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Summary

Hut circle '1' (Butler, 1991) of 8.3 metres diameter within settlement in Great Stannon newtake south of White Ridge. Described as D on the 1950 Ordnance Survey card.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018710: Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/41/4
• Old SAM Ref: 28683
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68SE21

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 the 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX68SW21, Hut D (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV173418.

(23/06/1950) Hut D. Diameter 8.5m. Well defined entrance with two jambs to south-east. Sketch included.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

Visited on 2nd September 1990. The ruined huts, some covered by peat and others exposed by excavation, have internal diameters ranging from 3.6 metres to 8.6 metres. The walling, substantial in places comprises boulders, stone rubble and upright facing slabs; entrances where visible are in the south or south-east sides. All are linked to plots, pounds or field walls.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144239 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 1997. Hut circle forming part of an enclosed hut circle settlement in Great Stannon newtake.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 159, Map 35, Figure 35.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle '1' at 'White Ridge South-west 1' settlement of 8.3 metres diameter. A paved floor was exposed during excavation in 1893 when it was concluded it had been a storehouse as no artefacts were recovered and there was no trace of a fireplace or cooking pit. The jamb stones had collapsed towards each other at the entrance on the south-east side which was about 1.2 metres wide. Hut circle shown at the southern end of a curving boundary in a large rectilinear enclosure in the western part of the settlement.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1018710 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8650 - Great Stannon Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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