Giants Hill Enclosed Settlement
Database entries
OS Map: SX 59534 66798
OS Source: Lidar
HER: MDV20052
Alternate name: Giants Hill
Short Name: ES:GiantsHill
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Sandy
Lidar: SX 59534 66798
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (6.6 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 59534 66798
Notes
HER: A number of irregular enclosures containing three hut circles, four probable hut circles, three cairns and a possible military structure on the western flank of Giant's Hill above Mill Corner. The enclosures are bounded by broad stony banks up to 2.0m wide and 0.6m high. There are no identifiable entrances to these features. The hut circles are very poorly preserved and have been mutilated by later activities and had surface stone dumped on their walls and interiors. Several features described as huts by previous authorities are now simply stony patches within the enclosures and one appears to be of fairly recent (?military) origin. Only one of the identifiable huts possesses an obvious entrance while most display traces of level interiors. The cairns are generally well preserved though none present any evidence to suggest the presence of cists or kerbs.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Gerrard, Sandy, English Heritage Book of Dartmoor: Landscapes Through Time, (1997)