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HER Number: | MDV62329 |
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Name: | Hut circle in parallel reave system on Horridge Common |
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Summary
Hut circle in parallel reave system on Horridge Down; one of a pair attached to a reave within a narrow enclosure or corridor. Several others in close proximity. Diameter 7.0 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 1.1 metre high. 160 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Butted by wall. Crescent shaped courtyard shared with neighbouring hut (MDV62328). Grass and bracken covered.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 757 746 |
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Map Sheet: | SX77SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Ilsington |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | ILSINGTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 445196
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/6/15
- Old SAM Ref: 28774
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 48; figure 6.1, Map 6 (Monograph). SDV299725.
Butler’s hut circle 12 measures 6.6 metres in diameter and is built only 5 metres away from Hut 13 (MDV62328) against the corridor wall.
Gerrard, S., 1999, Survey on Halshanger Common, MPP 152310 (Report - Survey). SDV290796.
Stone hut circle within coaxial fields on Horridge Common. Diameter 7.0 metres. Double orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 1.1 metre high. 160 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Butted by wall. Crescent shaped courtyard shared with neighbouring hut (MDV62328). Grass and bracken covered.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Hut circle depicted on the modern mapping.
Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 58 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
Hut circle in parallel reave system on Horridge Common. One of a neighbourhood group of seven huts located within the reave system on Horridge Common. Condition is stable. SX75711 74601
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.
(April 2019 visit) Condition assessed as bad; primary damage agent is vegetation (gorse).
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.
Image taken on April 2019 visit.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV290796 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1999. Survey on Halshanger Common. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. MPP 152310. |
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SDV299725 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. One. Paperback Volume. 48; figure 6.1, Map 6. |
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SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #96970 ] |
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SDV359145 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 58. |
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SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
SDV363073 | Photograph: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording photographs. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
Associated Monuments
MDV8178 | Part of: Scattered group of huts east of Horridge Common (Monument) |
MDV62328 | Related to: Hut circle in reave system on Horridge Common (Monument) |
MDV62330 | Related to: Hut circle in reave system on Horridge Common (Monument) |
MDV62331 | Related to: Hut circle in reave system on Horridge Common (Monument) |
MDV62332 | Related to: Hut circle in reave system on Horridge Common (Monument) |
MDV25747 | Related to: Parallel Reave System on Horridge Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
Date Last Edited: | Jun 23 2022 2:11PM |
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