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Summary

Hut Circle '25' of 10.4 metres diameter with walls 2.8 metres wide by 1.4 metres high on the east side of the large settlement on Throwleigh Common. The hut is located on the east side of the road

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/26/22
• Old SAM Ref: 28694
• Pastscape: 444068

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• WALL (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

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

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ancient Monuments, 1970, Settlement and hut circles on Throwleigh Common (Schedule Document). SDV238258.

Two of a group of 12 hut circles on Throwleigh Common. Huts J and K.

National Monument Record, 1977, SX6590, 1, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV238267.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Hut circles are visible on the 1977 aerial photograph and recorded on map overlay.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 148957, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX6601 9075. Hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 10.4 metres. Earthwork and single orthostat wall 2.8 metres wide, 1.4 metres high. Internal area 84.9 metres. A 162 degree gap lined on the east-north-east represents the doorway. Dense bracken cover.

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

Hut Cirlce '17' of 11.5 metres diameter located on the east side of the road 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, 10, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

Hut 25 SX 6601 9074
A circular earthen platform of between 10 and 12 metres diameter with a back scarp of 0.9 metres high, and a very small quantity of stone is all that is visible of this hut sited just east of the modern road. The site is thickly covered by bracken.

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

Site visited 4/07/2017. Plotted using GPS (SX66015 90750). Not as densely vegetated as surrounding land. Centre of hut circle easily visible. Visible from road.

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

Isolated part of Scheculed area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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