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Summary

Hut circle of 5 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.9 metres high in a small enclosure within the Kes Tor reave system. A 3 metre long, 1 metres wide and 0.3 metres high line of stones on the north side of the doorway may represent a straight porch.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016691: Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE128
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 889774
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/116/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 261
• Old SAM Ref: 28714

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Small hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149114, 1/4/1997 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within the Kestor coaxial field system. Hut measures 5 metres in diameter. Double and single orthostat wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.9 metres high. Internal area 19.62 metres. 95 degree facing gap represents the door. A 3 metre long, 1 metres wide and 0.3 metres high line of stones on the north side of the doorway may represent a straight porch.

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Castor Parallel System (Plan - measured). SDV229808.

Depicted on plan.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 170-174, Map 36, Figure 36.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Two circular banks at '6' within a small curved enclosure in the south-eastern corner of a rectangular field at 'Kes Tor settlement'. The smaller circle is of 4.6 metres diameter and the larger of circa 9.0 metres diameter which may have been a simple animal pen.

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Shovel Down Survey (Report - Survey). SDV359365.

(11/10/1991) Centred SX 66458678. Three hut circles situated within several small enclosures on the moderate north-west facing slope of Chagford Common, 100 metres south-east of Round Pound. The huts are all terraced into the slope and vary in diameter from 4.9 metres to 8.8 metres. There are no obvious entrances.
All the huts are slightly ovoid and the diameters are averages for each hut.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, SD-KT 12 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(15/01/2019) Condition of enclosure and huts assessed by volunteer recorders as moderate, although gorse encroachment is severe in places, particularly affecting the pound walls.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during January 2019 visit.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1016691 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Sheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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