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Summary

Hut circle within central enclosure in the settlement to the north of Laughter Tor of 3.8 metres diameter with walls 2.0 metres wide by up to 0.6 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/71/2
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/71/5
• 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. 1DB (Report - non-specific). SDV248248.

Hut circle. Included in 1955 Spooner/Dixon report: (Lakehead, Bellever, Laughter), site No. 32. Site No. 1DB in Bellever Plantation, Laughter Tor (with sketch map).
(Turner, 1976) Hut circle within an enclosure of stone walls on a north-west facing slope. Twelve metres east of hut 1DA. Some large stone covered by whortleberries and heather. 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 1951 aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140584 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(28/01/1998) Hut circle forming part of settlement 170 metres north-north-west of Laughter Tor.
At SX 65227594. Diameter measures 4.3m. Earthwork and single orthostat wall 2.4m wide, 0.9m high. Internal area measures 14.51m. Grass, dense heather and small conifer.

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

Hut circle of 3.8 metres diameter built onto the perimeter wall of Enclosure 'A' within Laughter Tor northern settlement.

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

(15/11/1993) SX 65247595. The eastern hut adjoins one of the walls forming the central enclosure and measures 4.0m in diameter with walls on average 2m wide and a maximum of 0.6m high. A slight gap in the wall on the south-western side may indicate the site of a former entrance.

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.

Visited on 15th November 1993. The eastern hut adjoins one of the walls forming the central enclosure and measures 4.0 metres in diameter with walls on average 2 metres wide and a maximum of 0.6 metres high. A slight gap in the wall on the south-west side may indicate the site of a former entrance.

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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