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Summary

Hut circle south-east of Yar Tor; one of seven hut circles located on Yartor Down, at the junction of the Dartmeet to Ollsbrim and the Sherwell / Ponsworthy roads. The inner ring of this hut survives as several edge set orthostats. The interior is level but there is no definable entrance. It is built into a slight slope adjacent to a modern road, west of Ollsbrim Cross. Internal diameter (i.e. across inner wall face) 8.0 metres, walls 1.2 metres wide and 1.0 metre high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1003291: Hut circles SE of Yar Tor
• 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: SX67SE12
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442889
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/77
• Old SAM County Ref: 532

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX67SE12 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV282955.

(September 1951) This hut circle is in very good condition with walls up to 1.2 metres high and completely turf-covered.

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.

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, 1007 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

Other details: Volume 5.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE12 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV347078.

(21/05/1980) Lying within the reave system (SX 67 SE 94) at 360m OD is a Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71) hut circle in poor condition. (See ground photograph.) The diameter of the level interior measures 6.8m, with wallin 1.6m thick and 0.8m high. The entrance lies to the south east.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

Department of Environment, 1984, Hut circles south-east of Yar Tor (Schedule Document). SDV282944.

Hut circles south-east of Yar Tor; two of four well-preserved hut circles, on moorland with associated fields.

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

Not recorded.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 129-30 (Monograph). SDV299725.

An interesting group of prehistoric dwellings close to the road from Dartmeet to Ollsbrim, several of which are scheduled. Hut circle 6 measures approximately 7.1 meters in diameter and lies very close to the road. Other details: Map 15, 2.

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.

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

(14/03/2008) The inner ring of this hut survives as several edge set orthostats. The interior is level but there is no definable entrance. It is built into a slight slope adjacent to a modern road, west of Ollsbrim Cross. Internal diameter (i.e. across inner wall face) 8.0 metres, walls 1.2 metres wide and 1.0 metre high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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