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Summary

Small enclosure with internal hut circle in the parallel reave system on Halshanger Common.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019603: Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/200
• Old SAM Ref: 28774

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1318-19 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Enclosure formed by partitions in the angle between three reaves. There are three elements visible, and three hut circles.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 40, Fig. 5.1, Map 5 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Butler depicts this enclosure with one internal hut circle.

Gerrard, S., 1999, Survey on Halshanger Common, MPP 152287 (Report - Survey). SDV290796.

Coaxial fields on Halsanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system.

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

Enclosure is visible on the aerial photography.

Newman, P., 2013, An Archaeological Assessment of Halshanger and Horridge Commons, Dartmoor, Devon, Table 1 (Report - Assessment). SDV356396.

Stable condition. Short grassland and gorse.

Newman, P., 2013, Halshanger Sites Visited and Confirmed (Report - Survey). SDV351113.

Site surveyed and grid reference confirmed.

Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 52 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

Small enclosure with hut circle in reave system on Halshanger Common
A cross-reave and two partition walls between parallel reaves have formed two irregular enclosures. A 7m diameter hut circle is attached to the south side of the reave. Condition is stable. SX74677 74652

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

(19/06/2019) Condition assessed as poor. Gorse widespread over site, especially on enclosure and hut walls (70% coverage on walls, but only about 5% of total area of site). Massive dense area of gorse encroachment from north. Bracken shoots are widespread across site (80%) and heavy in some places, including hut interior. Two double tracks run parallel to each other across south of enclosure with evidence of farm vehicles. Both tracks run across enclosure walls in two places, and there is some soil erosion where track crosses walls.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Several images taken during June 2019 site visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6433 - Assessment of Halsanger Common, Horridge Common and Rippon Tor
• EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

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