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HER Number:	MDV61999
Name:	Hut with enclosure fragments at Yes Tor Bottom

Summary

Small hut with enclosure fragments at Yes Tor Bottom Small hut, measuring 2.8 metres in diameter. Double orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. Low grass cover.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 567 729
Map Sheet:	SX57SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Walkhampton
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	WALKHAMPTON

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

National Monuments Record: SX57SE41
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/86/3
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., MPP152572, 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 2.8 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. A 145 degree facing gap represents a doorway. Low grass.

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

Butler's hut 9 (3.0 metres in diameter); 'away from the main group uphill is a small hut with an arc of walling above it. Possibly the remains of another dismantled enclosure.'

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

Mastermap shows two huts here and a more complicated arrangement of enclosure fragments. Requires confirmation on site.

Derry, C., 2018, MDV61999 (Photograph). SDV362786.

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

Visited 22/12/2018. Condition recorded as stable. See photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

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


SDV277946	Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP152572, 21/3/2000.


SDV360652	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #114485 ]


SDV362781	Worksheet: Various. 2018-2019. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital.
SDV362786	Photograph: Derry, C.. 2018. MDV61999. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV62000	Related to: Fragments of enclosure wall at Yes Tor Bottom (Monument)
MDV124933	Related to: Small hut circle at Yes Tor Bottom (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Jan 28 2019 11:31AM

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