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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. A mainly turf-covered circle with some internal stones in situ. This hut has a level interior and is built into a slight slope with no definable entrance. The diameter measures 8.8 metres, with walls 1.6 metres thick and 0.6 metres high.

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
• Scheduled Monument 1003291: Hut circles SE of Yar Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE11
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442886
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442895
• National Record of the Historic Environment: SX67SE14
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/78
• 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, SX67SE14, Hut A, plan (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV282915.

(Spetember 1951) Hut circle A; one of two hut circles. In rather poor condition with stones having fallen inwards and outwards. There is a gap of 4.0 metres in the walling on the north-east.

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

Other details: Figure.

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, 1008 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

Other details: Volume 5.

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1748, 359-373 (Aerial Photograph). SDV279663.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV347080.

(22/05/1980) On the south east slope of Yartor Down at 386m OD are two Type 2 hut circles in fair condition (see ground photographs). The level interiors have diameters measuring 8.6m and 6.0m with walling 1.6m wide and 0.8m high. The smaller, at SX 68167368, adjoins a bank of the prehistoric field system (see SX 67 SE 94 and plan). Only the larger hut at SX 68187366 has a visible entrance to the south east.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.
Survey drawing shows two hut circles and a short length of bank (approximately 1980?)

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

Hut circles south-east of Yar Tor; one of four well preserved hut circles, on moorland.

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

Four hut circles at SX68197363, SX68197366, SX68147362, attached to a field boundary, SX68117368, attached to a bank across a field. Three possible hut circles at SX68197357, SX68167355, SX68147352, and a probable double hut circle at SX68177367. All set with medieval ridge and furrow integrated into the parallel reave system (PRN 6030). Visible on 1980 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

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

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.

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

Hut circle; one of a pair of huts placed either side of a north-south reave on Yartor Down.

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

(14/03/2008) Seven hut circles and possible hut circles associated with prehistoric and medieval field systems.
Hut 2 SX68177368. A mainly turf-covered circle with some internal stones in situ. This hut has a level interior and is built into a slight slope with no definable entrance. The diameter measures 8.8 metres, with walls 1.6 metres thick and 0.6 metres high.
[Record now incorporated into SX 67 SE 11 as of May 2008].

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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