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HER Number:MDV48266
Name:Group of hut circles north-east of Conies Down Tor

Summary

Dispersed unenclosed settlement consisting of at least five prehistoric hut circles with a closely associated ?cairn and later tin workers building. See related records for detail.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 591 792
Map Sheet:SX57NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX57NE73
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/122
  • Old SAM County Ref: 551
  • Old SAM Ref: 22260
  • Pastscape: 439584?

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • UNENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP, 21/4/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Dispersed unenclosed settlement. See subsheets. (NB the above ground constituents of this settlement are individually (provisionally) scheduled).

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 64-5, 125 Map 29 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Depicted and described by Butler.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(11/07/1994) Centred SX 59137825. A settlement and cairn located on a slight shelf on the otherwise steep east-facing slope above the right bank of the River Cowsic. The site comprises two enclosures, two hut circles, a rectangular building platform and a cairn.
The conjoined enclosures measure roughly 60m by 50m and 30m by 35m respectively and are bounded by stony banks, 1.2m wide and up to 0.6m high. There are no obvious entrances through the fragmentary banks. The hut circles and building platform are integral with the common wall between the enclosures. The cairn occupies a position slightly north of centre in the southernmost enclosure.
SX 59137826. The W hut. It consists of a levelled platform, 3.0m (N-S) by 2.6m, enclosed by the remains of a wall measuring 1.3m wide and 0.3m high; a gap on the SW may indicate the position of the entrance.
SX 59147825. The E hut. A circular platform, 3.5m in diameter, with enclosing wall measuring 1.3m wide and 0.6m high. There is no obvious entrance though there are breaks in the wall on the W and SW.
SX 59167825. The building platform. It represents the site of a small structure situated in the angle formed by the junction of two field walls. It consists of a levelled rectangular platform which measures 2.7m (N-S) by 1.6m. Field walls form the S and E sides while a slight scarp marks the western extremity. The N wall is defined by a single granite slab.
SX 59157824. The cairn. Its dimensions are 7.2m (N-S) by 7.0m and 0.5m high. A small hollow, 1.0m (N-S) by 0.8m and 0.3m deep, lies slightly N of centre. A massive slab is situated on the western edge of the cairn; it may represent a displaced capstone though there is no evidence of a cist in the hollow. There is no trace of a kerb.

Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.

(30/03/2004) See related records. The cairn is more likely to be a very overgrown hut circle.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circles, enclosure and cairn depicted on the survey.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

All but the most southerly of the huts are depicted on the modern mapping at their surveyed locations.

Historic England, 2018, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV360653.

Note: the scheduled areas for the features concerned in this area are in need of refining; all polygon features lie approximately 40-50m north-north-west of the actual locations of the features (Richards, A. F., 21/08/2018).

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

Scheduled. NB: polygon for this (and all of features in the group) are inaccurate; they lie around 40-50m north-north-west of actual feature locations. This has contributed to duplicate records in the NRHE; correctly linked to features here, based on the 2018 survey information (Richards, A. F., 24/08/2021).

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website (Website). SDV364039.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 64-5, 125 Map 29.
SDV277946Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP, 21/4/1992.
SDV345521Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital.
SDV346608Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown.
SDV346874Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2004. Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown.
SDV360652Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #93154 ]
SDV360653National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2018. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital.
SDV361635Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound.
SDV364016National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital.
SDV364039Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website.

Associated Monuments

MDV48276Parent of: Hut circle and enclosure west of the Cowsic River (Monument)
MDV48267Parent of: Hut circle east of Conies Down Tor (Monument)
MDV48273Parent of: Hut circle east of Conies Down Tor (Monument)
MDV48271Parent of: Hut circle on Conies Down (Monument)
MDV48275Parent of: Hut circle west of the Cowsic River (Monument)
MDV48270Parent of: Hut circles west of the Cowsic River (Monument)
MDV48272Parent of: Natural feature east of Conies Down Tor (Monument)
MDV49302Parent of: Natural feature to the east of Conies Down Tor (Monument)
MDV48269Parent of: Pair of huts above the Cowsic River (Monument)
MDV122627Parent of: Rectangular building platform above the Cowsic River (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
  • EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
  • EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
  • EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

Date Last Edited:Aug 24 2021 9:03AM