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Summary

Unenclosed group of three hut circles to the north of the main part of the Kes Tor settlement.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016691: Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE134
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 900951
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/71
• Old SAM County Ref: 261
• Old SAM Ref: 28714
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68NE14

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

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

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map, 89NE (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Fox, A., 1955, Huts at Kes Tor settlement, 87-102 (Article in Serial). SDV274383.

Group of three hut circles part of settlement on north slopes of Castor. Group A.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1956-1974, SX68NE14, SX68NE14, plan (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV274636.

These three huts are not shown marked on the Ordnance Survey card plan, although they are depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey mapping; may have been recorded on separate card.

National Monument Record, 1977, SX6686, 6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV274641.

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

Visible on NMR photos in poor condition.

Griffith, F. M., 1985, DAP/EM, 3a (Aerial Photograph). SDV274678.

Photograph taken on 17th March 1985.

Robinson, R., 1986, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1986 (Un-published). SDV345664.

Visited 01/09/1986.

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

(11/10/1991) Centred SX 66718712. Three hut circles, numbered 1-3 in the accompanying tabulation, lie in Boldventure Newtake 100m SSE of Kestor Gate.
Huts 1 and 2 are of massive construction with near complete inner and outer rings of upright slabs while hut 3 has been disturbed with only the inner face remaining. All huts are terraced into the slope. hut 1 possesses a well-defined entrance in its SE margin.
All the huts are slightly ovoid and the diameters are averages for each hut.
These huts were formerly part of SX 68 NE 14.
A further table of information on the hut circles is held in the archive.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149107-9 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Prehistoric settlement within the Kestor coaxial field system.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 170-174, Map 36, Figure 36.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Group of three large hut circles at '10' of 8.2, 8.7 and 9.4 metres diameter at 'Kes Tor settlement' from which many wall stones have been removed.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1999, Scheduled Monument Consent, 19th July 1999 (Correspondence). SDV274367.

Scheduled Monument Consent granted, subject to conditions, for works concerning the archaeological research excavation of a hut circle to examine the impact of bracken on sensitive archaeological deposits.

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

Three hut circles shown on survey.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1016691 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

[Part of] coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kes Tor.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6198 - Geophysical Survey on Shovel Down and Kes Tor
• EDV8653 - Teigncombe Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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