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Summary

Remains of hut circle of 3.8 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by o.4 metres high forming part of unenclosed settlement to the north of Hemstone Rocks. Located in forest clearing on north side of trackway.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017985: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 144135
• National Monuments Record: SX68SE92
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443897
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/11
• Old SAM Ref: 28673(P)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68SE92

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Turner, J. R., 1976, Ancient Monuments on Forestry Commission Land. Fernworthy and Bellever (Report - non-specific). SDV351823.

Fernworthy Plantation. Toms Hill. 1E. Very ruined hut circle 4.5 metres diameter. Unable to determine thickness of stone walls. Not investigated has been planted over.
February 1976. 7 posts ringing clearance zone. All agreements carried out.
Not included in 1955 Spooner and Dixon report. New discovery.

Turner, J., 1978, Report of Work Carried Out by the Forestry Commission since January 1976 (Report - non-specific). SDV351816.

All agreements carried out. Vegetation good.

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

Not visible on 1946 RAF aerial photo due to tree cover.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 144135 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visit 28th April 1997. Hut circle at SX65018406 forming part of unenclosed settlement. 3.2 metres diameter. Single orthostat and earthwork wall, 1.0 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. Internal area 8.03 square metres.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 157, Map 35, Site 6 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle at 'Fernworthy West' settlement.

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

Visited on 2nd August 1995. Hut circle at SX 65008407 of 3.8 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by 0.35 metres high.

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1996, Condition Survey of Identified Archaeology within Woodland Areas 1996 (Un-published). SDV351820.

Fernworthy. Toms Hill 1-4B, 6B. Site visit 27th September 1996. Five hut circles within a large clearing on north side of track. Sites well marked but the archaeological remains are difficult to identifty as they are covered by long grass. Gorse is also widespread throughout the clearance area.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2013, Fernworthy Forest Sites Survey (Un-published). SDV351708.

Newman, P., 2013, The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Devon, 37, Fig. 31 (Report - Survey). SDV351784.

Earthwork ring cut into the slope with a total spread of 6.3 metres. The level interior is a little over 4.0 metres diameter and any surviving stone is now turf covered.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017985 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Unknown, SX68SE92 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276804.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6216 - Condition Surveys of Ancient Monuments on Forestry Commission Land
• EDV6203 - Archaeological Survey of Fernworthy Forest
• EDV7389 - Fernworthy Forest condition survey 1996
• EDV7410 - Fernworthy Forest condition survey 1992
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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