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Summary

Hut Circle '15' of 3.1 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by 0.8 metres high within 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/26/4
• 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 148933, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX 6575 9054. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 3.1 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.5 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. Internal area measures 29.2 metres. Door faces 110 degrees and is faced on south-south-west by two edge set stones.

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

Southern of three hut circles at Site '12' amid a patch of surface stone withi 'Throwleigh Common settlement'. This is one of the smaller two huts of 5.7 and 6.3 metres diameter and separated from the larger hut by a cross wall.

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, 9, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

Hut 15 SX 6577 9056
A 7.2 metre diameter circle of edge set stones, probably represent the inner skin of the hut walls. The level interior contains much displaced stone but several orthostats survive along the wall. An entrance on the south-east side has one collapsed granite jamb of 1.1 metre long.

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

Site visited 4/07/2017. Plotted using GPS (SX65773 90568). Area was densely vegetated and highly overgrown with bracken. Difficult to gain access to centre of circle. Circle shape obvious but some rocks covered by bracken.

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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