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Summary

The southernmost of two hut circles of probable prehistoric date identified by field and aerial survey on the north-west facing slopes of a spur to the north-west of Trowlesworthy Warren House. The hut circles are associated with an enclosed hut circle settlement. This hut circle was not identifiable on aerial photographs, digital images derived from aerial photographs or visualisations derived from lidar data.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020323: Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/48/3
• Old SAM Ref: 24232

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Not shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140614 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 2nd April 1995. Two stone hut circles within agglomerated enclosure. These buildings survive as banks of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area. The interior of the southern hut measures 5 metres in diam and is defined by a 1.4 metre wide single orthostat and rubble bank wall standing up to 0.5 metres high.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 159-160, Map 51, Figure 51.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Southern of two hut circles within Shadyback Enclosure 'C'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 63=64, 102 173c (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Indistinct remains of an oval hut circle at SX56646495 consisting of an arc of orthostats and overgrown hummocks. No entrance is visible. A wall possibly connecting this to the hut circle to the north-east is represented by a low overgrown bank. The hut circle measures 6 metres by 4 metres internally and 8 metres by 6 metres externally with banks up to 0.6 metres.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360209.

Hut circle vaguely visible on Lidar data

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

National Monuments Record, 2019, Pastscape, 439169, SX56SE22 (Website). SDV362732.

An ovoid enclosure at SX 56586496 contains two type 2 hut circles . One hut circle set into the slope has an internal diameter 7.0 metres with a wall 1.3 metres thick and is in poor condition. A south facing entrance is 1.1 metres wide.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Of the two hut circles previously recorded within enclosure MDV4266, this hut circle was not confidently identifiable on any aerial photographs, digital images derived from aerial photographs or visualisations derived from lidar data available to the survey, and as such has not been transcribed.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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)
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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