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Summary

Rather elongated hut circle with associated fragments of enclosure in prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement in the Erme Valley. Surveyed in 2019, condition good.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of Bronze Age hut circle settlement and partial enclosure on Quickbeam Hill, circa 100 metres east of River Erme
• Scheduled Monument 1002607: Hut circles in Erme Valley

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950 - 1977, SX66SW8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV156567.

A sub-rectangular yard (feature J) is located at SX63896415. It has turf-covered walling of small stones and a possible south-facing entrance. Measures internally 6.0 meters by 2.5 meters. (1950)

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 58 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut circle 2 is rather elongated and appears to be associated with the fragments of enclosure adjacent to hut circle 1. This circle is small, with a south-facing entrance. Other details: Map 54, 16.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Rectangular feature shown on modern mapping.

Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1, Figure 16 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

A large possible hut circle on the moderate west-facing slope of Erme Plains, 180 metres east of the River Erme. One of a group of eight huts forming an unenclosed settlement (MDV4324). The possible hut comprises an open-ended elliptical bank with internal dimensions of 7.1 metres by 2.8 metres by 0.6 metres high, which could represent a disturbed hut circle, though this outline is not usual.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(Visited 10/02/2019) Some patches of reed/grass have accumulated where water pools in the interior of the houses and in the exterior ‘drip gullies’ and moss is growing over the stones of the walls. Overall condition good.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Site photographed during condition survey (10/02/2019).

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1002607 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

The monument includes an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on the lower western slopes of Quickbeam Hill to the east of the River Erme. The settlement survives as up to eight stone hut circles with a single orthostatic and rubble built wall connecting two of the huts. The stone hut circles are substantially built from coursed stone and orthostats standing up to 0.9 metres high and vary in size internally from 7 metres to 9 metres in diameter. Two of the huts are apparently incomplete, surviving as partial arcs of walling and one of these has an interior dividing wall. Where entrances are visible they are south facing.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

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