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HER Number: | MDV6501 |
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Name: | Hut in reave system south of Saddle Bridge |
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Summary
Hut in reave system; one of a group of five originally recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1950. Survey in 1996 recorded the diameter as 5.7 metres internally, walls 1.3 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Possible entrance to the north.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 664 716 |
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Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- 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 Monuments Record: SX67SE201
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE58
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065075
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443025
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/105/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monument Record, 19/05/1977, SX6672/2, 164-165 (Aerial Photograph). SDV173027.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX67SE58, D (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV277634.
(27/4/1950) Group of five hut circles named A-E. Hut circle D (SX 6644 7160). A very fragmentary hut circle 7.5 metres in diameter. Entrance to south-east.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE58 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV257888.
(18/07/1977) A group of four type 1 hut circles situated on a northeast facing slope ranging from 309.0m to 324.0m OD. All are in poor condition and have levelled interiors with entrances on the east. The internal diameters are from 5.0m to 8.5m with a mean of 7.0m with walling averaging 1.6m thick and 0.6m high.
The four huts are included in Aileen Fox's description in SX 67 SE 55 and are situated within the reave system. (SX 67 SE 95).
Revised 1:10 000 on PFD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Only this hut circle is visible on the 1977 aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 198, Map 61.1 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Depicted by Butler (hut 4; 6.5 metres). This hut has been dug into, the only remaining stone of any size being one of the entrance slabs.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(13/11/1995) Centred SX 664716. The three huts described by the Ordnance Survey in 1977 now form part of SX 67 SE 201:
(10/01/1996) SX 665718. A group of ten hut circles within a well-developed portion of the Dartmeet Parallel Reave System in Slade Newtake south-west of Saddle Bridge.
The huts (see related records) are mostly relatively large with diameters in the range of 3.7 metres to 7.0 metres and well preserved. Their walls are well-defined and sometimes massively built with upright slabs and coursed boulders. Entrances, where apparent, are usually in the south-eastern quadrant. Most of the huts lie in a series of small regular enclosures subdividing the large rectangular blocks between the axial elements of the parallel system. A solitary cairn (SX 67 SE 208) lies at SX 66416 71764 at the centre of the settlement.
Hut at SX 66445 71618, diameter 5.7 metres internally, walls 1.3 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Possible entrance to the north.
Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360209.
Hut outline visible.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV173027 | Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 19/05/1977. SX6672/2. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 164-165. |
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SDV257888 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SE58. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
SDV277634 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX67SE58. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. D. |
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. 198, Map 61.1. |
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SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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SDV360209 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2016. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #119639 ] |
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Associated Monuments
MDV27685 | Part of: Dartmeet parallel reave system on Holne Moor (Monument) |
MDV6500 | Related to: Hut circle in reave system south of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
MDV6505 | Related to: Hut in reave system south of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
MDV6502 | Related to: Hut in reave system south of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
MDV6503 | Related to: Hut in reave system south of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
MDV6504 | Related to: Hut in reave system south of Saddle Bridge (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
Date Last Edited: | Sep 9 2022 8:23AM |
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