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Summary

Possible hut indicated by a significant kink in the enclosure wall at this point. May have been a partially timber construction; diameter likely to be around 6.4 metres, the enclosure wall at this point is 2.7 metres wide and 0.6 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019587: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor
• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains on Walkhampton Common including 19th century Swelltor and Foggintor Quarries, a section of the early 19th century Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway, later converted to railway, also streamworks along the Yes Tor Brook

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/86/2
• Old SAM Ref: 24108(P)
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152570, 21/3/2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Probable stone hut circle forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Yes Tor Bottom, 1120 metres east-north-east of Criptor.
Diameter measures 6.4 metres, with wall 2.7 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. A probable hut denoted by a significant kink in the enclosure wall at this point. The diameter of this hut which may have been of timber construction would have been about 6.4 metres. The enclosure wall at this point is 2.7 metres wide and 0.6 metres high.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 19; Map 44.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Possible hut shown on plan by Butler. Not numbered.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Possible hut shown on the modern mapping; part of the boundary wall of the enclosure.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 22/04/2019 Slight gorse; molinia. Totally indistinct. Photo taken

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 22/04/2019 Photo showing very indistinct hut

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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