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Summary

The remains of a Bronze Age hut circle measuring 7.3m in diameter and 1.4m in height. There is no obvious entrance.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002601: Hut circle and field system NW of Saddle Bridge
• SHINE: Part of the Dartmeet parallel reave system east of Down Ridge. Earthworks and walling remains of a Bronze Age field system adjoining the Venford Reave, with numerous hut circles, enclosures, cairns and a later medieval field system

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443013
• National Record of the Historic Environment: SX67SE54
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/99
• Old SAM County Ref: 795

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Burnard, R., 1888 - 1889, On the Track of the 'Old Men', Dartmoor, 106 (Article in Serial). SDV154694.

About 229m south of the ruins of Week Ford 2 is a hut circle. The foundations appear celtic, but it has a comparatively modern dry wall erection on it, forming a rough gable. Higher up the hill are ancient enclosures mapping out the slope in squares (burnard).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/233, pt.1 5305 (Aerial Photograph). SDV217570.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951/1980, SX67SE54 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV217568.

(15/09/1951) Hut circle in very poor condition. Approximately two thirds of stones standing, remainder soil bound. 1.4m high.
(25/03/1980) On a north-east slope at 277m. OD is the remains of a Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71) hut circle in fair condition though part of the northeast perimeter has been rebuilt (see GP). The level interior measures 7.3m. in diameter with walling of large boulders and rubble 1.0m. wide and up to 1.4m. high. There is no obvious entrance. It is situated within the parallel reave system. (SX 67 SE 95), one reave of which adjoins the hut.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

Ancient Monuments, 1970, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV217567.

(15/04/1970) Well preserved hut circle. Drystone walling to a maximum of 6 courses. Associated field system of at least four rectangular fields continues south of the O Brook.

National Monument Record, 1977, NMR SX6672/3, 166-170 (Aerial Photograph). SDV144287.

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

Hut circle close to a reave and attached to a bank at right angle to the reave. Within the reave system SX67SE/248. Visible on 1977 NMR aerial photograph.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(31/01/1996) As described in 1980.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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