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Summary

Hut circle with crescent arc of stones on the eastern side, within reave system on Halshanger Common.

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/55/10
• 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., 152298 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

site visit 1st April 1999. Stone hut circle within coaxial fields on Halsanger Common. Diameter 7.4 metres. Double and single orthostat wall 2.3 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. 100 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. East of the hut is a crescent shaped annex defined by an orthostatic wall standing up to 0.7 metres high and as a clearly defined lynchet. The annex measures up to 4.0 metres wide and tapers towards the wall of the hut. Grass, bracken and gorse.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 39-40, Fig. 5.1, Map 5 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Butler's hut circle number 6. 7.7 metres in diameter.

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

Hut circle visible on the aerial photography.

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

Condition stable although trees growing in walls.

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

Site visited and grid reference confirmed.

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

Hut circle within 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. SX74820 74740

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, RT28 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(04/08/2019) Condition assessed as bad. Thick bracken covers 100% of the feature.

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

Image taken during Auguts 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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