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Summary

Hut Circle '17' a disturbed hut of 8.9 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by 1.2 metres high built into the corner of an enclosure on the west side of the leat running through 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

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SE/26/15
• Old SAM Ref: 28694

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 148946, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX65779073. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common.
Diameter 8.9 metres. Earthwork and single orthostat wall 1.8 metres wide, 1.2 metres high. Internal area measures 62.17 metres. Doorway faces 165 degrees, measures 1.4 metres wide and is faced on both sides. Only the eastern arc of this building survives.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 196-198, Map 39, Figure 39.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

A small oval enclosure is shown at this location along the north-west side of a small rectilinear enclosure 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, 9, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

Hut 17 SX 6579 9072
A disturbed hut with partially remaining walls built into the corner of an enclosure. The western side of the hut is visible as a shallow scarp. The walls on the eastern side are also much denuded. There is however a substantial entrance on the south-eastern side with large edge set granite jambs.

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

Site visited 4/07/2017. Plotted using GPS (SX65795 90735). Not as densely vegetated as surrounding land. Centre of hut circle easily visible. Followed old leat to gain access.

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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