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Summary

Enclosure of 60 metres by 30 metres in prehistoric settlement to the east of the River Yealm and north of Ranny Brook with two hut circles

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015429: Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, a contemporary field system, post-medieval buildings and two lengths of leat 310m south east of Yealm Steps

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW30
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/212
• Old SAM County Ref: 460
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24100
• Old SAM Ref: 10837

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Whitley, N., 1855, Settlement north of Ranny Brook, Plan (Plan - sketch). SDV137283.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1977, SX66SW30, SX66SW30 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146089.

National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 326-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.

Photograph taken on 1st March 1979.

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

D-shaped enclosure with four hut circles visible on the 1979 aerial.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133094 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 11th March 1993. Enclosure containing two stone hut circles. Measures 60 metres by 30 metres and is defined by a 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres high rubble bank on three sides and by the steep scarp down to the Ranny Brook on the south-east edge.
[NB: MPP 24100 is a revision of SAM 10837].

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 183-7, Map 52, Figure 52.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Enclosure in the south of 'Ranny Brook settlements' containing two hut circles. A section of the boundary wall to the south-east on the brink of the steeper slopes above the Brook has slipped downhill.

Bluesky, 2006 - 2007, Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV341189.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Enclosure shown on modern mapping with two hut circles.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1015429 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Enclosure measuring 60 metres by 30 metres with curving bank of earth and stone, 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high, forming three sides. Steep scarp down to Ranny Brook forms south-east side. Contains two hut circles.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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