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Summary

Hut circle measures 7.3 metres by 6.7 metres. Single and double orthostat wall 1.3 metres wide, 1.1 metres high. Door faces approximately south and is lined on the west by an orthostat. Doorway leads into a small courtyard.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016691: Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/72/9
• Old SAM Ref: 28714

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 149119, 1/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within the Kestor coaxial field system. Hut circle measures 7.3 metres by 6.7 metres. Internal area is 48.91 metres. Single and double orthostat wall 1.3 metres wide, 1.1 metres high. Door faces 175 degrees (south) and is lined on the west by an orthostat. Doorway leads into a small courtyard.

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Castor Parallel System (Plan - measured). SDV229808.

Depicted on plan.

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Shovel Down Survey (Report - Survey). SDV359365.

Centred SX 66718690. A settlement containing seven hut circles and three other features on the north-east slope of Chagford Common 200 metres south of Kestor Gate. The huts are all terraced into the slope and vary in diameter from 4.2 metres to 9.5 metres. The four largest huts, 1-4, consist of double rings of massive upright slabs up to 1.2 metres high. Entrances are visible in the south-east margins of huts 2, 3 and 6.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Visible on the aerial photography.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, SD-KT 5 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(06/01/2019) Condition of hut at SX 66689 86934 assessed by volunteer recorders as very good, no vegetation encroachment recorded on this hut.
NB: original site reference was for hut MDV59165, but this hut recorded instead.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during January 2019 visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6198 - Geophysical Survey on Shovel Down and Kes Tor

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