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| HER Number: | MDV5868 |
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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, the most northerly 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/26/7
- 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
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.
Pound and hut circles. 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 (g)
Located 30 metres north-east of hut (f) on a platform site, low walls, damaged on northern side. Covered by whortleberries and moss. Measures 3.7 metres in diameter.
Dartmoor National Park Authority + Forestry Commission + Dartmoor Preservation Association, 1976, Conservation of Ancient Monuments. The Report of a Working Party (Report - non-specific). SDV248248.
Bellerver 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 144259 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Stone hut forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring.
Diameter 4.0 metres. Single orthostat wall 0.8 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Internal area 12.56 metres. A 48 degree facing gap may be a door. 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 (9) at SX 64427817. A 3.4 metre diameter ring of stones sitting within a 1.0 metre wide bank of turf and heather. The maximum height is 0.4 metres. 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 144259. |
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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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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #96143 ] |
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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) |
| MDV5867 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV59148 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5927 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5862 | 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 3:03PM |
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