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Summary

Remains of two hut circles both in poor condition. One has 4.0m internal diameter with walling 1.7m wide and 0.6m high. It has a levelled interior, but because of its poor condition the entrance cannot be identified. The other has 3.5m internal diameter with walling 1.9m thick and 0.4m high. There is a southern entrance. No other remains are evident in the area and it would appear that the poor conditions of the huts led to their misidentification as a cairn/cairn circle (1977 visit data).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015430: Five stone hut circles 500m south east of Yealm Steps forming part of a large stone hut circle settlement

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW28
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442246
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/253/5
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/260
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/30
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24101
• Old SAM Ref: 10840
• Old SAM Ref: 10840
• Old SAM Ref: 10852
• Old SAM Ref: 24102
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX66SW28
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX66SW30

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) CAIRN CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1939, 58th Report of the Barrow Committee, 70 (Article in Serial). SDV266637.

(SX 62176343) about 133 yards south southeast from the cist (SX 66 SW 29) is a small cairn, and a little further on in the same direction there is a retaining circle of 14 feet internal diameter; it does not seem to have been associated with a cist.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV165478.

(31/03/1950) SX 6218 6343 Retaining circle. This retaining circle appears to be the possible remains of a hut circle.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SW28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV165477.

(05/08/1977) At SX 62186342 and SX 62196343 are the remains of two hut circles both in poor condition on a south facing slope at 345.0m OD.
The former is of Type 1 and has a 4.0m internal diameter with walling 1.7m wide and 0.6m high. It has a levelled interior, but because of its poor condition the entrance cannot be identified. The other hut is of Type 2. It has a 3.5m internal diameter with walling 1.9m thick and 0.4m high. There is a southern entrance. No other remains are evident in the area and it would appear that the poor conditions of the huts led to their misidentification as a cairn/cairn circle.
Surveyed 1:10 000 on MSD.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 136 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(30/06/1976) Retaining circle or hut. Diameter 5m, height of stones 0.3m. Grinsell states that worth describes another circle of 6 stones adjoining the south-east of this circle.

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

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

A possible retaining kerb is visible at SX 62216352 (see MDV4272).

Ancient Monuments, 1990, Schedule information (Schedule Document). SDV153727.

(Estimate 1990) Two hut circles 7m and 8m diameter. Walls 1.5m thick, 0.5m high, partially faced with vertical slabs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133013 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(11/03/1993) SX 6218 6343 hut circle forming part of a small cluster of huts. Terraced into the hillslope and of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 4m in diameter and is defined by a 1.4m wide wall standing up to 0.4m high.
[NB: MPP 24101 is a revision of SAM 10840].

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133107 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(11/03/1993 ) SX 6217 6345 Hut circle on eastern edge of a large settlement. Forms part of a cluster of 5 huts. Survives as 5.8m diameter stony area standing up to 0.4m high. Circle identification is based on its proximity to 4 other huts, though the possibility of it being a cairn can not be fully dismissed.

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

Hut Circle '27' of circa 4.5 metres diameter is only 5 metres east of 'Ranny Brook N. Cairn '2' at SX62176343 an oval mound of 3.5 metres by 2.0 metres and 0.3 metres high.

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

Two huts visible on the aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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