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Summary

Hut circle on the west side of a Prehistoric enclosed settlement 150 metres south of the 'Giant's Basin'

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021058: Prehistoric enclosed settlement 950m north east of Ditsworthy Warren House

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/66/4
• Old SAM Ref: 34470

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Hut circle shown on eary 20th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157326 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 28th March 2008. Stone hut circle forming part of a Prehistoric enclosed settlement 150 metres south of the 'Giant's Basin'.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 127, Map 49, Figure 49.12 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Northern part of a hut circle shown at 'Mill Corner against the western boundary of the enclosure.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Hut circle shown on the western boundary of the 'Settlement' on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2018, National Heritage List for England, 1021058 (National Heritage List for England). SDV360653.

The monument includes a Prehistoric enclosed settlement containing four stone hut circles. The hut circles survive as circular or oval banks surrounding an internal area which varies between 7.1 and 28.3 square metres. The height of the surrounding rubble walls vary between 0.3 and 0.7 metres. One of the huts has a visible doorway and another has an annex.

National Monument Record, 2018, Pastscape, 438632, SX56NE47 (Website). SDV360651.

An oval enclosure measuring 60 metres by 45 metres internally, and containing four stone hut circles. The enclosure is defined by an earthwork bank up to 0.7 metres high. The hut circles all survive as circular or oval banks. One has a visible doorway and another has an annexe.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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