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Summary

Remains of a hut circle with a diameter of 7 metres, orthostatic walling up to 0.6 metres high. There is an entrance gap in the north-east.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1003058: Three hut circles E of Bush Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE14
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443793
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/32
• Old SAM County Ref: 972A

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Hut Circle' shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Hut Circle' shown on early 20th century map with a small U-shaped feature in the centre.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 3358-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

SX 6845 8228: Hut circle visible on air photographs.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX68SE14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV314551.

(08/06/1978) At SX 6845 8228 on a north west facing slope at around 1425 feet OD is the remains of a type 2 hut circle. It has a diameter of 7 metres with orthostatic walling up to 0.6 metres high. There is an entrance gap in the north east.
Revised at 1:2500 on MSD.

Robinson, R., 1983, List of Field Monument Warden Visits (Site Visit). SDV114314.

Visited on 20th April 1983.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 28, Map 25 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle of 6.5 metres diameter at Homestead '2' to the east of Bush Down. This hut to the west of the road retains most of its stones with a tall pillar on the eastern side which was probably one of the jamb stones. Inside the hut the tops of several small slabs show above the surface probably lining the edge of a raised dais.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

'Hut Circle' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1003058 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7505 - Boveycombehedd, Chagford: An Archaeological Investigation of a Diachronic Landscape

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