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| HER Number: | MDV8766 |
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| Name: | Line of hut circles on Easdon Down |
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Summary
Group of four huts on Easdon Down arranged in a row bordering a series of fields. Recorded as having a good state of preservation by the Ordnance Survey in 1953 and vary in size; 6.0 - 7.0 metre diameters.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 731 820 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78SW5
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445631
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/44
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX78SW5
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Victoria County History, 1906, The Victoria History of the County of Devon, 629 (Article in Serial). SDV238214.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX78SW5 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV303229.
25/3/1953 Four hut circles. All of double wall type and set on gentle south-eastern slopes of a hill. They have entrances to the south-east. Bronze Age. Diameters vary from 6.0 metres to 7.0 metres and walls average 1.1 metres high. They are all in a good state of preservation with walls of average 1.5 metres thick.
Fox, A., 1954, Celtic Fields and Farms on Dartmoor in Light of Recent Excavations at Kestor, 87 (Article in Serial). SDV231175.
Site on Easdon Tor consists of four huts with fields re-made. Near the tor are four other huts with fields re-made.
National Monument Record, 1977, SX7382, 5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV303232.
Fleming, A., 1983, The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 2: North and East Dartmoor, 234, fig 1 (Article in Serial). SDV227880.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Four hut circles are visible on the 1977 aerial photograph and recorded on map overlay. They are in a row which is aligned south-west by north-east, the southernmost hut circle is enclosed by a very small quadrant enclosure. Two other hut circles are attached to reaves.
Fleming, A., 1988, The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions, 27, 46, 50 (Monograph). SDV229071.
The Easdon Hill North (West) parallel reave system lies between the Easdon Hill North terminal reave and the River Bovey. The reaves are aligned south-west by north-east.
Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.
Huts are depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV227880 | Article in Serial: Fleming, A.. 1983. The Prehistoric Landscape of Dartmoor. Part 2: North and East Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 49. Unknown. 234, fig 1. |
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| SDV229071 | Monograph: Fleming, A.. 1988. The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions. The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions. Hardback Volume. 27, 46, 50. |
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| SDV231175 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1954. Celtic Fields and Farms on Dartmoor in Light of Recent Excavations at Kestor. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 20. Unknown. 87. |
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| SDV238214 | Article in Serial: Victoria County History. 1906. The Victoria History of the County of Devon. Victoria History of the County of Devon. 1. Unknown. 629. |
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| SDV303229 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SX78SW5. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV303232 | Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1977. SX7382. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 5. |
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| 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. |
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| SDV359962 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped features: #108855 ; #108856 ; #108857 ; #108858 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV48021 | Part of: Reave system on Easdon Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 15 2021 8:19AM |
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