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HER Number: | MDV6596 |
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Name: | Hut circle east of Bush Down, North Bovey |
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Summary
One of three hut circles east of Bush Down. Hut circle of 6.5 metres diameter with walls composed of two concentric circles of upstanding stones with some smaller rubble fill. Overgrown with heather and grass.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 684 821 |
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Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/33/1
- Old SAM County Ref: 972C
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ormerod, G. W., 1864, On the Hut Circles on the Eastern Side of Dartmoor, 304 (Article in Serial). SDV304174.
Two hut circles noted at Bush Down, beside the Moretonhampstead to Tavistock road, of approximately 6 metres and 7.75 metres diameter.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map with a section of wall between them.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on early 20th century map.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX68SE15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV314534.
(Visited 18/06/1978) SX 6849 8216: Two crude hut circles situated on a north west facing slope at around 1475 feet OD.
'A' at SX 6848 8215 has a diameter of 6.5 metres with orthostatic walling up to 0.7 metres high and a possible entrance in the north east.
Both are in poor condition. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 28, Map 25 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Southern of two hut circles of 6.5 metres diameter within Homestead '2' to the east of Bush Down.
Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines, M. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV363213.
(20/10/2000) Two robbed hut circles linked by a fragmentary boulder wall to the Shapley Common parallel reave system (SX 68 SE 178). It is not possible to discern from the visible evidence the relationship of the huts to the reave system and were part of a free standing enclosure.
SX 6849 8215: The robbed remains of this hut comprise a double-faced wall with surviving upright slabs and boulders a maximum 0.8 metres in height. The interior slightly levelled into the hillslope measures 6.3 metres by 5.4 metres; the level stance is disturbed by pits and displaced boulders. The entrance appears to have been in the northern side.
Surveyed at 1:2000 scale.
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.
Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 28, Map 25. |
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SDV304174 | Article in Serial: Ormerod, G. W.. 1864. On the Hut Circles on the Eastern Side of Dartmoor. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. 20. Unknown. 304. |
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SDV314534 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX68SE15. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #136347 ] |
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SDV363213 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2002. Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines. English Heritage. A1/34/2002. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. M. Fletcher. |
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SDV364674 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV132536 | Part of: Boundary walls on Shapley Common (Monument) |
MDV6594 | Related to: Hut circle east of Bush Down, North Bovey (Monument) |
MDV6595 | Related to: Hut circle east of Bush Down, North Bovey (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)
Date Last Edited: | Apr 11 2022 11:44AM |
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