Heatree Down House 3 Round House
Photo taken on 01-04-2026
Database entries
OS Map: SX 72247 80590
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV55530
Alternate name: Heatree Down House 3
Short Name: HT:Heatree 3
Butler map: 20.19
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Sandy
Hut Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 72247 80590
Guide Map: 30
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Swallerton Gate (2.9 km) [Route: 271]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Moretonhampstead Court Street Car Park (6.2 km) [Route: 173, 171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 72247 80590
Notes
HER: Hut circle 3 excavated by Minter in 1968. Diam 7m. Paved entrance, 'anvil' + 'drain cover'. Eighty-six stake holes were recorded in the floor. At lest 6 appeared as an irregular slot. Three larger post holes also recorded outside the hut.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.1: The East, (1991)
- Quinnell, H., The late Mrs E. M. Minter's excavation of hut circles at Heatree, Manaton in 1968 , D.A.S.P. No.49 (1991)