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Summary

Hut Circle '24' of 8.7 metres diameter with walls 2.1 metres wide by 1 metre high on the west side of the road 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/66
• Old SAM County Ref: 778
• Pastscape: 444068

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ancient Monuments, 1970, Settlement and hut circles on Throwleigh Common, 13/3/1970 (Schedule Document). SDV238258.

Two of a group of 12 hut circles on Throwleigh Common. Huts J and K.

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.

Hut circles are visible on the 1977 aerial photograph and recorded on map overlay.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 148956, 10/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

At SX6598 9070. Hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within a coaxial field system on Throwleigh Common. Diameter 8.7 metres. Double orthostat wall 2.1 metres wide, 1 metre high. Internal area 59.41 metres. A 140 degree gap represents the site of the doorway which has been widened to 2.4 metres. An edge set stone on the south-west side of the gap may represent one of the original sides of the doorway. Inner face in the east part of the hut is particularly well preserved. Dense bracken and gorse cover.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 196-8, Map 39, Figur 39.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut Cirle '16' of 9.6 metres diameter with a short length of wall attached to the north side, probably once part of the field system at 'Throwleigh Common settlement'.

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, 10, figure (Report - Survey). SDV360261.

Hut 24 SX 6598 9070
Near the modern road. The hut is cut into the slope with a 1 metre high scarp on the western side. Approximately 30% of the inner wall skin survives in the form of edge set blocks of granite. The diameter is approximately 9.4 metres and surviving sections of bank are 2.5 metres thick.

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

Site visited 4/07/2017. Plotted using GPS (SX65992 90711). Area was densely vegetated and highly overgrown with bracken. Difficult to gain access to centre of circle. Located near to a road.

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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