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Summary

The remains of a Bronze Age hut circle measuring 4.3 by 1.6 metres in diameter and 0.4 metres high. The interior has been levelled.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018930: Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 913022
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/76/11
• Old SAM Ref: 28733

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(07/09/1992) SX 67027604. A solitary hut circle situated within a well-developed parallel reave system (SX 67 NE 137) on the south-eastern flank of Riddon Ridge.
The hut measures 4.3m in internal diameter with turf-covered walls 1.6m wide and a maximum of 0.4m high. The interior has been levelled by cutting into the slope 0.3m on the south-west. There is no obvious entrance; the eastern wall of the hut is attached to a reave.
For detailed 1:2500 plan see RCHME Riddon Ridge survey.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152110 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(17/03/1999) Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement situated within an irregular aggregate field system on Riddon Ridge. Diameter 3.4m. Earthwork and rubble wall 1.7m wide, 0.35m high. Reaves abut this hut. A 155 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. This hut survives as an earthwork except in the ne sector where rubble walling is visible. Grass.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle recorded.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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