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Tathey Crags hut circle settlement (Earle)

NT 964212. Early settlement site at Tathey Crags consists of embanked circles (some containing stones) with entrances. Faint traces of a a possible wall on one side does not appear to be part of an enclosure wall (plan). (1)

An unenclosed settlement flanking the north and east sides of Tathey Crags, a rock outcrop at about 1300 feet OD, with exposed outlook on all sides.
Eleven circular huts can be positively identified on fairly level ground under rough grass and bracken. None are scooped, all appearing as low, turfed rubble banks about 0.3 m high. Varying in diameter from about 5m to 9m, the majority have randomly orientated entrance gaps.
There are at least five other possible huts surviving as incomplete arcs of large stones without banks.
The 'wall' referred to by authority 1, extends eastwards for about 40m from a prominent crag at NT 96412112 and then turns north for about 10m before fading. It comprises of an earthen bank and the tumbled remains of a low rubble wall. There is nothing to suggest this feature has any association with the settlement, and it does not appear to be ancient.
The settlement itself, conforms to a pre-Romano British tradition. Surveyed at 1:10,000 on MSD. (2)

NT 964212. Tathey Crags unenclosed settlement. (3)

Scheduled. (4)

NT 964 212. Tathey Crags settlement. Scheduled No ND/529. (5a)
N1762
Prehistoric (500000BC to 43AD)
Bronze Age (2600BC to 700BC)
Scheduled Ancient Monument


Source of Reference
Local History of Earle

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