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Summary

Hut Circle '5' of 9 metres diameter with a bank 2 metres wide by 0.4 metres high in 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/26/35
• 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

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

One of several 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 148950, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX65699089. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 7.5 metres. Rubble and single orthostat wall 1.8 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Internal area 44.15 metres. A 120 degree facing gap may represent a doorway.

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

Hut circle '3' of 8.0 metres diameter is one of four huts arranged along a 'street'. It is loacted in the south-west corner of a rectilinear field within '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, 7, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

Hut 5 SX 6569 9089
A 9 metre diameter hut with a level interior and crescentic 0.5 metre scarp on the upslope side. The surviving walls consist of earth and mostly displaced stone though some evidence of the inner face remains in situ. The bank averages 2 metres thick by 0.4 metres high.

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

Site visited 4/07/2017 and plotted using GPS (SX65692 90890). Not as densely vegetated as nearby land. Centre of hut circle was easily visible making GPS reading more accurate. Situated on prehistoric street of circles.

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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