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HER Number: | MDV6471 |
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Name: | Western of two hut circles within the reave system on Holne Moor, Holne |
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Summary
Two hut circles on the moderate north facing slope south west of Venford reservoir. Both huts are terraced into the slope but are very overgrown and display no obvious entrances. The eastern hut measures 7 metres. The western hut measures 6 metres in internal diameter.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 689 704 |
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Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Holne |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLNE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE35
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442956
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/81
- Old SAM Ref: 22370
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX67SE35
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, 4416 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1955, SX67SE35 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140071.
(07/05/1955) Hut circles.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE35 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140070.
SX 6891 7045: Two type 1, hut circles of average internal diameter 6.5 metres with walls 1.3 metres wide and in very poor condition, lie on a moderate, well drained, north east facing slope at 335 metres above OD. They are cut back into the slope and integrated with the field walls of the parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 92). Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.
National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 462-465 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Two hut circles visible on aerial photographs at SX 6892 7047 and SX 6893 7044 which is incorporated into a east-west reave of the reave system SX67SE/245. Visible on the 1979 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 176-7, Map 59, Figure 59.1 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Hut Circle '2' of 4.6 metres diameter at 'Venford Reservoir East' is connected to Hut Circle '1' to the east by a curved bank which breaks the neat rectangular pattern of the surrounding fields.
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) Two hut circles on the moderate north facing slope south west of Venford reservoir. Both huts are terraced into the slope but are very overgrown and display no obvious entrances. The eastern hut measures 7 metres. The western hut at SX 6890 7046 measures 6 metres in internal diameter while its companion to the east measures 7 metres.
English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.
Hut shown on survey.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV140070 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SE35. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
SDV140071 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1955. SX67SE35. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
SDV172921 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1457. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 462-465. |
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SDV173671 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 1997. Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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SDV282746 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4416. |
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SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 176-7, Map 59, Figure 59.1. |
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SDV345521 | Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV129689 | Related to: Eastern of two hut circles within the reave system on Holne Moor, Holne (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey
Date Last Edited: | Mar 4 2022 12:10PM |
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