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HER Number:MDV7795
Name:Possible hut circles on Skerraton Down

Summary

One or two possible hut circles and other earthworks on skerraton down (aph).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 701 650
Map Sheet:SX76NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDean Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishDEAN PRIOR

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Prehistoric cairns and/or hut circles and field bank, part of a complex of monuments on Skerraton Down

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX76NW103
  • National Monuments Record: SX76NW26
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1572754
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 444850
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76NW/14
  • Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX76NW26

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HUT CIRCLE? (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172056.

Osa=sx76nw26.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172058.

Des=worksheet 9/11/1976 (robinson). Vis=9/11/1976 (robinson). SX701651. Two cairns and one barrow. The cairns are 15.0m in diameter, one being comprised of small stones, the other of slate. The former has five inner retaining stones. Both have signs of central excavations. The barrow is 6.0m in diameter, 1.5m high, and is turf-covered. (See related records).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172059.

Des=worksheet 2/5/1980 (greeves). vis=2/5/1980 (greeves) razed to ground by agricultural operations on 1/5/1980. They now exist as roughly circular spreads of stone, but damage possibly only superficial (worksheet)
vis=for individual sites see subsheets.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4266-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

A vegetation mark of a hut circle is visible at SX 70166505 on 1946 aerial photograph.

West Air Photography, 1975, BT1712 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169281.

One or two possible hut circles and other earthworks on Skerraton Down.

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

One hut circle near a possible second hut circle at SX70146507.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4266-7.
SDV169281Aerial Photograph: West Air Photography. 1975. BT1712. Unknown.
SDV172056Migrated Record:
SDV172058Migrated Record:
SDV172059Migrated Record:
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.

Associated Monuments

MDV7827Related to: Cairn east-north-east of Skerraton Gate, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV7826Related to: Cairn north-east of Skerraton Gate, Dean Prior (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 20 2022 1:47PM