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Summary

A solitary hut circle terraced into the hillside forming a slightly ovoid, level interior measuring 4.4m N to S by 3.5m bounded by spread boulder walls 1.4m wide and 0.4m high. There is no obvious entrance.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019591: Medieval farmstead and field system, post-medieval tinworks, prehistoric settlements and cairns north and west of Gibby Coombe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE122
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1089225
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/262
• Old SAM Ref: 34427

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152608 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 25th May 1999. Stone hut circle forming part of a small unenclosed prehistoric settlement west of Gibby Coombe.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 172, Map 58, Figure 58.8 (Monograph). SDV337765.

'Huts' shown to the east of the River Mardle.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(06/01/1997) SX 67786863. A solitary hut circle on a slight shelf in the hillside overlooking the left bank of the River Mardle adjacent to the Scorriton track. The hut has been terraced into the gentle hillslope to provide a slightly ovoid, level interior measuring 4.4m N to S by 3.5m bounded by spread boulder walls 1.4m wide and 0.4m high. There is no obvious entrance.
There is little ground evidence to suggest the presence of the additional hut depicted by Butler and the nearby field boundaries appear to be of medieval or later origin.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1019591 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

At least six stone hut circles are known, and these survive as banks each surrounding an oval or circular internal area which varies from 12.5 square metres to 56.7 square metres with the average being 35 square metres. The heights of the surrounding walls vary between 0.4 metres and 1 metre, with the average being 0.72 metres. One of the huts has a visible doorway and two are butted by field walling.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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