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Summary

Hut circle in reave system positioned on a fairly steep slope. Diameter 7.8 metres. Earthwork wall 1.8 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. This hut survives as a scoop cut into the side of a moderately steep slope. Grass, bracken and gorse. Condition stable in 2015.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019603: Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze Age parallel reave system on Mountsland, Halshanger and Horridge Commons, comprising the remains of a field system, hut circle settlements, enclosures and cairns, and surface remains of 19th century Hemsworthy Mine

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/55/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28774
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 152288 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visit 1st April 1999. Stone hut circle within coaxial fields on Halsanger Common. Diameter 7.8 metres. Earthwork wall 1.8 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. This hut survives as a scoop cut into the side of a moderately steep slope. Grass, bracken and gorse.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 40, Fig. 5.1, Map 5 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Butler's hut circle 14. Measures 5.3 metres in diameter and is a more isolated location, further uphill than the main huts in the system.

Newman, P., 2013, An Archaeological Assessment of Halshanger and Horridge Commons, Dartmoor, Devon, Table 1 (Report - Assessment). SDV356396.

Condition stable. Short grassland.

Newman, P., 2013, Halshanger Sites Visited and Confirmed (Report - Survey). SDV351113.

Site surveyed and grid reference confirmed.

Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 57 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

Hut circle in reave system on Halshanger Common
A stone hut circle located within a neighbourhood group of 16 dispersed huts on Halsanger Common, and the western corner of Rippon Tor enclosure, spread over about 7 hectares amidst the parallel reaves. Some are attached to reaves, though others are free standing. Condition is stable. SX74280 74720

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, RT34 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(17/06/2019) Condition assessed as bad. Substantial gorse growth over an estimated 70% of the earthwork walls and some inside the hut circle. Bracken shoots throughout and heavy gorse in surrounding area up to earthwork walls.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Images taken during the June 2019 visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6433 - Assessment of Halsanger Common, Horridge Common and Rippon Tor
• EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

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