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Summary

Hut circle '8' of 4.2 metres diameter with walls 1.6 metres wide by 0.5 metres high to the south of Enclosure 'A' at Langstone Moor settlement. Excavated by the Dartmoor Exploartion Committee in the late 19th century.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007554: Enclosures and stone hut circles forming part of a stone hut circle settlement on Langstone Moor
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze Age hut circle settlement with in excess of 40 hut circles, some with small enclosures, with another hut circle settlement to the west, on Langstone Moor, near Greena Ball

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/17/14
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 68-69, Map 30, Figure 30.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle '6' of 4.6 metres diameter to the south of Enclosure 'A' at 'Langstone Moor settlement'. Excavated in 1894.

Newman, P., 2003, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs, 7-9, 16, figs 2, 9 (Report - Survey). SDV255420.

Hut circle No. 8 shown on the English Heritage survey of 2003 of a 4.2 metre diameter circle, with walls 0.5 metres high and 1.6 metres wide. The excavated hut had a doorway 0.6 metres wide by 1.1 metres high with two jambs in place.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007554 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7275 - Survey of the Langstone Moor stone circle and other prehistoric monuments nearby
• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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