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Summary

Prehistoric hut circle (b) one of four huts within Enclosure (C) within Trowlesworthy Warren

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

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/86/1
• Old SAM Ref: 24233
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

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.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

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

Hut circle within 'Enclosure' shown on early 20th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX 56 SE 18, SX56SE18 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV147032.

one of four hut circles within enclosure

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140722 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut (b) at SX57376454 of 4.6 metres diameter, surrounded by a 1.8 metre wide rubble bank wall standing up to 0.3 metres high. A south-south-west facing gap in the hut wall may represent a doorway. This building is attached to the inner face of the enclosure wall. This is site Number 102 366c 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.

One of four buildings within Enclosure C with diameters of 3.8 - 4.6 metres.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the managagement of an historic landscape, 102 366c (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Sub-circular hut circle of 4.6 metres by 4.4 metres built against the inner face of the northern sector. Two facing slabs in the south-west sector may indicate an entrance.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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

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

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