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Summary

Hut Circle '8' of 10 metres diameter with banks 3 metres wide by 0.5 metres high , consisting of a subtle stony bank of 3 metres thick by 0.6 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/26/16
• 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 148948, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX 6567 9078. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 8.5 metres. Earthwork and single orthostat wall 2.6 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Internal area 56.71 metres. The doorway faces 150 degrees and is lined on both sides and measures 1.05 metres wide.

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

Hut Circle '5' of 8.5 metres diameter located within a triangular field in the centre of 'Thowleigh 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, 7, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

Hut 8 SX 6570 9080
Levelled into the slope. A subtle stony bank of 3 metres thick by 0.6 metres high. There is a shallow scarp on the western upslope side of the platform and the diameter of the hut is approximately 10 metres. The entrance survives on the south-east side with two jambs in situ.

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

Site visited 4/07/2017. Plotted using GPS (SX65705 90799). 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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