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Summary

One of two, possibly three, hut circles on the moderate west-facing slope above the left bank of the River Mardle. This is one of the two recognisable huts; terraced into the slope, they measure 5.0m and 4.3m respectively. The enclosing walls are between 1.1m and 1.4m wide and a maximum of 0.4m high. Neither possesses an identifiable 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: SX66NE123
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1089227
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/272
• 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 152610 (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 east of 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) Centred SX 67766872. Two, possibly three, hut circle lie in gorse and bracken on the moderate W facing slope above the left bank of the River Mardle. The two recognisable huts, at SX 67706871 and SX 67756868, have been terraced into the slope to provide level interiors of 5.0m and 4.3m respectively. The enclosing walls are between 1.1m and 1.4m wide and a maximum of 0.4m high. Neither possesses an identifiable entrance.
The third, possible, hut lies to the NE at SX 67786876. Coursed boulder and rubble walls 0.6m wide and 0.5m high enclose a roughly circular area 2.0m in diameter with a possible entrance in the S side. It is not certain whether this is a small hut circle or an elaborate clearance cairn relating to the medieval or later exploitation of this area.

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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