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Hut circles and enclosures on Sharpitor
Walkhampton, Yelverton, Devon
Grid ref: SX 5605 7044
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Ten scheduled monuments (Historic England entries listed below)
- Huts: More than 20 stone hut circles, 2 m to 8.3 m across inside
Sharpitor here is the tor above the River Meavy in Walkhampton parish, south-west of Leeden Tor; Dartmoor has several places with this name. On its north-east slope Historic England records a large unenclosed settlement of stone hut circles, most of them terraced into the hill and facing the valley of the River Meavy. The biggest monument has eleven huts, a boundary wall and a field system; others hold one to four huts, and two sit inside oval or circular enclosures.
A reave (an ancient boundary bank) runs through the south-east part of the group, with two huts, a round cairn and a shelter beside it. Further west a circular enclosure with a hut inside overlooks the Tamar valley.
The ten scheduled monuments
| Historic England entry | Grid reference | What survives |
|---|---|---|
| 1007419 | SX 56059 70378 | Four hut circles and an enclosure 30 m by 34 m on the upper slope, amid dense clitter; the huts are 3.5 m to 7 m across inside and the southern one lies in the enclosure. |
| 1007420 | SX 56131 70295 | A hut 2.4 m across inside, wall 1 m wide and 0.4 m high, doorway facing east. |
| 1007421 | SX 56131 70323 | A hut 3 m across inside, wall 1.1 m wide and 0.5 m high, doorway facing east. |
| 1007434 | SX 56126 70604 | An oval enclosure 26 m by 20 m with a hut 3.4 m across built across its western wall. |
| 1007435 | SX 56140 70505 | The largest part of the settlement: eleven huts (2 m to 8.3 m across inside, nine round and two oval), a boundary wall and a field system. |
| 1007436 | SX 56161 70583 | A hut 4 m across inside, wall 1.2 m wide and 0.4 m high. |
| 1007437 | SX 56180 70604 | A hut 4.2 m across inside, wall 1.4 m wide, doorway facing south-east. |
| 1007438 | SX 56160 70644 | A hut 4.7 m across inside, wall 1.6 m wide on the west side, with a south-south-east doorway marked by upright slabs. |
| 1011167 | SX 56168 70227 | A reave with two huts (one oval 3.6 m by 2.4 m), a round cairn and a shelter along its north side. |
| 1019590 | SX 55282 70303 | A circular enclosure 20 m across inside a bank up to 4 m wide, with a hut 6 m across in its northern part. |
Grid references are from the Historic England entries. Each entry covers one scheduled monument; a monument can hold several features.
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