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| HER Number: | MDV5867 |
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| Name: | Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever |
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Summary
Stone hut circle forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring, one of the most south-westerly of the huts within the enclosure.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 644 781 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/26/6
- Old SAM County Ref: 455
- Old SAM Ref: 28686
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Crossing, W., 1912 (1965), Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor, 469 (Monograph). SDV320981.
Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/483, 3046-7 (24/4/1951) (Aerial Photograph). SDV262462.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951/1979, SX67NW30 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV262461.
Hut circles in very poor condition. One of 8 within an enclosure.
Turner, J. R., 1976, Ancient Monuments on Forestry Commission Land. Fernworthy and Bellever (Report - non-specific). SDV351823.
Bellever Lakehead (5.A) Hut circle (f)
Located 15 metres north-north-east of hut (e). Diameter approximately 3.8 metres, hut circle on a platform site. Walls 1.0 metre thick, very ruined, covered with whortleberries and moss.
Dartmoor National Park Authority + Forestry Commission + Dartmoor Preservation Association, 1976, Conservation of Ancient Monuments. The Report of a Working Party (Report - non-specific). SDV248248.
Bellever Lakehead 5.A (see 1976 Field Report for full details).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible on Royal Air Force 1951 aerial photograph.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144255 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Stone hut circle forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring. Single and double orthostat wall 1.5 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Diameter 4.7 metres. Internal area 17.34 metres. Enclosed.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 43-4; fig 27.6 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Newman, P., 1993, RCHME Field Investigation at Lakehead Hill (Report - Survey). SDV262456.
Hut circle (4) at SX 64417813. A 4.3 metre diameter ring of disturbed stones standing in a grass and heather covered bank of up to 2.0 metres wide by 0.5 metres high. There is a spread of smaller stones on the northern interior of the hut. The walls have collapsed inwards and there is no visible entrance.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Hut is depicted on the modern mapping.
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. 43-4; fig 27.6. |
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| SDV248248 | Report - non-specific: Dartmoor National Park Authority + Forestry Commission + Dartmoor Preservation Association. 1976. Conservation of Ancient Monuments. The Report of a Working Party. Dartmoor National Park Authority Field Report. A4 Bound. |
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| SDV262456 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 1993. RCHME Field Investigation at Lakehead Hill. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field Investigation. Unknown. |
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| SDV262461 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951/1979. SX67NW30. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV262462 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1951. RAF/540/483. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 3046-7 (24/4/1951). |
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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 144255. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV320981 | Monograph: Crossing, W.. 1912 (1965). Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 469. |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #96141 ] |
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| SDV351823 | Report - non-specific: Turner, J. R.. 1976. Ancient Monuments on Forestry Commission Land. Fernworthy and Bellever. Dartmoor National Park Authority Field Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5861 | Part of: Kraps Ring enclosed hut circle settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV5862 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5866 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5927 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5868 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV59148 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7388 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
- EDV7406 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
- EDV7431 - Woodland Survey (1989-90) at Bellever, Soussons and other woodland parcels
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2023 3:02PM |
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