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| HER Number: | MDV58417 |
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| Name: | Hut within enclosure on north side of Hound Tor Down |
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Summary
The hut circle comprises a ring of boulders, which once constituted the wall. Most have fallen or become displaced though four slabs appear to be set on their edge and in situ. The interior diameter varies between 7.7 metres and 9 metres. The later enclosure wall, now partly tumbled, runs approximately north to south across the centre of the hut.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 744 791 |
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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
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/394
- Old SAM Ref: 28786
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140558b, 20/5/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Hut Circle. Diameter 8.9 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.8 metres wide, 1 metre high. Internal area 62.17 metres. Hut wall includes massif boulders. A medieval wall bisects this hut.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 52, Map 8.2 (Monograph). SDV299725.
Butler depicts this hut (4) inside enclosure. Remains consist of 'only a few slabs either side of a later field wall'.
Newman, P., 2017, An Archaeological Survey of an area affected by burning on Hound Tor Down, Manaton, Devon, 2-3, D on Fig. 2 (Report - Survey). SDV361522.
Enclosure and hut circle SX 74466 79141
A hut circle within a small enclosure, 30 metres north-west of Hound Tor farmstead. The hut sits on a terrace formed by an arced natural escarpment to the west, the rim of which has vestiges of a stone wall in places.
The hut circle comprises a ring of boulders, which once constituted the wall. Most have fallen or become displaced though four slabs appear to be set on their edge and in situ. The interior diameter varies between 7.7 metres and 9 metres. The later enclosure wall, now partly tumbled, runs approximately north to south across the centre of the hut.
Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, HT2 (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 140558b, 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. 52, Map 8.2. |
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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. 2-3, D on Fig. 2. [Mapped feature: #112179 ] |
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| SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2019. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. HT2. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV58421 | Related to: Enclosure with hut on north side of Hound Tor Down (Monument) |
| MDV26979 | Related to: Field system on north side of Hound Tor Down, Manaton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7556 - Survey on Hound Tor Down
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 29 2019 10:07AM |
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