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HER Number:MDV5816
Name:Hut Circle on the north-east side of Corringdon Ball, South Brent

Summary

Hut circle '4' (Butler) within Corringdon Ball field system with a possible adjoining hut to the south

Location

Grid Reference:SX 673 609
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: SX66SE22
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 441813
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/106

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, SX66SE22 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV171006.

(13/04/1950) At SX 67326098 two hut-circles, both in fragmentary condition. The diameter of the western hut circle is 9.0 metres, and of the eastern 8.0 metres.
(23/07/1979) Only one hut circle was located at SX 67316098. It is of Type II with an internal diameter measuring 6.9 metres, and walling 1.2 metres thick and 0.5 metres high. The hut has been set into an east slope; no entrance is visible. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD (plan with SX 66 SE 116).

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

Photograph taken on 20th May 1977.

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1743, 55-63 (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.

Double hut circle quadrant to field boundaries within parallel reave system. Visible on 1977 and 1980 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 '4' of 7.0 metres diameter in the eastern corner of a rectangular field subdivided into two equal strips within 'Corringdon Ball field system'. There is the hint of a second adjoining hut (on Figure56.5) to the south-east in the junction of the two field boundaries.

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

'Hut Circle' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV170952Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. SX6760. 1/351-3.
SDV171006Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950/1979. SX66SE22. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV174615Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1980. SF1743. 55-63.
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

MDV5788Related to: Hut circle north of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV26434Related to: Hut circle on north boundary of Corringdon Ball field system. South Brent (Monument)
MDV5787Related to: Hut Circle on the north side of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5787Related to: Hut Circle on the north side of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5787Related to: Hut Circle on the north side of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5787Related to: Hut Circle on the north side of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5786Related to: Hut circle surrounded by a small plot on the boundary of the parallel reave system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV5815Related to: Hut Circle within a small plot to north-east of Corringdon Ball, South Brent (Monument)
MDV13291Related to: PARALLEL REAVE SYSTEM in the Parish of South Brent, Ugborough (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 17 2022 12:49PM