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Summary

hut circle (d) to the north of Prehistoric Settlement (B) in Trowlesworthy Warren. An ovoid hut 7.3m north-south by 6.2m with walls 1.8m wide and 0.7m high. A break in the south-western side may indicate the site of a former entrance.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019084: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval warren structures on the western slope of Little and Great Trowlesworthy Tors
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of partially enclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlements and post-medieval warren structures on the western slope of Little and Great Trowlesworthy Tors

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE17
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439154
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/448
• Old SAM Ref: 10808

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Hut circle shown on early 20th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX56SE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV137452.

(20/06/1977) Centred at SX 57396456 are six type 2 huts on a southwest facing slope at 320.0m. O.D. (Type site: SX 56 NE 71). All are in poor condition with levelled interiors and most have southwest entrances. The internal diameters are from 4.0m. to 6.5m. with a mean of 5.5m. with walling up to 1.0m. high and 2.0m. thick. The huts at SX 57396452 and SX 57406451 have 'porches' outside the entrances. The close proximity with similar huts suggests association with the enclosed settlement of SX 56 NE 12.
Surveyed 1:10 000 on P.F.D./.AM.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Recorded on aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140723 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut (d) at SX57426458 is 6.2 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.6 metre wide double orthostat and rubble bank wall standing up to 0.7 metres high. A west-south-west facing gap in the hut wall may represent a doorway. A large earthfast boulder forms part of the east wall of this building. This is site Number 102 363 in the National Trust Upper Plym Inventory.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 156, Map 51, Figure 51.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle shown to the north of Prehistoric Settlement B with an opening to the west.

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Depicted and described by Robertson.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 102.363 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(20/05/2002) Centred SX 57406457. Six unenclosed hut circles 300m E of Little Trowlesworthy Tor. The huts are all slightly ovoid and have been used as repositories for surface stone clearance. Consequently the walls and interiors are partially obscured by the material derived from this later activity.
Entrances, where apparent, lie in the S quadrant.
SX 57426459. An ovoid hut 7.3m N to S by 6.2m with walls 1.8m wide and 0.7m high. A break in the SW side may indicate the site of a former entrance.
These hut circles are flanked by two enclosed settlements, SX 56 SE 18 to the W and SX 56 SE 12 to the E.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPTR-15 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(08/09/2020) Condition assessed as very good; no damage agents having an impact in this hut.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Feature photographed during September 2020 visit.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2019, National Heritage List for England, 1019084 (National Heritage List for England). SDV362730.

The south-eastern of four hut circles. Diameter 10 meters; earth and stone walls 2 metres thick and 0.6 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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