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HER Number: | MDV59191 |
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Name: | Building or former hut in Kes Tor reave system, Chagford |
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Summary
A 5 metre square structure with walls 1.2 metres wide by 0.9 metres high attached to a reave in the north-west corner of a long narrow field within the Kes Tor coaxial field system. This may have originally have been a hut circle
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 665 864 |
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Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Chagford |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE137
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 901249
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/103/1
- Old SAM County Ref: 61
- Old SAM Ref: 28714
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- BUILDING? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(11/10/1991) SX 6656 8647. A single hut circle situated in the corner of a long rectangular enclosure 180m north of Castor Rock. It is square in plan with upright slab walls 5.1m long. The site is terraced and there is no obvious entrance.
This hut and associated enclosure lie within the Castor Parallel Reave System. Hut formerly recorded under SX 68 NE 14.
(See RCHME 1991 'Castor Survey' at 1:2500 scale).
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149141 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(02/04/1997) SX 6655 8645 A square structure attached to a reave within the Kestor coaxial field system. Measures 5m by 5m. Double orthostat and rubble wall 1.2m wide, 0.9m high. A square structure butting the reaves. Composed of large rocks. Probably of historic date although it may originally have been a hut which has seen some alterations.
Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Castor Parallel System (Plan - measured). SDV229808.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 170-174, Map 36, Figure 36.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Hut circle '17' of 4.5 metres diameter in the north-west corner of a long narrow field within the 'Kes Tor settlement'.
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.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, SD-KT 17 (Worksheet). SDV362781.
(21/01/2019) Condition of hut assessed by volunteer recorder as very good, slight damage from human intervention recorded.
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 Scheduled area.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 170-174, Map 36, Figure 36.1. |
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SDV229808 | Plan - measured: Probert, S. A. J.. 1991. Castor Parallel System. 1:25,000. Digital. |
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SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 149141. |
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SDV345521 | Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. |
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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. S. A. J. Probert. |
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SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. SD-KT 17. |
SDV363073 | Photograph: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording photographs. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
SDV365228 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2023. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1016691. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV6193 | Part of: Group of hut circles on north side of Chagford Common (Monument) |
MDV59192 | Related to: Hut circle in Kes Tor reave system, Chagford (Monument) |
MDV6109 | Related to: Hut circle within Kes Tor Reave sysytem, Chagford (Monument) |
MDV6114 | Related to: Kes Tor field system, Chagford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
Date Last Edited: | May 16 2023 10:27AM |
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