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Summary

Hut circle within Enclosure 'F' (Butler) in settlement at Willings Walls Warren is a crude semi-circle of stones 3.1 metres across lying on the edge of a small platform immediately north of the clay works leat

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1009573: Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles south-west of Ditsworthy Clam

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 71
• Pastscape: 438704

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX56NE71, SX56NE71 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151920.

Enclosure 'F' at SX 5789 6584 contains three huts with internal diameters between 4.9 metres and 5.3 metres. All are in poor condition and one has been partly destroyed by the construction of a leat.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 115-116, Map 49, figure 49.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle within Enclosure 'F' at 'Willings Walls Waren' which has been sliced through by the clay works leat and lies on the west side of it. (This hut is shown at circa SX 57876583 to the south of other descriptions).

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

(04/04/2002) SX 5790 6585. A crude semi-circle of stones 3.1 metres across lie on the edge of a small platform immediately north of the clay works leat.

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

Semi circle shown on survey.

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

Hut circle shown to the south.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 900573 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This agglomerated enclosure lies on a spur above the south bank of the River Plym, south-west of Ditsworthy Clam. It consists of five conjoined enclosures with hut circles and a later longhouse built in the middle. The Lee Moor China Clay Works Leat cuts through the north-western part and it is not included in the scheduling. The agglomeration covers an area of circa 2.7 hectares, defined by enclosure banks of earth and stone up to 2.0 metres in width and 0.5 metres in height. Within the enclosures there are fourteen huts ranging from 4 metres to 11 metres in diameter with walls up to 2.5 metres in width and 0.6 metres in height. Entrances to the huts vary from the north-west to the south-east. The agglomeration appears to have developed from the largest circular enclosure on the north- east side, with four smaller enclosures having been added to the south and west of it.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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