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Summary

Large hut circle with encircling ring of stones on the uphill side east of Sherwell; set within the Dartmeet parallel reave system. A hut circle which has an internal diameter of 7.1 metres is a large well-defined hut with a levelled and terraced interior. Partial survival of interior wall consisting of edge set granite slabs. The entrance is on the south-east side with one door jamb in situ and the other fallen. Parts of the external wall survive including some large slabs. Walls are mostly turf-covered with some stone visible. The interior is clear of tumble and is located at the junction of enclosure walls.

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: SX67SE6
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442871
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/70

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Four circular huts with a field system; "heavily lyncheted" within the modern farm enclosure. One of the Dartmoor settlements which are Iron Age, but which could have started in the Bronze Age.

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, 713 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

(Site visited 15/5/1979). Together with PRN 6455 and 6457 this hut circle forms a group of four dwellings with a field system which is heavily lyncheted within the modern farm enclosure. It is Iron Age but could have been started in the Bronze Age. Other details: Volume 4.

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1748, 384-386 (Aerial Photograph). SDV279663.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE122 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV315817.

Hut circle. Large hut circle and associated walls shown on undated (approximately 1980?) Ordnance Survey drawing in Sites and Monument Record.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE6 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV282313.

(02/06/1980) On a south-west facing slope centred at SX681746, are the remains of six hut circles, now mainly within modern enclosures which themselves incorporate remains of a parallel reave system (PRN 6030). The majority are Type 2 huts and are integrated within the boundaries of the reave system. The interiors measure between 4.3 metres and 8.0 metres in diameter with walling averaging 1.2 metres wide and 0.7 metres high. The entrances, where visible, are mainly to the south. The general condition of the huts are poor. (see plan and ground photograph)
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

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

Single hut circle within a field system possibly superimposed on the Dartmeet parallel reave system. Attached to a reave and visible on 1980 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 128-9 (Monograph). SDV299725.

One of at least ten hut circles in the Sherwell prehistoric settlement, which consists of a number of fields within the reave system, many with a single hut circle built at the edge or corner.
Hut number six measures 6.9 meters in diameter and is unusual in having a concentric outer ring of stones around its uphill perimeter. Other details: Map 15, 1.

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.

Hut circle depicted on survey.

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

(14/03/2008) A dispersed group of hut circles sited around the south and east side and within the modern Sherril enclosures.
SX 6825 7481. A hut circle which has an internal diameter of 7.1 metres is a large well-defined hut with a levelled and terraced interior. Partial survival of interior wall consisting of edge set granite slabs. The entrance is on the south-east side with one door jamb in situ and the other fallen. Parts of the external wall survive including some large slabs. Walls are mostly turf-covered with some stone visible. The interior is clear of tumble and is located at the junction of enclosure walls.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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