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Summary

Small fragmentary enclosure north-east of Broad Down of 38 metres by up to 28 metres with one internal and one external hut circle

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and surviving walls of a dispersed group of at least five Bronze Age hut circles, two fragmentary enclosures and a Bronze Age cairn to the north-east of Broad Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SW13
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443932
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/50

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 4365-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

Ordnance Survey, 1975, OS/75/369, 125-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV254607.

National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6381/4, 274-278 (Aerial Photograph). SDV262361.

National Monument Record, 1979, SF1510, 402-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224088.

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

There are numerous faint circular marks shown on aerial photographs of this area. This hut circle SX 63718116 appears to have part of an enclosure around it. A second hut circle is at SX 63718118. Visible on 1947 RAF and 1979 and 1977 NMR aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 161, Map 35, Site 13 (Monograph). SDV219155.

'Broad Down North-east settlement' on the spur of high ground which forces the Esat Dart River northwards around the eastern corner of Broad Down. Two huts of circa 5.5 metres diameter remain reduced to rings of small stones around flat interiors, together with a short section of enclosing bank.

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

(23/11/1994) Two hut circles and a fragmentary enclosure lie on a flat-topped spur overlooking the East Dart valley, centred at SX 6370 8118. The hut circle to the south (SX 6370 8118) measures 4.4m N-S and 4.6m E-W. The walls are 1.2m wide and 0.35m high. The interior is levelled, and there is a gap of 1.1m in the southern side. A fragmentary enclosure lies to the north and west of this hut. Some 20m to the north is a second hut circle, centred at SX 6369 8120. It measures 3.7m in diameter and has a gap of 1.8m in its eastern side. The walls are 0.9m wide and 0.2m high, and the interior is levelled. A further hut circle (SX 68 SW 30) and a cairn (SX 68 SW 14) lie 100m and 150m to the south respectively.

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

Five hut circles and two enclosures depicted on the survey, at the same positions as shown on MasterMap.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

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

A number of hut circles and two enclosures are depicted on the modern mapping at this location.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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