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Summary

Diameter measures 8.0 metres. Rubble wall 1.2 metres wide, 1.0 metre high. A 184 degree facing gap denoted on the east by a 1.0 metre high stone represents the doorway. A stone lying within the entrance is probably the now displaced western side of the doorway. The walls average 0.4 metres high but are up to 1.0 metres high. Butted by walling. Grass and heather cover noted in 2002 survey visit.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021059: Two stone hut circles and a length of associated walling 620m south east of Cuckoo Rock, forming an outlying part of a prehistoric settlement

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE308
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1386458
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/657
• Old SAM Ref: 34472(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157353, (27/3/2002) (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Northern of two stone hut circles 530 metres south-east of Cuckoo Rock.
SX 5894 6848 Diameter measures 8.0 metres. Rubble wall 1.2 metres wide, 1.0 metre high. A 184 degree facing gap denoted on the east by a 1.0 metre high stone represents the doorway. A stone lying within the entrance is probably the now displaced western side of the doorway. The walls average 0.4 metres high but are up to 1.0 metres high. Butted by walling. Grass and heather cover noted.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 68-70, Map 47, Figure 47.6 (Monograph). SDV137656.

The remaining portion of the enclosure 'D' is perched on the edge of a cliff 8.0 metres above the Brook, an unknown area having been lost to the workings. Two surviving huts are attached to the circuit wall (7.0 metres, inconspicuous but for a standing doorpost, and 3.0 metres).

Newman, P., 2007, Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV348210.

(Visited 01/08/2006) A curvilinear section of stony bank is all that remains of a probable enclosure with two associated hut circles, which has been truncated by medieval streamworks. The larger hut is the better preserved with a diameter of between 6.5 and 7.0 metres. Some of the wall stones are visible including an orthostatic door jamb.

Probert, S., 2008, Follow-Up Works to Cramber Tor Archaeological Baseline Condition Survey, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV351304.

Greeves, T., 2012, Cramber Tor Training Area. Monument Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350251.

Probert, S. A. J., 2017, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Cramber Tor Training Area, Devon, 2017 (Report - Survey). SDV360392.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-DT30 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 07/2019. Covered with close cropped grass with heather on top of the stonework. A path runs north/south across the feature. Doorway stone visible. Photo taken

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-DT30 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 07/2019. Photo taken showing the doorway stone on the right

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area

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