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Summary

Hut Circle '12' of 5.8 metres diameter with banks 2.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high in an almost square enclosure 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/26/6
• 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 148935, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX 6572 9061. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 4.3 metres. Earthwork and rubble wall 2.0 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Internal area measures 14.51 metres. North-east sector survives only up to 0.2 metres high.

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

Small eatern hut circle at Site '11' of circa 4.5 metres diameter within a small square field at 'Throwleigh Common settlement'.

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

Hut circcle 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 12 SX 6574 9063
A smaller hut contained within a rectangular enclosure. It has a diameter of 5.8 metres with a bank of 2.5 metres thick by 0.5 metres high. It has a level interior and most of the visible stone has been displaced.

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

Attempted visit 4/07/2017 but vegetation growth (primarily bracken) made it impossible to access. Unable to plot with GPS.

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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