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Summary

One of a cluster of three hut circles overlooking the south end of Venford Reservoir. Hut measures 3.8m in diameter, with walls 1.2m wide, 1.0m high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020093: Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE34
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442953
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/80/3
• Old SAM Ref: 22371

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4366-4367 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX67SE34, Hut C (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140677.

(27/04/1950) One of group of three hut circles. Hut circle C. Diameter 5m, wall height 0.5m. Walling consists of large turf covered stones. Entrance to south-east.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE34 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140703.

(07/07/1977) SX 6843 7043 This open settlement consists of three freestanding hut circles, average internal diameter 4.5 metres, walls about 1 metre wide and built of a single row of massive boulders, one having a south-east facing entrance. They are terraced into a moderate, well drained, north-west facing slope at 320 metres above OD. Both are in poor condition and one has been mutilated by the construction of Holne Moor Leat. 1:10 000 Survey revised on PFD.

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

Visible on 1946 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, Map 60 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Group of three hut circles shown to the south of Venford Reservoir.

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 6843 7044. A cluster of three hut circles on the moderate north-west facing slope overlooking the south end of Venford Reservoir. All three are relatively small with internal diameters in the range of 3 to 4.4 metres. There are no identifiable entrances.
SX 6845 7043 Hut measures 3.8m in diameter, with walls 1.2m wide, 1.0m high.

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

Hut shown on survey.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Three 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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