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Summary

Three of at least 15 hut circles identified by field and aerial survey on the south-west facing slopes east of Cholwich Town Clay Works. The hut circles are associated with enclosures and field boundaries as part of a wider settlement of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE109
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/104

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1965, RAF/58/7109, RAF/58/7109 F42 0130-0131 22-NOV-1965 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351186.

The earthworks are obscured by vegetation.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56SE109, SX56SE109 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV145976.

On a south-west facing slope within a modern enclosure, centred at SX59546200, are 12 hut circles. Seven of these are connected by a length of prehistoric walling running north-west to south-east. Two small enclosures are also attached to the wall at the north-western end. The hut circles are mostly in poor condition, three are probably Type Two huts and the others as far as can be determined are Type One. Their average diameter internally is 5.25 meters and their average wall thickness 1.25 meters. Four have visible entrances, all on the south-west. There is no evidence of clearance in the area. Other details: Plan included.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Group of at least six huts ranged along an enclosure wall. One hut circle visible and recorded.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 175-6, Map 52, Figure 52.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Group of three hut circles at the junction of two boundaries within Settlement 'C' at 'Parkland enclosures'. They are three of 16 hut circles in the settlement of between 5.0 to 7.0 metres in diameter.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5962 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Three possible hut circles are visible as conjoined oval banked earthworks.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5962 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

The earthworks are obscured by vegetation.

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.

Three possible hut circles of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date are identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as a roughly oval hollow or platforms up to 7m across, defined by a low earthwork bank circa 2m wide.
The possible hut circles are conjoined in an inverted triangular formation, the northern edge of the grouped earthwork either abutting or forming part of a north-east to south-west aligned bank or boundary. The hut circle and adjacent bank or boundary form part of a wider settlement recorded as MDV79188.
No entrances to the hut circles are visible. The earthworks are obscured from view by vegetation on all aerial photographs available to the survey.

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

Group of three hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• 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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