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Unenclosed hut circle settlement at Dimmingdale, 300m north west of Dimmingdale Farm

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number:: 1018796
Date first listed:: 19-Mar-1999

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number:: 1018796
Date first listed:: 19-Mar-1999

Location

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Redcar and Cleveland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Lockwood
National Park:: NORTH YORK MOORS
National Grid Reference:: NZ 68717 12076

Reasons for Designation

The North York Moors is an area which has an abundance of prehistoric remains, particularly within moorland landscapes where they have not been disturbed by more recent agricultural activity. These provide evidence for the widespread exploitation of the uplands throughout prehistory. Many remains date from the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC) and relate to diverse activities, funerary and ritual practice as well as agriculture and settlement. For the first millennium BC the range of evidence is more restricted. Settlement at this time was concentrated in the lowland areas surrounding the moors, although some settlement was located on the periphery and in the valleys. These late prehistoric settlement sites on the higher ground are of two types: those consisting of a small number of unenclosed hut circles and those found within small square or sub-rectangular enclosures. Hut circle settlements were the dwelling places of prehistoric farmers. The hut circles take a variety of forms. Some are stone based and are visible as low walls or banks enclosing a circular floor area. Others were timber constructions and only the shallow groove in which the timber uprights used in the wall construction stood can now be identified; this may survive as a slight earthwork feature or may be visible on aerial photographs. Some can only be identified by the artificial earthwork platforms created as level stances for the houses. The number of houses in a settlement varies between one and twelve. In areas where they were constructed on hillslopes the platforms on which the houses stood are commonly arrayed in tiers along the contour of the slope. Several settlements have been shown to be associated with organised field plots, the fields being defined by low stony banks or indicated by groups of clearance cairns. Some unenclosed settlements are thought to date from the Bronze Age, but excavation suggests that there are also some which were occupied during the Iron Age to the Romano-British period (c.700 BC-AD 400). These settlements provide an important complement to the various types of enclosed and defended settlements which were being constructed and used around the same time. The longevity of use of hut circle settlements and their relationship with other monument types provides important information on the diversity of social organisation and farming practices amongst prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of protection. Despite limited disturbance, this hut circle settlement 300m north west of Dimmingdale Farm survives well. Significant information about the date and form of construction will be preserved. The archaeological deposits within the internal floor area survive intact and will contain important evidence for the nature and duration of the occupation. Evidence for earlier land use will also survive beneath the bank. The settlement is situated within a group of prehistoric monuments which also includes an enclosed cremation cemetery, round barrows, cup marked rocks and clearance cairns. Monument groupings such as these offer important scope for the study of the distribution and development through time of prehistoric activity across the landscape.

Details

The monument includes an unenclosed hut circle settlement situated towards the top of a gentle north facing slope on the north edge of the North York Moors. The settlement is visible as a single hut circle defined by a penannular earth and stone bank up to 1m wide and standing up to 0.3m high. The interior is at a slightly lower level than the exterior ground surface and measures 7m in diameter. There is a break in the bank at the north east which would have been the entrance to the hut. The south edge of the hut circle is clipped by an unsurfaced vehicle track and the north edge has been disturbed by the construction of a field boundary fence running from east to west. The settlement lies in an area rich in prehistoric monuments including barrows, field systems and clearance cairns. The east-west fence line at the north edge of the monument is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath it is included.

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.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 32018
Legacy System:: RSM

Sources

Books and journals
Spratt, D A , 'Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology in North East Yorkshire' in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology of North East Yorkshire, , Vol. 87, (1993)
Other
Vyner, B E, (1995)

Legal

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.