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Summary

Stone hut circle of 3.9 metres by 2.5 metres with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.4 metres high forming part of a settlement 320 metres north-east of Crockern

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020880: Stone hut circle settlement 320m north east of Crockern

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/75/1
• Old SAM Ref: 34555

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX67NW59, SX67NW59 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV246020.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

Hut circle 'B' at SX 6121 7595: Hut circle internal diameter 2.5-3 metres, defined by partly vegetation-covered, rubble walls 1-1.6 metres wide and up to 0.6 metres high of large stones and boulders. Traces of internal facing slabs remain and there is a clear entrance on the west, downhill side, flanked by one upright post. The interior is terraced into the slope. This hut circle is situated on a slight shelf beneath a natural, rocky slope.

Pattison, P., 1989, Cherrybrook and Longaford Survey, 1:10000 Plan (Report - Survey). SDV337021.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157073. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 25th April 2002. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement 320 metres north-east of Crockern. Measures 3.9 metres by 2.5 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. The hut is orientated at 250 degrees. A 300 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Grass and gorse.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1020880 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

This monument includes a stone hut circle settlement situated within Crockern Newtake on a gentle south west-facing slope overlooking the West Dart River. The stone hut circle settlement includes five stone hut circles, which survive as rubble banks each surrounding a circular internal area which varies from 4.9 square metres to 36.3 square metres. The surrounding walls measure up to 0.7 metres high and two have visible doorways.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8642 - Crockern Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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