HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV59297
Name:Three clearance cairns or hut circles on Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh

Summary

Group of three stone clearance heaps within the large hut circle settlement and coaxial reave system on Throwleigh Common. The mounds comprise stony heaps now partly turf covered standing to up to 1 metre high. The largest is 10 metres long by 5 metres wide.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 658 907
Map Sheet:SX69SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishThrowleigh
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTHROWLEIGH

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX69SE71
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1476216
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SE/26/20
  • Old SAM Ref: 28694
  • Pastscape: 1476216

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 148955, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX6590 9070. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 6 metres. Rubble wall 1.8 metres wide, 0.75 metres high. Internal area 28.26 metres. Only the northern arc is visible, the remainder survives as a buried feature.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 196-198, Map 39, figure 39,1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Not shown at 'Throwleigh Common settlement'.

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

Features shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2007, Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh, Devon. A 'Premier Archaeological Landscape' within Dartmoor National Park Level 2 Survey Report, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

(30/05/2007) SX 65860 90690 A group of stone clearance heaps in the vicinity of the large hut settlement and coaxial reave system on Throwleigh Common. The mounds comprise stony heaps now partly turf covered standing to up to 1 metre high. The largest is 10 metres long by 5 metres wide.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1018916 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 196-198, Map 39, figure 39,1.
SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 148955, 10/4/1997.
SDV345521Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital.
SDV360261Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2007. Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh, Devon. A 'Premier Archaeological Landscape' within Dartmoor National Park Level 2 Survey Report. English Heritage. 40/2007. A4 Bound + Digital. figure. [Mapped features: #96405 ; #96406 ; #96407 ]
SDV365228National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2023. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1018916.

Associated Monuments

MDV6971Part of: Settlement on Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh (Monument)
MDV59303Related to: Clearance cairn within settlement on Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh (Monument)
MDV59304Related to: Clearance cairn within settlement on Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh (Monument)
MDV27495Related to: Throwleigh Common parallel reave system (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7297 - Survey of Throwleigh Common Premier Archaeological Landscape

Date Last Edited:Aug 10 2023 4:18PM

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.