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Summary

One of four poorly preserved hut circle on the south of Yartor Down; set within the Dartmeet parallel reave system. This hut circle survives as a turf-covered circular platform with a level interior cut into a slight hill slope. The hut measures 7.6 metres in diameter; the walls are 2.0 metres thick and 0.6 metres high. No definable entrance.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE124
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443219

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE122 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV315817.

Ordnance Survey survey drawing in parish file shows settlement here: one large ?hut at SX68127268 (see PRN 79750) and a cluster of small huts with fragments of walling at SX681725. Date of survey probably circa 1980. Drawing does not show Gawne's lynchets (see PRN 15714).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE124 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV298165.

(22/05/1980) Centred at SX 681725, within the parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 94) at about 358m. O.D., are four hut circles.
The most southerly hut (at SX68157253) is visible only as a circular levelled area 6.6 metres in diameter, abutting a field wall. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

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

Irregularly shaped hut circle shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

(14/03/2008) Four hut circles and associated enclosures on the south-east slope of Vag Hill, 280 metres north-west of Rowbrook. The enclosures have been attached to elements of the Dartmeet Parallel Reave System (see 6030) and probably post-date the reaves. The enclosure walls comprise stony, turf-covered banks with some upright stones remaining in situ.
Hut 4 (SX68127253). This hut circle survives as a turf-covered circular platform with a level interior cut into a slight hill slope. The hut measures 7.6 metres in diameter; the walls are 2.0 metres thick and 0.6 metres high. No definable entrance.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, DAR-SPK20 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 14/02/2019 Gorse and bracken Photos X 2 taken 1) looking north east 2) looking south south west

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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