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HER Number:	MDV7420
Name:	Pair of hut circles west of the road to the east of Pitton

Summary

Pair of hut circles west of the road to the east of Pitton

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 723 786
Map Sheet:	SX77NW
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Widecombe in the Moor
District	Teignbridge
Ecclesiastical Parish	WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

National Monuments Record: SX77NW11
National Record of the Historic Environment: 445061
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/9
Old SAM County Ref: 855

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308689.

Osa=sx77nw11. Vis=24/4/1953 (os) separate sites given for two hut circles; both huts are almost hidden under copse of high gorse and are in a state of delapidation. Vis=12/11/1971 (ancient monuments) in rough pasture but the area of the hut circles is covered with trees and light undergrowth.

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments, 1843 (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Homer Eastern Park, field no 213, arable land.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/540 (Aerial Photograph). SDV285230.

Not visible on air photographs; wooded area.

Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric, (1963) (Cartographic). SDV350058.

(SX 72367866 'A' SX 72387868 'B') Hut Circles (NR).

Ancient Monuments, 1971, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV308688.

(12/11/1971) In rough pasture but the area of the hut circles is covered with trees and light undergrowth. One hut is very ruinous, the other has a wall a maximum of 3 courses high, well-preserved on the east. Entrance unclear but probably on the west side.

Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, Vol III, 610 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.

Robinson, R., 1983, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1983 (Un-published). SDV345762.

Visited 25/04/1983.

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

Not visible due to tree cover on 1946 RAF photos.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV285230	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/540. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown.


SDV308688	Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 1971. Schedule note. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown.


SDV308689	Migrated Record:
SDV319854	Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.


SDV337078	Report - Survey: Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H.. 1979. An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. Vols I - V. A4 Comb Bound. Vol III, 610.


SDV345762	Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1983. List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1983. Lists of Field Monument Warden Visits. Printout.


SDV350058	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1963-1996. 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric. Digital Mapping. Digital. (1963).


SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. 1843.

Associated Monuments

MDV7422	Parent of: Northern of two Prehistoric hut circles on the west side of the road to the east of Pitton (Monument)
MDV7421	Parent of: Southern of two Prehistoric hut circles on the west side of the road to the east of Pitton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey

Date Last Edited:	Jul 18 2023 9:46AM

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