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| HER Number: | MDV12976 |
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| Name: | Hut on Holne Moor, north-east of Venford House |
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Summary
Hut with an internal diameter of 7.0 metres, walling 1.4 metres thick and 0.6 metres high and an east entrance. A field bank in poor condition extends from the south west quadrant of the hut and another cross bank of later date almost abuts each side of the hut on the north.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 681 715 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Holne |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLNE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE46
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442989
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/132
- Old SAM Ref: 22368
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
National Monument Record, 1977, NMR SX6771/1, 66-69 (Aerial Photograph). SDV170240.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE46 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140781.
(03/12/1977) Five widely spaced hut circles, centred at SX 681716, occur on the crest and north slopes of a spur between 310 and 330m OD. Each seems to be associated with a single rectilinear field of from 0.5 to 1.0 ha within the local reave system.
SX 6811 7159. A type 1 hut in a crest situation. The internal diameter is 7.0 metres, with walling 1.4 metres thick and 0.6 metres high and an east entrance. A field bank in poor condition extends from the south west quadrant of the hut and another cross bank of later date almost abuts each side of the hut on the north.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Hut circle visible on 1977 aerial photograph within the reave system.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, Map 60 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.
(Visited 25/04/1996) Centred SX 681716. The huts are generally as described in 1977.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV140781 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SE46. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
| SDV170240 | Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1977. NMR SX6771/1. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 66-69. |
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| SDV173671 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 1997. Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. [Mapped feature: #119707 ] |
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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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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. Map 60. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27685 | Part of: Dartmeet parallel reave system on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV12979 | Related to: Hut on Holne Moor, north-east of Venford House (Monument) |
| MDV12977 | Related to: Hut on Holne Moor, north-east of Venford House (Monument) |
| MDV12978 | Related to: Hut on Holne Moor, north-east of Venford House (Monument) |
| MDV6483 | Related to: Hut within small enclosure in reave system on Holne Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 21 2022 12:24PM |
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