Stone hut circle 987m WSW of East Castick Farm
List Entry Summary
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Name: Stone hut circle 987m WSW of East Castick Farm
List entry Number: 1010225
Location
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Cornwall
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: North Hill
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 09-Sep-1992
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: RSM
UID: 15149
Asset Groupings
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List entry Description
Summary of Monument
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Reasons for Designation
Bodmin Moor, the largest of the Cornish granite uplands, has long been
recognised to have exceptional preservation of archaeological remains. The
Moor has been the subject of detailed archaeological survey and is one of the
best recorded upland landscapes in England. The extensive relict landscapes of
prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval date provide direct evidence for human
exploitation of the Moor from the earliest prehistoric period onwards. The
well-preserved and often visible relationship between settlement sites, field
systems, ceremonial and funerary monuments as well as later industrial remains
provides significant insights into successive changes in the pattern of land
use through time. Stone hut circles were the dwelling places of prehistoric
farmers on the Moor, mostly dating from the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC). The
stone-based round houses survive as low walls or banks enclosing a circular
floor area; remains of a turf or thatch roof are not preserved. The huts occur
singly or in small or large groups and may occur in the open or be enclosed by
a bank of earth and stone. Although they are common on the Moor, their
longevity of use and their relationship with other monument types provides
important information on the diversity of social organisation and farming
practices among prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative
of their period and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are
considered worthy of protection.
This hut circle on Hawk's Tor has survived well. It displays an unusual
feature in the form of its internal recess along the western side. Its
proximity to other broadly contemporary settlement sites, enclosures, field
systems and cairns demonstrates well the nature of farming practices and the
organisation of land use during the Bronze Age.
History
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Details
The monument includes a stone hut circle situated on the lower SE flank of
Hawk's Tor on eastern Bodmin Moor, near other broadly contemporary hut circle
settlements, enclosures, field systems and cairns.
The hut circle survives with a wall of heaped rubble, up to 0.6m high and 1.5m
wide, faced both internally and externally by spaced edge-set slabs. The wall
defines a near circular internal area, 5.5m in diameter, levelled into the
hillslope. Along the western side of the hut circle interior, the wall-line
veers outwards from the south to produce a recess 1m wide, limited at its
northern end by a step in the wall, back to its former circular course. This
hut circle is an outlying member of a dispersed, unenclosed settlement
containing at least 23 hut circles, whose main concentration is centred 75m
west of this monument.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Selected Sources
Books and journals
King, G, Sheppard, P, 'Cornish Archaeology' in Parochial Checklist of Antiquities 10: Parish of North Hill, , Vol. 18, (1979)
Other
consulted 10/1991, Carter, A./RCHME, 1:2500 AP transcription for SX 2576,
consulted 10/1991, Cornwall SMR entry for PRN 1178,
consulted 10/1991, Cornwall SMR entry for PRN 1178.18,
consulted 9/1991, Cornwall SMR entry for PRN 1014,
consulted 9/1991, Cornwall SMR entry for PRN 1190,
National Grid Reference: SX 25577 76065
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