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Summary

Diameter measures 8.0 metres. Single and double orthostat wall 1.5 metres wide, 0.95 metres high. A 175 degree facing gap measuring 1.0 metre wide represents a clearly defined doorway, although not with edge set slabs. Wall of single orthostatic construction except on the south where it is of double orthostatic construction.
A 3.0 metre long, 1.4 metre wide and 0.4 metre high mound within the hut orientated at 50 degrees may represent a partition or collapse of a wall. Grass and bracken cover noted.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021057: Stone hut circle settlement 250m east of Cuckoo Rock

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1386504
• National Record of the Historic Environment: SX56NE309
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/659/1
• Old SAM Ref: 34469

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 157355, 27/3/2002 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Stone hut circle 215 metres east of Cuckoo Rock forming part of a prehistoric settlement.
(SX 5868 6874) Diameter 8.0 metres. Single and double orthostat wall 1.5 metres wide, 0.95 metres high. A 175 degree facing gap measuring 1.0 metre wide represents a clearly defined doorway, although not with edge set slabs. Wall of single orthostatic construction except on the south where it is of double orthostatic construction.
A 3.0 metre long, 1.4 metre wide and 0.4 metre high mound within the hut orientated at 50 degrees may represent a partition or collapse of a wall. Grass and bracken cover noted.

Fletcher, M. J., 2007-2008, Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV359195.

(11/01/2008) These four scattered and unenclosed huts lie on an exposed boulder-covered hillside. They have been robbed and the fragmentary walls now lie in deep bracken. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

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

Hut visible on the aerial photography.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-DT26 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 07/2019. Inundated by bracken Photo taken

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-DT26 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 07/2019. Photo taken looking south east showing bracken cover

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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