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HER Number: | MDV56605 |
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Name: | Hut circle north of Colly Brook |
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Summary
The remains of a hut circle, set on a gentle S facing slope of rough grassland. Just N of an area of tin streamworkings which run along the Colly Brook. It measures 9m E-W by 6.5m inside a crude turf-covered stone wall which is 0.5m maximum height and varies in width from 1.8m to 2.5m.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 547 781 |
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Map Sheet: | SX57NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of a hut circle and cairn to the north of Colly Brook
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NW122
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 918914
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/90
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, I. S. Sainsbury (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(05/02/1988) SX 5469 7814 The remains of a hut circle, set on a gentle S facing slope of rough grassland. Just N of an area of tin streamworkings which run along the Colly Brook. It measures 9m E-W by 6.5m inside a crude turf-covered stone wall which is 0.5m maximum height and varies in width from 1.8m to 2.5m.
In the W, and partly in the SE, a few earthfast stones set on edge, but now much collapsed and misaligned, may be the remains of an inner face, and similar stones in the S suggest fragments of outer face.
A break in the wall in the SSW 2.6m wide is most probably the entrance. To the immediate W of this break is an enigmatic flattish structure of stones about 4m NW-SE by 3m transversely and 0.4m high. Earthfast stones around its NE side appear to form a kerb which seems to cut into the enclosure. It may be a collapsed wall or clearance dumped on the wall displacing its inner face.
Newman, P., 2003, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs, fig 2 (Report - Survey). SDV255420.
(01/10/2003) As described in 1988. Resurveyed using GPS (September 2003). Hut circle shown on the English Heritage survey of 2003 to the north-east of a cairn to the north of 'Colly Brook'.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
(10/08/2004) Condition is stable.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Circular feature visible on aerial photograph.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV255420 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2003. The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. 25. A4 Comb Bound. fig 2. |
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SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #95578 ] |
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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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SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. I. S. Sainsbury. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV56606 | Related to: Cairn to north of Colly Brook (Monument) |
MDV26322 | Related to: Streamwork on the Colly Brook, Langstone Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7275 - Survey of the Langstone Moor stone circle and other prehistoric monuments nearby
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8667 - Survey of tinworks along the Colly Brook
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
Date Last Edited: | Jun 6 2022 2:34PM |
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