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Summary

Vis=22/1/1976 (ancient monuments) two hut circles north east of frenchbeer rock. Two hut circles both 10.97m in diameter with walls of large upright boulders lining tumble outer walls. Vis=22/7/1974 (os). Three hut circles. At sx67198548 hut circle 6.0m internal diameter with a single wall of orthostats up to 1.0m high, may originally have been double-walled. Entrance in the sw. At sx67208546 a robbed double-walled hut up to 1.0m high with entrance in the sw. At sx67228542 four stones on the perimeter of a slight platform 6.0m internal diameter indicate the site of a robbed hut. Vis=ormerod notes presence of hut-circles at frenchbere (ormerod). Vis=10/2/1982 (robinson). Doe field monument warden visit. Vis=two hut circles visible and recorded (rchm app 1985).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017483: Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/87
• Old SAM County Ref: 982

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV237876.

Vis=22/1/1976 (ancient monuments) two hut circles north east of frenchbeer rock. Two hut circles both 10.97m in diameter with walls of large upright boulders lining tumble outer walls. Vis=22/7/1974 (os). Three hut circles. At sx67198548 hut circle 6.0m internal diameter with a single wall of orthostats up to 1.0m high, may originally have been double-walled. Entrance in the sw. At sx67208546 a robbed double-walled hut up to 1.0m high with entrance in the sw. At sx67228542 four stones on the perimeter of a slight platform 6.0m internal diameter indicate the site of a robbed hut. Vis=ormerod notes presence of hut-circles at frenchbere (ormerod). Vis=10/2/1982 (robinson). Doe field monument warden visit. Vis=two hut circles visible and recorded (rchm app 1985).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV237877.

Osa=sx68ne36/plan.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV237878.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk 2082 3287-8.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV237879.

Ormerod, g. W. /jbaa/20(1864)303/on the hut circles on the eastern side of dartmoor.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV237880.

Aph=nmr sx6785/1(18/5/1977).

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Shovel Down Survey (Report - Survey). SDV359365.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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