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Summary

Hut circle near the centre of enclosure in the settlement to the north of Laughter Tor of 4.4 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by 0.8 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018513: An agglomerated enclosure and two stone hut circles 580m west of Laughter Hole Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE223
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/71/1
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/71/4
• Old SAM Ref: 28690(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Dartmoor National Park Authority + Forestry Commission + Dartmoor Preservation Association, 1976, Conservation of Ancient Monuments. The Report of a Working Party, No. 32. Site No. 1DA (Report - non-specific). SDV248248.

Hut circle. Included in 1955 Spooner/Dixon report: (Lakehead, Bellever, Laughter), site No. 32. Site No. 1DA in Bellever Plantation, Laughter Tor.
(Turner, 1976) Hut circle within an enclosure of low stone walls on a north-west facing slope. On a platform site with some large stones, covered by whortleberries and heather. Walls fallen away on north-west side. On unplanted ground north of Laughter Tor.

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

Not visible on 1950 aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140583 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(28/01/1998) Hut circle forming part of settlement 170 metres north-north-west of Laughter Tor.
At SX 65207593. Diameter measures 4.4m. Earthwork and single orthostat wall 1.8m wide, 0.8m high. Internal area measures 15.19m. Grass, heather and three small deciduous trees recorded.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 46-47, Map 27, Figure 27.9 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle near the centre of Enclosure 'A' in the Laughter Tor northern settlement of 4.4 metres diameter.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(15/10/1994) SX 65227595. The western hut is free standing and measures 4.4m in diameter with stony walls 2.1m wide and up to 0.6m high. There is no obvious entrance but there is a distinct lowering of the wall on the west side.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1018513 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

The western stone hut circle lies in the centre of one of the enclosures and survives as a 4.4 metres diameter circular area surrounded by a 1.8 metres wide orthostatic wall standing up to 0.8 metres high.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card, unknown, SX67NE223, SX67NE223 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV230367.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7388 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
• EDV7406 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
• EDV7431 - Woodland Survey (1989-90) at Bellever, Soussons and other woodland parcels
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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