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Summary

Hut circle attached to a bank and the internal wall of an apparent enclosure of many elements extending from the reave SX67NE/239. The enclosure is part of a complex of enclosures and possible fields SX67NE/150. Visible on 1977 NMR and 1946 RAF aerials at SX66717647.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018930: Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walling remains of an extensive Bronze Age field system, reaves, enclosures, cairns and hut circle settlements on Riddon Ridge overlain with a medieval field system and associated enclosures and Whiteslade post-medieval farmstead

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE50
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442498
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/243
• Old SAM Ref: 28733

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV249431.

Aph=nmr sx6676/4/98-103(14/4/1977).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2460-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 151 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(February 1977) Approximately SX 66647657 Cairn sited on a hill slope at the point where reaves meet from west to south. Diameter 10m, height 0.5m.

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

Hut circle attached to a bank and the internal wall of an apparent enclosure of many elements extending from the reave sx67ne/239. The enclosure is part of a complex of enclosures and possible fields sx67ne/150. Visible on 1977 National Monuments Record (1977) and Royal Air Force 1946 aerial photographs.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(27/08/1992) SX 66737655. A hut circle within a contemporary field system situated on the moderate north-east flank of Riddon Ridge. The interior measures 5.4m north to south by 5.6m and is enclosed by walls 2.0m wide and up to 0.5m high. The hut has been levelled into the slope by cutting in 0.5m on the west and by terracing 0.65m high on the east. There is no obvious entrance. The hut is adjoined by three contemporary field banks.
This monument has been published by Turner (1990, 67) and Grinsell (1978, 151) as a ritual feature while Fleming (1989, Fig 65) depicts and describes it as a hut circle. The latter is probably correct, there is no ground evidence to suggest its interpretation as anything but a hut circle. Four similar huts (SX 67 NE 134, 144 and 153) lie in the immediate area.
For detailed 1:2500 plan see RCHME Riddon Ridge survey.

Fleming, A., 1988, The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions (Monograph). SDV229071.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 27-86 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152105 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

SX 6671 7647 (17/03/1999) Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement situated within an irregular aggregate field system on Riddon Ridge. Diameter 7m. Earthwork wall 2m wide, 0.8m high. Butted by field walling. Grass and gorse.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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