Summary : A sub-circular enclosure containing hut circles lies on flat ground 100 metres south west of Shavercombe Tor. The Bronze Age enclosed hut circle settlement, recorded by previous authorities, is visible as stony structures on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography and visualisations of a Digital Elevation Model derived from the orthomosaic. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project.
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More information : (SX 59316604) Enclosed Hut Group & Hut Circles (NR). (1)
Enclosure visible with traces of what appear to be other enclosures abutting to the west. (2)
On a slight, north facing, slope at 365.0m OD is a sub-divided enclosure with three huts; two further huts lie some 80.0m to the north. The enclosure, 65.0m by 40.0m, has piled rubble walling 2.0m thick and 0.6m high with entrance gaps to the west and south-east. All the huts are Type 1 and average 3.7m internal diameter with walling 1.8m wide and 0.7m high. All have levelled interiors and are in poor condition. The enclosed huts have south-east entrances while the others have entrances to the south-west. A field system lies to the north-west and lower on the slope. (See SX 56 NE 125) (Type site SX 56 SE 19).
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD. (3)
Enclosure and three hut circles depicted and described by Robertson. (5)
Enclosure and six hut circles depicted by Butler. (6)
Centred SX 59336603. A sub-circular enclosure containing three hut circles lies on flat ground 100m SW of Shavercombe Tor. The enclosure measures 61m E to W by 40m and is sub-divided by a short cross bank on the W side. The enclosure walls, around 2.0m wide and 0.6m high, are broken in places but there are no obvious contemporary entrances. All the hut circles possess level interiors though none display identifiable entrances.
SX 59316604. A hut circle 3.3m in internal diameter with walls 1.4m wide and 0.4m high.
SX 59366603. A disturbed ovoid hut circle measuring 4.2m N to S by 3.5m with walls 1.2m wide and 0.3m high. The interior of this hut is partially obscured by later stone dumping.
SX 59366604. A disturbed hut circle 4.6m in internal diameter with walls 1.5m wide and 0.25m high. The SE corner of this structure is occupied by a smaller hut 1.5m in diameter.
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Scheduled. (8)
The Bronze Age enclosed hut circle settlement, recorded by previous authorities, is visible as stony structures on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography and visualisations of a Digital Elevation Model derived from the orthomosaic. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project. The sub-oval enclosure is divided in two uneven-sized areas by a curving interior wall towards the western end. The smaller western enclosed space includes four hut circles, two of which are conjoined. Two hut circles are attached to the east wall of the larger eastern space. Scheduled monument NHLE 1019082. (9-11)
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