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Summary

A despoiled hut circle which is situated in a cultivated medieval field. It has a sloping interior with no visible entrance, and is built into a slight slope. There is a single standing edge-set orthostat from an internal wall surviving. Diameter 5.2 metres, walls 1.8 metres wide and 0.7 metres high.

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: SX67SE11
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442886

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951/1980, SX67SE11 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV282945.

(22/05/1980) On the south east slope of Yartor Down about 373 metres OD are the remains of three hut circles within an associated field system (SX 67 SE 94). The hut at SX 6818 7356 also lies with a probable Medieval field associated with the nearby long house (SX 67 SE 91). The hut may been of Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71) but has been stripped of much of its stone and appears as a levelled platform 6 metres in diameter with fragmentary walling 1 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. The Type 1 (SX 56 SE 19) hut at SX 6828 7360 has a levelled interior 5.5 metres in diameter with walling 1 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. It is contained with a small prehistoric yard (see plan). The hut at SX 6826 7359 is of Type 2 with an internal diameter of 9 metres and walling 1.5 metres wide and up to 1 metres high. All the huts are in poor condition with no visible entrances. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.

Circular feature at this location can be seen on the 1999-2000 digital aerial photography as a pale ring 40.0 meters east of a reave and 13.0 meters south of a cross reave (part of PRN 6030). The remains of the hut appear to measure approximately 6.0 meters in diameter.

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

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

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

Hut circle depicted on English Heritage survey of the Dartmeet parallel reave system.

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

Seven hut circles and possible hut circles associated with prehistoric and medieval field systems.
Hut 6 SX68197357. A despoiled hut circle which is situated in a cultivated medieval field. It has a sloping interior with no visible entrance, and is built into a slight slope. There is a single standing edge-set orthostat from an internal wall surviving. Diameter 5.2 metres, walls 1.8 metres wide and 0.7 metres high.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Indistinct remains of a hut circle visible at this location.

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

Fragmentary remains of a hut circle depicted on the modern digital mapping. There appears to be a break in the wall on the south-east side, which may indicate the location of an entrance.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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