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Summary

Large Hut Circle '7' of 11.8 metres diameter with walls up to 3 metres wide by 0.3 metres high within the large settlement on Throwleigh Common

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018916: Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 69 SE 11
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SE/61
• Old SAM County Ref: 778
• Old SAM Ref: 28694
• Pastscape: 444068

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

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953/1974, SX69SE11 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV238195.

Hut A. Largest of group of 12 hut circles and 10 fields, at Throwleigh. With diameter of 33 feet 6 inches and entrance to south.

Fox, A., 1954, Celtic Fields and Farms on Dartmoor in Light of Recent Excavations at Kestor, 87 (Article in Serial). SDV231175.

St. Joseph, J. K. S., 1967, Unknown title, 60-1 (Article in Serial). SDV219152.

National Monument Record, 1977, SX6590, 1, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV238267.

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

Visible on 1977 aerial photograph and recorded on map overlay.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 148949, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX65619083. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 9.2 metres. Rbk (sic) and single orthostat wall 2.5 metres wide, 1.1 metres high. Internal area 66.44 metres. The doorway faces 135 degrees and is lined on north-east by edge set orthostats.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 196-8, Map 39, Figure 39.11 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut Circle '1' of 9.3 metres diameter with a small garden attached to the east side. One of a group of five closely spaced huts set along a 'street'.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2007, Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh, Devon. A 'Premier Archaeological Landscape' within Dartmoor National Park Level 2 Survey Report, 7-8, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

Hut 7 SX 6566 9084
The largest hut in the group is attached to a 0.3 hectare enclosure on the south-east side and a reave on the north-west side. Considering the size of the hut it appears to have been robbed of stone; only the eastern side survives to any extent. The diameter of the hut is 11.8 metres and the scarp on the western, upslope side is 0.8 metres high. The surviving section of wall is 3.0 metres thick and 0.3 metres high and is a stony, turf covered bank. There is some evidence of an outer face in situ. The floor of the hut is level and contains some displaced stone. A probable entrance on the south-east side has one jamb surviving.

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2017, Site visits to Throwleigh Common (Personal Comment). SDV360253.

Site visited 4/07/2017 and plotted using GPS (SX65658 90843). Not as densely vegetated as surrounding land. Centre of hut circle was easily visible. Situated on prehistoric street of circles.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1018916 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7297 - Survey of Throwleigh Common Premier Archaeological Landscape

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