See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

One of at least 15 hut circles identified by field and aerial survey on the south-west facing slopes east of Cholwich Town, Cornwood. 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

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/104

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC 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 tree cover.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, 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 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Butler shows 15 hut circles in this settlement (and another two associated with the enclosure to the south of the site). Other details: Map 52, 1.

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.

A possible hut circle is identifiable as an earthwork.

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 tree cover.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

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.

A possible hut circle of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date is identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as a roughly oval or rectangular hollow or platform approximately 5 by7m across, defined by a low earthwork bank circa 3m wide.
The north-east edge of the hut circle either abuts or forms part of the boundary of a possible banked enclosure recorded as MDV120222.
The possible hut circle and adjacent enclosure form part of the wider settlement and associated field system recorded as MDV79188.
The earthworks are obscured from view by tree cover on all aerial photographs available to the survey.

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)

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.