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Summary

Small hut measuring just 3.7 metres in diameter almost entirely obscured in the peat. Associated with a length of wall or reave and a second hut 100 metres to the north. Possible entrance gap in the southern arc.

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/86/11
• 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 152580, 21/3/2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5689 7270) 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 3.7 metres. Earthwork and rubble wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. A 190 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Butted by wall. Thick grass and some small gorse plants.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 22-23; fig 44.7 (Monograph). SDV137656.

(SX569 727) Two hut circles about 100 metres apart, just visible above the turf, measuring 2.5 and 3.5 metres in diameter. Close to being completely obscured by peat growth. A low wall orientated to the north-west and ending at the edge of the tinners' excavations becomes detectable near the south ring, either part of an enclosure wall or the only visible section of a longer reave.

Historic England, 2017, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV359963.

South east of the agglomerated enclosure are two further huts and a length of rubble walling. At one point this rubble wall is cut through by a post-medieval leat.

Derry, C., 2018, MDV62007 (Photograph). SDV362787.

Image of the Hut (either not previously recorded, or the actual site of MDV62007).

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 22/12/2018. This feature could not be located at the grid reference supplied by Gerrard; very dense area of scrub, however a hut was recorded nearby at SX56913 72729. It is barely thirty metres (to the north-east) from the supposed location of the hut and is described as fairly obvious. See photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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