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Summary

Substantial hut circle in reave system on Horridge Common; one of a number of huts in fairly close proximity to one another. Diameter 5.1 metres, double orthostat wall 2.0 metres wide, 1.0 metre high. Butted by field walls. Covered with bracken and grass.

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

• National Monuments Record: 445196
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/6/7
• Old SAM Ref: 28774
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Hut circle visible on the aerial photography.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 47; figure 6.1, Map 6 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Butler’s hut circle 7 measures 6.1metres in diameter and is a substantial building with walls 0.8 metres above the interior.

Gerrard, S., 1999, Survey on Halshanger Common, MPP 152315 (Report - Survey). SDV290796.

Stone hut circle within coaxial fields on Horridge Common. Diameter 5.1 metres, double orthostat wall 2.0 metres wide, 1.0 metre high. Butted by field walls. Covered with bracken and grass.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345751.

Hut circle visible on the aerial photography.

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

Hut circle faintly visible on aerial photograph. Aligns with location visible on previous aerial photographs.

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

Hut circle in reave system on Horridge Common. One of a neighbourhood group of seven huts located within the reave system on Horridge Common. Condition is stable. SX75690 74440.

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

(April 2019 visit) Condition assessed as very bad; primary damage agent is vegetation (bracken).

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

Image taken on April 2019 visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

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