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HER Number: | MDV48275 |
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Name: | Hut circle west of the Cowsic River |
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Summary
A Bronze Age hut circle above Cowsic River measuring 3.5m by 2.8m with upright slabs surviving to a height of 0.6m. There is no obvious entrance.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 591 793 |
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Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NE109
- National Monuments Record: SX57NE69
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065425
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 965519
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/124
- Old SAM Ref: 22256
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 21/4/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Hut circle at SX59127936. Internal diameter 3.5 metres. Rubble bank wall 1.2 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. South wall comprises large earthfast boulder. Doorway to north-east.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(19/09/1994) SX 59137937. A hut circle located on a steep east-facing slope above the right bank of the Cowsic River, some 350 metres north-east of Conies Down Tor. The sloping interior of the hut measures 3.5 metres (north-south) by 2.8 metres and is enclosed by a crude circle of upright and leaning slabs standing to a maximum of 0.6 metres high. The front (east) wall has apparently collapsed down the slope and all that now survives is a slight stony rim. There is no obvious entrance.
Several other hut circles (SX 57 NE 103, 104, 105, 108 and 110) and a cairn (SX 57 NE 106) lie within a 250 metres radius of this feature on the same slope.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
(10/08/2004) As described in 1994. Hut is in an area of short grass and is in a stable condition.
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.
A hut circle located on a steep western slope of the Cowsic River.
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, Accessed 24/08/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
(02/08/1993) SX59127941 A stone hut circle was recorded at this location on the lower east facing slope of Conies Down Tor. The hut circle is probably Bronze Age in date (English Heritage Record Form).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. 21/4/1992. |
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SDV346608 | Report - 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. |
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SDV346874 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2004. Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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SDV361635 | Report - 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. [Mapped feature: #132445 ] |
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SDV364016 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. |
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SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 24/08/2021. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV48266 | Part of: Group of hut circles north-east of Conies Down Tor (Monument) |
MDV48276 | Related to: Hut circle and enclosure west of the Cowsic River (Monument) |
MDV48269 | Related to: Pair of huts 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 8:13AM |
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