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Summary

One of a group of seven unenclosed hut circles in a settlement north of Hemstone Rocks in Fernworthy Forest. Hut circle of 3.3 metres diameter with walls 0.9 metres wide by 0.8 metres high the central of a row of three hut circles

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017986: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 144143
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/3/4
• Old SAM County Ref: 960
• Old SAM Ref: 28674
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68SW26

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

One of eight 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Baring Gould, S., 1901, 7th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee (Article in Serial). SDV249499.

Turner, J. R., 1976, Ancient Monuments on Forestry Commission Land. Fernworthy and Bellever (Report - non-specific). SDV351823.

Fernworthy Hemstone Rocks (F) Hut circle (4F)
Hut ten metres north-east of hut 3F. Diameter measures 3.3 metres. Located on a platform site, cut into a south-east facing slope. Unable to determine thickness of stone wall. Largest stone (height 0.85 metres, width 0.9 metres, 0.3 metres thick). Has twice been planted over.
February 1976. Posts ringing clearance zone enclosing 3F and 4F and a series of enclosure walls. All agreements carried out.
1955 Spooner/Dixon report: (B) Region north of the South Teign, (Froggymeade, Toms Hill and Hemstone), site no.15. Not identified.

Dartmoor National Park Authority + Forestry Commission + Dartmoor Preservation Association, 1976, Conservation of Ancient Monuments. The Report of a Working Party (Report - non-specific). SDV248248.

Fernworthy - Hemstone Rocks (F) 4.F Hut circle at SX64838379 (see 1976 Field Report for full details).

Turner, J., 1978, Report of Work Carried Out by the Forestry Commission since January 1976 (Report - non-specific). SDV351816.

No work has been carried out on this group since 1976. Access to sites 3F-5f is very difficult, some of the posts need attention.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144143 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visit 28th April 1997. Hut circle at sx64828378, forming part of unenclosed settlement. Diameter 3.0 metres. Single orthostat wall 0.9 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. Internal area 7.06 metres.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 157-158, Map 35, Site 7 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle at 'Hemstone Rocks' settlement.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

Visited on 2nd August 1995. Hut circle at SX 64818377 of 3.1 metres diameter with walls 0.9 metres wide by 0.8 metres high. A disturbed hut now almost square.

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1996, Condition Survey of Identified Archaeology within Woodland Areas 1996 (Un-published). SDV351820.

Fernworthy. Hemstone Rocks 3F/4F/5F. Site visit 27th September 1996. In a clearing in woodland. Site marked by 11 posts.

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

Hut circle shown on survey slightly to the east.

Newman, P., 2013, Fernworthy Forest Sites Survey (Un-published). SDV351708.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Hut circle is depicted on the modern mapping.

Newman, P., 2013, The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Devon, 35, Fig. 30 (Report - Survey). SDV351784.

A 3.5 metre diameter circle is disturbed stones sitting on a slight platform.

English Heritage, 2014, National Heritage List for England, 1017986 (National Heritage List for England). SDV355683.

Part of unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system north-east of Hemstone Rocks.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Central of a row of three hut circles visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6203 - Archaeological Survey of Fernworthy Forest
• EDV6216 - Condition Surveys of Ancient Monuments on Forestry Commission Land
• EDV7389 - Fernworthy Forest condition survey 1996
• EDV7410 - Fernworthy Forest condition survey 1992
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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