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Summary

Remains of a stone structure on Halsanger Common. Possibly a hut circle within an enclosure site.

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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/430
• Old SAM Ref: 28774

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STRUCTURE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

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

Indistinct circular feature visible on the aerial photography.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 152337 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Stone structure on Halsanger Common.

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

Butler depicts this feature as a possible hut circle (number 15). A roughly circular arrangement of loose stones and earthfast stones may be the remains of a building.

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

This feature was not identified on the ground at the original HER grid reference of SX74607456.

Newman , P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 59 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

Alleged stone structure on Halshanger Common; an amorphous mound of stones of unknown date or purpose. Condition is stable. SX74570 74529

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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