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| HER Number: | MDV8797 |
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| Name: | Hut circle 400 metres south-east of Ford Farm |
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Summary
One of two hut circles cut into the hillside at the base of a steep northern slope. Constructed of single large boulders with no definite entrance. It has been somewhat mutilated by a leat which has been cut through it.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 736 809 |
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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
- SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of a pair of Bronze Age hut circles south-east of Ash-House Farm, Manaton
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78SW18
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445644
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/65
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX78SW18
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX78SW18 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV303246.
Site visit 23rd March 1953. Hut B. Cit into the hillside at the base of a steep northern slope. One of two hut circles. Constructed of single large boulders with no definite entrance. It has been somewhat mutilated by a leat which has been cut through it but is in a fair state of preservation.
Fox, A., 1954, Celtic Fields and Farms on Dartmoor in Light of Recent Excavations at Kestor, 87 (Article in Serial). SDV231175.
Part of one of two settlements relating to nearby field walls and lynchets.
National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1509, SF1509/199 (Aerial Photograph). SDV262885.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Hut circle visible and recorded.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Hut circle marked.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV262885 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1509. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. SF1509/199. |
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| SDV303246 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SX78SW18. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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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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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #108888 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8762 | Related to: Hut circle 370 metres south-east of Ford Farm (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 15 2021 1:38PM |
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