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| HER Number: | MDV29894 |
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| Name: | Hut circle on Bittleford Down |
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Summary
Hut circle with south-eastern entrance and in a fair state of preservation lying on the north side of a probable reave near the remnants of a late field boundary.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 710 755 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77NW111
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1572897
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/321
- Pastscape: 1572897
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments, Plot 917 (Cartographic). SDV359954.
(1843) Higher Church lands, field number 917, furzy ground.
Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, Vol II, 244. (Report - Survey). SDV337078.
(16/08/1979) SX 711 755 Grassy hillslope. Reave running down hill. Remains of old field boundary dotted on tithe map. Hut circle of diameter 9.5 paces faces south-east surrounded with gorse. There is also a mound of stones.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Hut visible on the 2010 aerial photography.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 22/03/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
SX7109 7549. Hut circle, diameter 9.5 paces, south-east entrance and in a fair state of preservation lying on the north side of a probable reave near the remnants of a late field boundary. A mound of stones also lies in the vicinity (citing Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Publ. 7, 1979, 21).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV337078 | Report - Survey: Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H.. 1979. An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. Vols I - V. A4 Comb Bound. Vol II, 244.. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #129329 ] |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. Plot 917. |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 22/03/2021. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 22 2021 4:03PM |
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