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MONUMENT NO. 440178

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Undated enclosed hut circle

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(SX 55387185) Hut Circle (NR) (1)

A prehistoric pound of 0.601 acres, containing a hut circle. Now
integrated with the present field system (Plan). (2-3)

At SX 55377184, on a slight south-west slope there is a homestead,
formed by an enclosed hut circle of Type 2 (SX 56 SE 19). It has
internal diameters of 9.1m. by 8.2m. and a levelled interior. The
walling, 1.3m. wide, incorporates some 'in situ' boulders and inner
facing slabs, with small stones heaped against the outer face. It is
from 0.5m. to 1.1m. high with an entrance gap on the south-east.
(See ground photograph)

The enclosure, Of 0.25 ha., has diameters of 58.0m. north-west to
south-east and 48.0m. northeast to south-west. For 50.0m. on the
south-west side the perimeter is represented by grass covered stony
scarp 0.5m. high; elsewhere it is a 2.0m. wide spread of stones of
similar height, upon which a strong modern field wall has been
constructed. (See plan)

Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD at 1:2500. (4)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1963

( 2) General reference

Dartmoor 1953 142 153-4 plan (R H Worth)

( 3) General reference

APs (F62 58 RAF 6399 044-45 2nd July 1964)

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 NVQ 26-JUN-80

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