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HER Number:	MDV52583
Name:	Prehistoric Hut Circle within an Enclosed Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior

Summary

Prehistoric Hut Circle within an Enclosed Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 576 642
Map Sheet:	SX56SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Shaugh Prior
District	South Hams
Ecclesiastical Parish	SHAUGH PRIOR

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

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/235/8
Old SAM Ref: 24233
SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Haynes, R. G., Map of Trowlesworthy Warren (Cartographic). SDV165949.

Untitled Source, MPP 140702 (Migrated Record). SDV176505.

Site visited on 12th April 1995.

Price, D. G., 1977, Settlement at Trowlesworthy Warren, 44 (Article in Serial). SDV150433.

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

Hut circle shown adjoining another to the south and against the wall dividing two of the enclosures in Enclosure E.

National Trust and English Heritage, 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape, 102 (Report - non-specific). SDV166309.

Sub-circular structure heavily overgrown with some stone visible including outer facing slabs. A gap in the south east may be an entrance. The walls form part of the enclosure wall. Thia annexe to the hut circle to the south is 4 metres by 2.8 metres with walls 0.6 metres high.

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

A curving part of wall shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2019, Pastscape, 439373, SX56Se94 (Website). SDV362732.

Sources / Further Reading

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


SDV150433	Article in Serial: Price, D. G.. 1977. Settlement at Trowlesworthy Warren. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 109. 44.


SDV165949	Cartographic: Haynes, R. G.. Map of Trowlesworthy Warren. Unknown.


SDV166309	Report - non-specific: National Trust and English Heritage. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. 102.130. A4 Comb Bound. 102.


SDV176505	Migrated Record: MPP 140702.
SDV362729	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.


SDV362732	Website: National Monuments Record. 2019. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 439373, SX56Se94.

Associated Monuments

MDV15290	Part of: Prehistoric Hut Circle Settlement at Trowlesworthy Warren (Monument)
MDV52576	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle adjoining an Enclosed Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV52580	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle to east of Enclosed Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV52581	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle to east of Enclosed Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV56762	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle within an Enclosed Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV56763	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle within an Enclosed Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV52578	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle within Enclosed Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon

Date Last Edited:	Feb 8 2019 3:31PM

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