor Down |
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Summary
Identified by Butler as one of four huts associated with enclosure, recent (2017) survey work has questioned this identification. Appears more likely to be a disturbed section of the enclosure wall.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 743 791 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77NW92
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1044916
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/393/2
- Old SAM Ref: 28786(P)
- Pastscape: 1044916
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140555c, 20/5/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Diameter 5 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.2 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Internal area 19.62 metres. Attached to enclosure boundary wall. Not recorded by Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England, but recorded by Butler. Ephemeral, but on balance probably a hut.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, Map 8.1 (Monograph). SDV299725.
Hound Tor North Settlement. Butler depicts this hut; one of four associated with the enclosure.
Newman, P. + Probert, S. + Riley, H., 1994/1995, Houndtor Down, Manaton, Devon - A New Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. (Report - Survey). SDV344628.
(06/02/1995) At SX 7438379149, immediately east of the enclosure, an ovoid platform is partially overlain by a later boundary. The levelled stance measures 6.0m N to S by 4.5m in diameter with low spread walls 1.2m wide and 0.25m high. Again there is no obvious entrance.
Newman, P., 2017, An Archaeological Survey of an area affected by burning on Hound Tor Down, Manaton, Devon, 2 (Report - Survey). SDV361522.
The exposure of the wall stones after swaling in March 2017 revealed that a this hut circle (MDV58415) recorded by Butler (1991, 51) is a very doubtful example and better explained as a disturbed section of the enclosure wall.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.
Visited 14/07/2019. Entire area totally inundated with bracken at a height of 1.5m which was too dense to even wade through. Impossible to conduct a meaningful survey of this site.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 140555c, 20/5/1995. |
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| SDV299725 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. One. Paperback Volume. Map 8.1. |
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| SDV344628 | Report - Survey: Newman, P. + Probert, S. + Riley, H.. 1994/1995. Houndtor Down, Manaton, Devon - A New Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Spiral Bound. |
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| SDV361522 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2017. An Archaeological Survey of an area affected by burning on Hound Tor Down, Manaton, Devon. Southwest Landscape Investigations. Digital. 2. [Mapped feature: #112170 ] |
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| SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV58414 | Related to: Enclosure on north side of Hound Tor Down, Manaton (Monument) |
| MDV7509 | Related to: Field system on Houndtor Down, Manaton (Monument) |
| MDV58416 | Related to: Hut in enclosure on north side of Hound Tor Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7556 - Survey on Hound Tor Down
| Date Last Edited: | May 30 2022 10:04AM |
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