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Summary

A D-shaped feature was recorded in a natural hollow within a fragmentary enclosure during 2002 survey. It measures 6.7m north to south by 8.1m internally with walls 1.4m wide and 0.3m high. There is no obvious entrance.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 233
• Pastscape: 1360510

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West (Monograph). SDV137656.

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

(13/02/2002) Centred SX 5706 6454. The disturbed remains of several enclosures and at least one hut circle lie on the gentle south-west facing slope below Little Trowlesworthy Tor. The east enclosure contains a hut circle at SX 5707 6455. This D-shaped feature lies in a natural hollow and measures 6.7m north to south by 8.1m internally with walls 1.4m wide and 0.3m high. There is no obvious entrance. A L-shaped platform at SX 5709 6458 probably represents the disturbed remains of a second hut. The feature measures 8.4m north to south by 7.2m and possesses a slight stony rim. Formerly recorded as part of SX 56 SE 19.

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

Visible on the aerial image.

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

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