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Summary

Hut circle within the medieval farmstead which survives with an internal diameter of approximately 5 - 7 metres. A division has been installed by adding two parallel rows of edge-set slabs across the centre of the circle to form a double-skinned wall. This may be a later addition, dating from the medieval occupation of the site.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016255: Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX77NW92
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/10/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28786(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
• STOREHOUSE? (Altered, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140559 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(20/05/1995) Hut circle lying within a medieval farmstead 160 metres north-east of Hound Tor.
Diameter 6.5 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.6 metres wide, 1 metre high. Internal area 33.16 metres. The partition wall is 0.4 metres high.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 52; Map 8.2 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Depicted by Butler; hut circle 1. Hound Tor East prehistoric and medieval enclosure. Hut 1 is in good condition and measures 6.9 metres in diameter. It has a straight cross wall dividing the interior. It was probable reused as a pen or storehouse but has not been excavated.

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) The remains of the three huts in the area of Houndtor 2 have all been disturbed. One has been reused, one incorporated into a longhouse while the third has been heavily robbed.
The hut at SX 74500 79113 is 6.4m in diameter and the most complete having been reused as a store or pen during the medieval period.

Newman, P., 2017, An Archaeological Survey of an area affected by burning on Hound Tor Down, Manaton, Devon, 3, G on Fig. 2 (Report - Survey). SDV361522.

One hut circle survives with some slabs of its wall still upright and in situ. The remaining shell has an internal diameter of 5 metres by 6.9 metres. A division has been installed by adding two parallel rows of edge-set slabs across the centre of the circle to form a double-skinned wall. This may be a later addition, dating from the medieval occupation of the site.

National Monument Record, 2018, Pastscape (Website). SDV360651.

The remains of the three huts in the area of Houndtor 2 have all been disturbed. One has been reused, one incorporated into a longhouse while the third has been heavily robbed.
The hut at SX 7450079113 is 6.4 metres in diameter and the most complete having been reused as a store or pen during the medieval period (citing Probert, S. A. J. and Riley, H. M., 6/02/1995 Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England Field Investigation).

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, HT3 (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

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7556 - Survey on Hound Tor Down
• EDV7557 - Excavation of Houndtor II farmstead

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