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Summary

Hut circle settlement south-west of Lower Hartor Tor to the north of the River Plym situated between two leats with four internal huts and a cairn to the south-west

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012295: Enclosure south of Lower Hartor Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NW15
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441608
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/36
• Old SAM County Ref: 507
• Old SAM Ref: 10686

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map within an oval enclosure.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map, 135NE (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2494, 4127-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147533.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1978, SX66NW15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV235801.

(07/06/1950) Bronze Age enclosure and hut circles. A single enclosure of the usual Dartmoor type, which contains three hut circles. The walling consists of large turf-covered stones reaching an average height of 0.7 meters.
Hut circle A. Double walled type, measuring 7.0 meters in internal diameter. Height of walling 0.5 meters. There is a well defined entrance to the south-east.
Hut circle B. Probably of double walled type. Diameter measures 9.0 meters. Walling of large turf-covered stones reaching a height of 0.5 meters. No obvious entrance.
Hut circle C. Diameter approximately 6.0 meters. Heavily overgrown with heather. Accurate measurements impossible. Other details: No plan.
(10/09/1978) An enclosed settlement situated on a slight south slope at 370m. OD The enclosure, 100.0m. by 70.0m. has walling 3.0m. wide and up to 0.7m. high, mostly of piled stones with occasional orthostats. The entrance, on the west side, is a simple gap 1.5m. wide.
There are three Type 2 hut circles, (see type site SX 56 SE 19) within the enclosure; two having internal diameters of 6.0m. with wall 0.7m. thick and 0.5m. high, and entrances on the south east. The third hut is much overgrown, with an internal diameter of 4.0m.
No entrance is visible in this hut.
No associated field system is visible in the vicinity.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

Robinson, R., 1984, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1984 (Un-published). SDV343082.

Site visited 17/2/1984.

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

Ovoid enclosure with three hut circles visible. The enclosure has been cut by a leat. Area covered is 0.6 hectares.

Department of Environment, 1991, Enclosure south of Lower Hartor Tor (Schedule Document). SDV235800.

This enclosure lies on a south-west facing slope above the River Plym, south of Lower Hartor Tor. It is sub-oval in shape and measures approximately 110ms by 84.0m and is defined by a bank of large stones and earth up to 2.0m in width and 1.0m in height. There is a possible entrance to the north-east. There are three huts within the enclosure, ranging from 8.0m to 10.0m in diameter, with walls 2.0m in thickness and up to 0.5m in height, faced on the inner side. Entrances in the walls face south or east. A cairn lies outside the enclosure to the southwest.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 132-3, Map 49, Figure 49.16 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle settlement to the south-west of Lower Hartor Tor and to the north of the junction of the River Plym and the Langcombe Brook . It consists of an oval enclosure with four internal hut circles and a cairn to the south-west.

Newman, P., 1999, Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine (Report - Survey). SDV352201.

(10/07/1999) A fine prehistoric enclosure containing three possibly four hut circles:
SX60216733. 5.6m in internal diameter with tumbled walling approximately 2.3m high and up to 0.7m high of boulders and stones with some inner and outer facing slabs. An entrance with one in situ orthostat lies in the SW side.
SX60236734. 7.2m in internal diameter with walling on average 2.4m wide and 0.6m high composed of inner and outer facing slabs with some stones and boulders. The position of the entrance is not clear but it may be in the SW side.
SX60246735. A possible hut approximately 4.0m in overall diameter with walling of stones up to 0.3m high but no trace of the entrance.
SX60246735. 4.5m in internal diameter with walling approximately 2.0m wide and on average 0.6m high of stones boulders and some upright facing slabs. The position of the entrance is not clear.

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

Enclosure shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

'Settlement' shown on modern mapping as an enclosure with three internal hut circles and a 'Cairn' to the south-west

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012295 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Enclosure south of Lower Hartor Tor lies on a south-west facing slope above the River Plym. It is sub-oval in shape and measures about 110 metres by 84 metres and is defined by a bank of large stones and earth up to 2 metres in width and 1 metre in height. There is a possible entrance to the north-east. There are three huts within the enclosure, ranging from 8 metres to 10 metres in diameter, with walls 2 metres in thickness and up to 0.5 metres in height, faced on the inner side. Entrances in the walls face south or east. A cairn lies outside the enclosure to the south-west.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6239 - Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine

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