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Summary

One of two huts in close proximity to an oval enclosure. The western hut is oval in shape and consists of a ring of boulders 0.3 metres high, measuring an area 6.2 metres (north-south) by 5.3 metres.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014615: Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 680m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 149
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/361/1
• Old SAM Ref: 24239(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140328, 30/6/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Two stone hut circles at SX5735 6514 and SX5733 6513. Both of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type, and survive as banks of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area. The interior of the western hut is 6 metres in diameter and the surrounding 0.9 metre wide wall stands up to 0.3 metres high.
(These huts are numbered 102 416 and 102 417 in the National Trust site inventory).

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 114-5, Map 49, Figure 49.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle shown at Trowlesworthy Tors North' to the west of two oval enclosures and a later bank.

National Trust and English Heritage, 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape, page 101-2, number 102.416 (Report - non-specific). SDV166309.

Hut circle at SX5734 6515. Unenclosed dilapidated oval hut circle consisting of a turf bank in which the stone, irregular in size and shape are visible. There are no obvious inner or outer facings though there is an orthostat in interior. A gap 0.8 meters wide in the south-west sector may mark the entrance, though it is not stone lined. Diameter 6 metres by 4 metres internally, 7.8 metres by 6.5 metres externally, 0.3 metres high.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey, 28/02/2002 (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

SX 57346515 A small enclosure, doubtfully a hut circle, comprises a ring of boulders and stones up to 0.3 metres high which encloses an area 6.2 metres (north-south) by 5.3 metres.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England, 1014615 (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.

This monument includes two stone hut circles and an enclosure situated on a gentle north west facing slope overlooking the River Plym. Both stone hut circles survive as banks of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area.
The interior of the western stone hut circle measures 6 metres in diameter and the surrounding 0.9 metres wide wall stands up to 0.3 metres high.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPTR-26 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(07/10/2020) Condition of the features assessed as poor; heavy bracken covers the site.

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

Images taken during the October 2020 site visit.

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

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