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Summary

Hut measures 7.0m in internal diameter, with walls 2.1m wide, 0.9m high. Well-preserved entrance in west.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020091: Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE29
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442938
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/64
• Old SAM Ref: 22369

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1958, SX67SE29 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV139784.

SX 6894 7144 Hut circle A. (25/04/1958) Almost circular, good condition, protruding from ground.

National Monument Record, 1977, NMR SX6871/1, 54-63 (Aerial Photograph). SDV151474.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE29 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140951.

(15/07/1977) The hut at SX 6893 7144 is partially destroyed. It is within a semi-circular enclosure of 25.0m internal diameter, joined to a reave wall. Another hut, in good condition sits on top of the enclosure wall at SX 6894 7143. Internal diameter 6.5m.

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

Hut circle visible on 1977 aerial photograph lies within enclosure SX67SE/62.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(18/04/1996) Centred SX 6900 7148. Four hut circles belonging to the Dartmeet parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 95) have been enclosed by two medieval or later fields on the crest of the ridge overlooking the right bank of the Venford Brook south of Bench Tor.
The huts all show signs of being terraced into the slope to create level interiors. Two have been heavily disturbed by later activity.
SX 6894 7144 Hut measures 7.0m in internal diameter, with walls 2.1m wide, 0.9m high. Well-preserved entrance in west.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

Hut is visible on the aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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