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Summary

Enclosure with one internal hut circle and another circle nearby on Yartor Down. The eastern side of the triangular-shaped enclosure is formed by one of the north-south reaves, part of the Dartmeet parallel reave system.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE17
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442904
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/53
• Pastscape: 442904

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 3421-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.

Associated fields visible on aerial photograph.

Fox, A., 1954, Celtic Fields and Farms on Dartmoor in Light of Recent Excavations at Kestor, 99,101 (Article in Serial). SDV231175.

Part of a Bronze Age/Iron Age settlement with associated fields. Other details: Figure.

National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX6772/2, 409-417 (Aerial Photograph). SDV315807.

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, 996 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

Other details: Volume 5.

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1748, 397-410 (Aerial Photograph). SDV279663.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV347060.

On the wouth west slope of Yartor Down is a hut circle, joined to a field wall of the parallel reave system (PRN 6030).

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

An enclosure attached to a reave within the Dartmeet parallel reave system. A hut circle is incorporated into the wall and attached to other banks which may be part of the enclosure and associated with enclosure. Visible on 1980 and 1977 National Monuments Record aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

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

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

The hut is built into the corner of an enclosure. Internal diameter (ie across the internal wall) 9.0 meters and the walls are 2.0 meters thick. The height of the internal wall is 1.0 meters high and the external wall is 1.5 meters high. The hut is associated with the walls of a small enclosure, which is itself attached to reaves of the Dartmeet system. Some of the walls have been refurbished in the post-prehistoric period and additional enclosures added to the west, comprising wall banks with stone faces with external ditches. A gully of unknown purpose has been cut just to the north of the hut circle.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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