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HER Number:MDV5815
Name:Hut Circle within a small plot to north-east of Corringdon Ball, South Brent

Summary

Hut Circle '3' (Butler) within a small plot to north-east of Corringdon Ball attached to the boundary reave

Location

Grid Reference:SX 671 609
Map Sheet:SX66SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Brent
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH BRENT

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthworks and surviving stone-walls of Bronze Age parallel reaves, field system and hut circles on Corringdon Ball and Treeland Downs, Bronze Age hut circles and medieval settlement at Newland's Brakes and pillow mounds on south side of Corringdon Ball

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX66SE21
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 441808
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/105

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 2494 4077-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th March 1948.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX66SE21 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV170950.

(03/04/1950) At SX 67166089 a hut-circle, 7 metres in diameter, in good condition.
(11/07/1979) At SX 67166090. A hut circle Type II with an internal diameter of 4.8 metres, and walling 1.0 metre wide and 0.4 metres high. There is an entrance on the south. An incomplete wall of single stones, 0.3 metres high, extends round the hut enclosing an area 30.0 metres by 20.0 metres, the south side of the enclosed area abuts on the Corringdon Ball 'reave' (see SX 66 NE 116).
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6760, 1/351-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV170952.

Photograph taken on 20th May 1977.

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1743, 51-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV174615.

Photograph taken on 9th April 1980.

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

Visible on 1980 and 1977 aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 87-9, Map 56, Figure 56.5 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '3' of 6.5 metres diameter at 'Corringdon Ball field system' with a small plot walled off immediately outside the building. Attached to the boundary reave.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

'Hut circle' within a small plot shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV170950Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950/1979. SX66SE21. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV170952Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. SX6760. 1/351-3.
SDV174615Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1980. SF1743. 51-5.
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 87-9, Map 56, Figure 56.5.
SDV342938Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). 2494 4077-8.
SDV363413Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV5813Related to: Hut Circle north of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5787Related to: Hut Circle on the north side of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5816Related to: Hut Circle on the north-east side of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5786Related to: Hut circle surrounded by a small plot on the boundary of the parallel reave system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV129580Related to: Small plot surrounding hut circle to north-east of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 17 2022 12:39PM