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HER Number:	MDV66364
Name:	Hut circle within Outer Huccaby Ring, Dartmoor Forest

Summary

Hut measures 6.0 metres by 3 metres, with an earthwork wall 1.3 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. The hut is butted to the enclosure. The wall survives as an earthwork with protruding stones.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 655 744
Map Sheet:	SX67SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Dartmoor Forest
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	LYDFORD

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1021050: Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system
SHINE: Remains of prehistoric field systems and hut circle settlements, as well as funerary monuments above the Cherry Brook Valley, medieval field systems around Huccaby Rings and deserted Coxlake farmstead as well as the Brimpts Tin Mine leat

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/20/1
Old SAM Ref: 34462
SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157136 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 2002. Stone hut circle within Outer Huccaby Ring.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 56, Map 28, Figure28.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle of circa 4.0 metres diameter against the north wall of 'Outer Huccaby Ring'.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.

Visible on Lidar data.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1021050 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Adjoining the inner face of the northern bank of Outer Huccaby Ring is a stone hut circle.

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. 56, Map 28, Figure28.2.


SDV277946	Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 157136.


SDV321648	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping. Millennium Map. Photograph (Digital).


SDV362956	Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital.


SDV364675	National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1021050.

Associated Monuments

MDV6397	Part of: Outer Huccaby Ring, north of Huccaby Tor, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV25984	Related to: Leat supplying Brimpts Tin Mines (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV8634 - Brimpts Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

Date Last Edited:	Jul 17 2022 9:52AM

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