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Summary

Wall associated with two hut circles to the south-west of Yellowmeade Farm

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020157: Two stone hut circles and a length of walling 240m south west of Yellowmeade Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE18
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440074
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/399/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28777

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE18 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV240816.

(07/02/1980) There are three hut circles and a fragment of enclosure walling in an area of rough pasture which has been partly stripped of stone for the construction of the Yellowmead newtakes. The fragment of enclosure walling at SX 56497402 is 28.0 metres long, 1.0 metres wide and from 0.5 metres to 1.0 metres high where it incorporates in situ boulders.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:2500 (see illustration).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152376 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Aite visited on 11th June 1999. A wall associated with two stone hut circles 240 metres south-west of Yellowmeade Farm.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 14-18, Map 44 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Wall shown curving round a hut circle to the south-west of Yellowmeade farm

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Section of wall shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1020157 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The monument includes two stone hut circles and a length of walling situated on a gentle west facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. A 1 metre wide orthostatic wall standing up to 0.8 metres high leads from the western stone hut circle in a westerly direction before turning south westward and then south. This wall probably represents the visible remains of an enclosure associated with the stone hut circles.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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