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Summary

Vis=17/3/1999 (gerrard, s. ) stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement situated within an irregular aggregate field system on riddon ridge.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018930: Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walling remains of an extensive Bronze Age field system, reaves, enclosures, cairns and hut circle settlements on Riddon Ridge overlain with a medieval field system and associated enclosures and Whiteslade post-medieval farmstead

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/7/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28733
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (National Monuments Record Database). SDV245569.

Nar=sx67ne10.

Untitled Source (National Monuments Record Database). SDV245570.

Nar=sx67ne11.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152087 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(17/03/1999) Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement situated within an irregular aggregate field system on riddon ridge. At SX65817700. Diameter 6.9m. Single orthostat wall 1.1m wide, 1.2m high. The 155 degree facing entrance is defined on the west-south-west by a large edge set orthostat. Animal poaching within interior adjacent to the largest upright. Grass and gorse.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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