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Summary

Hut with walls constructed from unusually tall stones; survives to a height of 1.3 metres. Hut measures 6.0 metres in diameter, with walls 1.5 wide (2001 data).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020461: Prehistoric settlements, fields and enclosures within the Shapley Common coaxial field system, 770m south of Challacombe Cross

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 68 SE 383
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/10/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 537
• Old SAM Ref: 22390
• Pastscape: 1346473

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX68SE31 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV314705.

(19/03/1953) Hut A SX 6944 8222. Of southern group, of those circles scattered on Shapley Common. Hut measures 5.0 metres in internal diameter, with wall width 1.5 metres, height 1.4 metres. Unusually large stones built into the wall.

Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines (Report - Survey). SDV363213.

(Visited 01/08/2001) Centred SX 6940 8222: A cluster of seven hut circles adjoining the walls of a sub-ovoid enclosure immediately east of Cullacombe Head. The huts (see related records), are of two main constructional types, massively built and crude hollows. All have been excavated and display sunken interiors with diameters of between 2.2 metres and 6 metres. None of the huts possess a well-defined entrance.
SX 6945 8220 Measures 6.0 metres in diameter, with walls 1.5 wide, 1.3 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)

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