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Summary

Hut Circle '14' of 5.6 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wideby 0.8 metres high at the southern end of the large settlement on Throwleigh Common

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018916: Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 69 SE 11
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SE/26/3
• Old SAM Ref: 28694
• Pastscape: 444068

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 148932, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX 6574 9056. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 5.6 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. Internal area measures 24.16 metres.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 196-8, Map 39, Figure 39.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Northern of three hut circles at Site '12' amid a patch of surface stone. This is one of the smaller two huts of 5.7 and 6.3 metres respectively, separated from the larger hut by a cross wall. The hut is located in a rectilinear enclosure cut by the 'leat' on th east side at 'Throwleigh Common settlement'

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2007, Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh, Devon. A 'Premier Archaeological Landscape' within Dartmoor National Park Level 2 Survey Report, 8, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

Hut 14 SX 6576 9057
A 6.2 metre stony ring of 2 metres wide. The hut has a level interior and some orthostats but most of the stone is displaced.

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2017, Site visits to Throwleigh Common (Personal Comment). SDV360253.

Site visited 4/07/2017. Plotted using GPS (SX65767 90584). Area was densely vegetated and highly overgrown with bracken. Difficult to gain access to centre of circle.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1018916 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7297 - Survey of Throwleigh Common Premier Archaeological Landscape

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