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Summary

A much ruined hut circle just inside the southern edge of Bagtor Wood at SX75840 74880. Although most of Bagtor Wood has now been felled, this hut lies within a small belt of conifers which remain standing. Condition is declining.

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: SX77SE/6/14
• 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., MPP 152322, 1/4/1999 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Stone hut circle within coaxial fields on Horridge Common at SX7584 7488. Measures 8.1 metres in diameter. Single orthostat, rubble and earthwork walls 1.4 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. Only parts of this hut survive. Four deciduous trees within the hut, one fallen within, two fallen across and one on the wall has uprooted parts of the wall as it has fallen. East and west sectors survive as stony wall, elsewhere it survives as a scarp.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 47, fig 6.2 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 58, figure 19 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

A much ruined hut circle just inside the southern edge of Bagtor Wood at SX75840 74880. Although most of Bagtor Wood has now been felled, this hut lies within a small belt of conifers which remain standing. Condition is declining.

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

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

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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