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Summary

One of a group of thirteen identifiable hut circles making up an un-nucleated settlement. It is situated within an area of 200m along the east side of Buttern Hill. Hut circle has a small yard around it, which is attached to a field wall.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021215: Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
• SHINE: Remains of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill, surviving as earthworks and rubble banks and a length of the Bradford Leat

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/28
• Old SAM County Ref: 881K
• Old SAM Ref: 34479

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 a group of 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, 4385 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221887.

Ancient Monuments, 1971, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV275357.

(02/03/1971) Hut circles on Buttern Hill. One of 11.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, SX68NE21 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV275364.

(30/07/1974) One of thirteen identifiable hut circles, with an associated field system lying on the east side of Buttern Hill between 1100 and 1300 feet. Condition of the huts is generally good. Entrances where discernible occur on the south and south east sides.

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

Hut circle visible with a small yard around it, which is attached to a field wall.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 190-192, Map 38, Site 6 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle within Site '6' to the north of Buttern Hill.

Ancient Monuments, 2003/2004, Scheduling amendment (Schedule Document). SDV275366.

(21/01/2004) Settlement on Buttern Hill, containing 11 hut circles and fields. Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on 'Buttern Hill'. The monument also includes a length of the 'Bradford Leat'.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1021215 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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