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HER Number:MDV25686
Name:Hut north-west of enclosure north of Corringdon Ball, South Brent

Summary

Hut recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1979 and from aerial photographs in 1985 project, Indeterminate type, hut is represented by a platform set into the slope with a few stones protruding from the turf around the perimeter.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 669 610
Map Sheet:SX66SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Brent
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH BRENT

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX 66 SE 24
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/378
  • Old SAM County Ref: 10856
  • Pastscape: 441823

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2494, 4076-4077 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147533.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX66SE24 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV170991.

(12/07/1979) Outside the oval enclosure (MDV5817), centred at SX 6699 6101, are two more hut sites represented by platforms set into the slope with a few stones protruding from the turf around the perimeters. The hut type is indeterminate. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

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

Possible small hut circle SX 6701 6102 visible on Royal air Force 1948 aerial photograph.

Ancient Monuments, 1990, Hut circles north of Corringdon Ball (Schedule Document). SDV169113.

(1990) One of several hut circles. On north-west facing slope. Diameter 6m, rubble walls 1m thick, 0.5m high. Entrance to south.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Hut is depicted on the modern map, although shown with a rather large / standard symbol.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV147533Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2494. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4076-4077.
SDV169113Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 1990. Hut circles north of Corringdon Ball. The Schedule of Monuments.
SDV170991Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX66SE24. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. unjk.
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.
SDV363413Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127284 Digitised smaller than shown on the Mastermapping., ]

Associated Monuments

MDV5817Related to: Enclosure with hut circles north of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)
MDV25690Related to: Hut circle north of Corringdon Ball (Monument)
MDV43509Related to: Hut north-west of enclosure north of Corringdon Ball (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Dec 22 2020 11:51AM