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HER Number: | MDV59164 |
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Name: | Hut circle within Kes Tor reave system, Chagford |
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Summary
Hut circle of 8 metres diameter with walls 1.1. metres wide by 1.3 metres high in the middle of a rectangular field within Kes Tor reave system
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 664 868 |
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Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Chagford |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE129
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 889873
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/72/4
- Old SAM Ref: 28714
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Hut circle shown on 19th century map.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149111, 1/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within the Kestor coaxial field system. Hut measures 8 metres in diameter. Double and single orthostat wall 1.1 metres wide, 1.3 metres high. Internal area 50.24 metres. Inner face consists of nice substantial edge set orthostats. Some animal poaching. Three substantial gaps in the wall, but none of them could be identified with the original entrance.
Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Castor Parallel System (Plan - measured). SDV229808.
Depicted on plan.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 170-174, Map 36, Figure 36.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Hut circle '2' of 8.2 metres diameter within a rectangular field on the east side of the road at 'Kes Tor settlement'. Little more than the inner face is in place. Excavated in 1951-1952.
Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Shovel Down Survey (Report - Survey). SDV359365.
Centred SX 66528694. Four well-defined hut circles and one possible hut platform. They lie on the moderate north-west facing slope of Chagford Common 150 metres east-north-east of Round Pound. The huts are all terraced into the slope and are constructed from massive upright slabs. They vary in internal diameter from 6.1 metres to 9.2 metres and there are no obvious entrances. Huts 1 and 2 and the platform, 5, have been robbed.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on aerial photograph.
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
Hut shown on the modern mapping.
Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1016691 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.
Within Scheduled area.
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. 170-174, Map 36, Figure 36.1. |
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SDV229808 | Plan - measured: Probert, S. A. J.. 1991. Castor Parallel System. 1:25,000. Digital. |
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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 149111, 1/4/1997. |
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SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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SDV359365 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J.. 1991. Shovel Down Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
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SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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SDV365228 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2023. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1016691. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV6193 | Part of: Group of hut circles on north side of Chagford Common (Monument) |
MDV59167 | Related to: Hut circle in square enclosure within Kes Tor reave system, Chagford (Monument) |
MDV59166 | Related to: Hut circle near square enclosure within Kes Tor reave system, Chagford (Monument) |
MDV59163 | Related to: Hut circle within Kes Tor reave system, Chagford (Monument) |
MDV59165 | Related to: Hut circle within Kes Tor reave system, Chagford (Monument) |
MDV6114 | Related to: Kes Tor field system, Chagford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
Date Last Edited: | May 16 2023 10:24AM |
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