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Summary

Hut circle on a north-east slope below (north of) Combestone Tor, measuring 6.7 metres in internal diameter, with walling 1.2 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. There is no obvious entrance; large upright slabs extend around its north-east side. Faint traces of a parallel reave system are visible to the south-east of the hut

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002649: Hut circles and field system SW of Combestone Wood

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE48
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442995
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/93
• Old SAM County Ref: 976

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/223, pt 1 5304 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147275.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2373-2374 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2588, 5052-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV168641.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX67SE48, map and plan (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140761.

(Visited 16/11/1951) Hut circle at SX 6708 7207 Well defined hut circle 7.0 metres in diameter, walls 1.3 metres high. Five stones still standing on the north-east; remaining stones are at various angles.

Fox, A., 1954, Celtic Fields and Farms on Dartmoor in Light of Recent Excavations at Kestor, 87 (Article in Serial). SDV231175.

One of a group supposed to contain five hut circles.

Department of Environment, 1975, Record Form (Site Visit). SDV140764.

Hut circles and field system south-west of Combestone Wood. Hut circle A. With large upright stones lining walls, with collapsed walls still 0.9 metres high and 1.83 metres thick. Covered with bracken and gorse.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE48 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140757.

(24/03/1980) On a north-east slope below Combestone Tor at 306 metres OD is the remains of a Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71) hut circle. It measures 6.7 metres in internal diameter, the walling averaging 1.2 metres wide and 0.7 metres high. There is no obvious entrance; large upright slabs extend around its north-east side (see general picture).
Faint traces of a parallel reave system are visible to the south-east of the hut (See SX 67 SE 95). 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 visible on 1946 aerial photograph.

Griffith, F. M., 1990, DAP/QF, 1-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDV140063.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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