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Summary

Large stone hut circle with possible porch within coaxial fields on Halsanger Common. Interior is disturbed by burrowing animal activity. Diameter 8.4 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.2 metres wide, 1.2 metres high. 170 degree gap probably represents a doorway. Single orthostatic construction with the ring of slabs denoting the interior of the building.

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/55/3
• 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., 152290 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visit 1st April 1999. Stone hut circle within coaxial fields on Halsanger Common. Diameter 8.4 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.2 metres wide, 1.2 metres high. 170 degree gap probably represents a doorway. Single orthostatic construction with the ring of slabs denoting the interior of the building. Evidence of recent animal burrowing within the building. Grass and bracken.

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

Butler's hut circle 13. Measuring 9.0 metres in diameter, this is the largest of the settlement, well-preserved and built of large stones. A slab stands outside the entrance with another flat alongside, possibly the remains of a porch. Numeroud burrows have made the interior uneven.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Hut circle is clearly visible on the aerial photography at this location.

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

Condition stable. Short grassland and bracken.

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

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

Hut circle 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 7ha amidst the parallel reaves. Some are attached to reaves, though others are free standing.
Condition is stable. SX74468 74696

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

(09/06/2019) Condition assessed as poor. Extensive damaged from burrowing animals in centre (photo 3) and surrounding hut, and likely extensive underground damage, but stones are still solid. Both huts (see also MDV62312) have widespread young bracken shoots, and are covered in short grass.

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

Several images taken during 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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