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Summary

Hut measures 6.3 metres in diameter. Single orthostat wall 0.9 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Grass and gorse.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019587: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor
• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains on Walkhampton Common including 19th century Swelltor and Foggintor Quarries, a section of the early 19th century Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway, later converted to railway, also streamworks along the Yes Tor Brook

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/92
• Old SAM County Ref: 938
• Old SAM Ref: 24108
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• SHELTER (Constructed, Late Medieval - 1401 AD? to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE41 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276070.

(25/8/1950) One of a group of 17 hut circles, given the letter H. Double wall type of turf-covered stones. Diameter 8.0 metres, wall width 1.0 metres, height 0.3 metres. Condition poor. Entrance at southern side.

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

Not visible on National Monuments Record aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP152560 & 152561, 21/3/2000 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX5670 7289). Stone hut circle forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Yes Tor Bottom, 1120 metres east-north-east of Criptor. Diameter 6.3 metres. Single orthostat wall 0.9 metres wide, 0.6 metres high. Grass and gorse.
Includes a small shelter built into the northern side of the hut.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 18-19; fig 44.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Depicted by Butler, but not numbered.

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

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 22/04/2017 Slight gorse and livestock tracks. Indistinct at NW side. Fair condition. Photo taken

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 22/04/2019 Photo taken

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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