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Summary

Hut circle, 7.4 metres diameter attached to a small, isolated rectangular enclosure.

Location

Protected Status

• 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
• Scheduled Monument 1019603: Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 152305
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NE/254
• 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., 152305 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visit 1st April 1999. Hut circle, 7.4 metres diameter. Earthwork and single orthostat wall, 1.5 metres wide, 0.35 metres high. Appears to be butted by walls. Vegetation: grass and bracken.

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

Newman, P., 2013, An Archaeological Assessment of Halshanger and Horridge Commons, Dartmoor, Devon, 8, Table 1 (Report - Assessment). SDV356396.

Hut circle attached to a small, isolated rectangular enclosure. Stable condition. Vegetation: short grassland and gorse.

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

Newman , P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 58 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

Hut circle on Horridge Common
Turf covered hut circle on the SE slope of Rippon Tor. Built into the corner of a small rectangular enclosure (MDV106561) which is itself attached to a reave. Condition is stable. SX75160 75250

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, RT8 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited January 2019. Really hard to locate. Gorse, molinia, bracken and bramble encroachment. Photos X 2 taken

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, RT8 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited January 2019. Photos X 2 taken 1) looking north east 2) looking east

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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