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Summary

Stone hut circle of 6.8 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.2 metres high forming part of a prehistoric settlement 320 metres north-east of Crockern

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020880: Stone hut circle settlement 320m north east of Crockern

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/75/4
• Old SAM Ref: 34555

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX67NW59, SX67NW59 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV246020.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

At SX 6117 7589: A possible hut platform defined by a downhill scarp 0.4 metres high and an uphill scarp cut into the slope 0.2 metres high. This sub-circular feature has an internal diameter of circa 7 metres and is incomplete on its south side; its south west end continues as if attached to a field wall.

Pattison, P., 1989, Cherrybrook and Longaford Survey, !:10000 Plan (Report - Survey). SDV337021.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157077. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 25th April 2002. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement 320 metres north east of Crockern. Diameter 6.8 metres rubble and earthwork wall 1.4 metres wide by 0.2 metres high. A circular scoop defined by a bank around the eastern part of the building and the western part is defined by a 1 metre wide and 0.2 metres high scarp. Grass and gorse.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2024, National Heritage List for England, 1020880 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365835.

This monument includes a stone hut circle settlement situated within Crockern Newtake on a gentle south west-facing slope overlooking the West Dart River. The stone hut circle settlement includes five stone hut circles, which survive as rubble banks each surrounding a circular internal area which varies from 4.9 square metres to 36.3 square metres. The surrounding walls measure up to 0.7 metres high and two have visible doorways. Associated with the stone hut circles are several lengths of field walling formed by large slabs, some of which are edge set, although most are laid horizontally.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8642 - Crockern Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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