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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 3.8 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.6 metres high on the east side of the settlement

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: 144141
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/3/6
• Old SAM County Ref: 960
• Old SAM Ref: 28674
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68SE26

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.

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

Fernworthy Hemstone Rocks (F) Hut circle (6F)
Hut circle 45 metres east-north-east of hut 5F. 4.1 metres in diameter, on a platform site, cut into a south-east facing slope. Unable to determine thickness of stone wall. Largest stone measures 0.65 metres height, 1.1 metres width, 0.4 metres thick. Not investigated, has been planted over.
February 1976. Posts ringing clearance zone, enclosing sites 6F-9F. Trees standing inside. Trees outside post ring are within falling distance of hut.
1955 Spooner/Dixon report: (B) Region north of the South Teign, (Froggymeade, Toms Hill and Hemstone), site no.19. Not identified.

Dartmoor National Park Authority + Forestry Commission + Dartmoor Preservation Association, 1976, Conservation of Ancient Monuments. The Report of a Working Party, 3 (Report - non-specific). SDV248248.

Fernworthy Hemstone Rocks (F) Hut circle 6F (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 144141 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visit 28th April 1997. Hut circle at SX64858380 forming part of unenclosed settlement. Diameter 3.8 metres. Single orthostat and earthwork wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Internal area 11.33 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 SX64858380 of 3.6 metres diameter with walls 1.2 metres wide by 0.4 metres high. This hut has been overplanted.

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

Fernworthy Hemstone Rocks. 6F-9F. Site visit 27th September 1996. Hut circles (6F/7F), ring cairn (8F) and cairn (9F). Site within a deforested area on the edge of woodland. The posts on the west side have disappeared or have been knocked over, presumably during felling. Brash is covering the site. The site needs immediate attention concerning its future management.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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.

An earthwork ring with levelled interior and internal diameter of approximately 4.5 metres. Only one large stone survives in place on the north-east arc of the building.

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.

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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