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Summary

Northernmost hut circle of 6.6 metres diameter with walls 1.0 metres wide by 0.4 metres high terraced into the hillside and forming part of unenclosed settlement to the north of Hemstone Rocks. Survives as an earthwork circle

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017985: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Tom's Hill, 870m north west of Sandeman Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 144132
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/5/4
• Old SAM County Ref: 961
• Old SAM Ref: 28673
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX68SW25

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 four 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1951, SX68SW25 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV245127.

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

Fernworthy Plantation. Toms Hill. 3E. Hut cicle 6.5 metres diameter. Stone wall 1.4 metres thick. Not investigated or planted over.
February 1976. 8 posts ring clearance zone. Trees on north and west side are within falling distance.
Included in 1955 Spooner and Dixon report (B) Region North of the South Teign (Froggymeade, Toms Hill and Hemstone) Site No. 10.

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

Hut circle at SX64978415 of 6.5 metres diameter.

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

Trees within falling distance of hut have been removed.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 144132 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visit 28th April 1997. Hut circle at SX64968415 forming part of unenclosed hut circle settlement. Diameter 6.0 metres. Single and double orthostat wall 1.3 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. Gap facing south-east may represent the doorway. A substantial pit on the south side, 5.0 metres by 2.4 metres by 0.4 metres deep, may represent the remnants of a drainage ditch around the hut.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 157, Map 35, Site 6 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle of 7.0 metres diameter at 'Fernworthy West' 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 SX64968414 of 6.6 metres diameter with walls 1.0 metres wide by 0.4 metres high and terraced into the hillside.

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

Fernworthy. Toms Hill. Five hut circles 1-4B, 6B. Site visit 27th Septebmer 1996. Hut circles within a large clearing on the north side of the track. All the sites are well marked but the marker posts are loose and need consolidating. The hut circles are difficult to identify, however, as they are covered in long grass and gorse is widespread throughout the clearance area and may need to be removed.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Hut circle visible in clearing in forest.

Fugro-BKS, 2013, Fernworthy Forest LiDAR survey (Cartographic). SDV351778.

Hut circle visible.

Newman, P., 2013, Fernworthy Forest Sites Survey, 37, Fig. 31 (Un-published). SDV351708.

Earthwork circle 7.3 metres diameter. Vestiges of a stone kerb survivie on the north-east interior but other stones are displaced.

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

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Hut circle marked.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017985 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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