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Summary

Two huts in settlement recorded in 1952 by the Ordnance Survey; scheduled in 1976. The northernmost hut is 9.14m in diameter with walls of large uprights lining an overgrown outer tumble wall of smaller fill stones. The southern hut circle is similar, measuring about 8.69m in diameter.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of a Bronze Age hut circle settlement west of Lower Shapley Farm, consisting of at least four hut circles connected by a number of fragments of enclosure walling
• Scheduled Monument 1002651: Hut circles W of Higher Shapley

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/77
• Old SAM County Ref: 983
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 2359-2361 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1952, SX68SE39 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV256630.

(28/08/1952) These huts are in good condition and well defined.

Ancient Monuments, 1976, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV260129.

(22/01/1976) (SX 6808 8472) Hut circles west of Higher Shapley. Two hut circles, the northernmost is 9.14m in diameter with walls of large uprights lining an overgrown outer tumble wall of smaller fill stones. The southern hut circle is similar, measuring about 8.69m in diameter.

Robinson, R., 1983, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1983 (Un-published). SDV345762.

Visited 14/06/1983.

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

Visible on 1947 aerial and recorded.

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

(13/07/1990) See SX68SE/61.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1991, Duchy of Cornwall Enclosed Farmland Project: Archaeological Survey and Evaluation Dartmoor infill areas, map (Report - Survey). SDV364202.

Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV365447.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8655 - Higher Shapley Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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