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Summary

Hut circle to the south-west of the western enclosure in the settlement on Lee Moor. 2002 survey recorded diameter as 5.5 metres north-south by 5.8 metres with walls 1.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002553: Enclosures and hut circles N of Tory Brook Head

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 34
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/23/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 582
• Old SAM Ref: 10793(P)
• Pastscape: 439205

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2295-2296 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks under vegetation.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56SE34, 22/5/1950 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV138923.

SX 5846 6336 Hut circle R. Diameter 7.5 metres, height 0.5 metres. Associated with the two enclosures (A and B). The walling is of large turf covered stones reaching an average height of 0.5 metres. No obvious entrance.

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.

Ordnance Survey historic maps from the 1950s and 1960s show the settlement. Only one hut shown to the west/south-west of the enclosure in this area.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133409, 18/5/1994 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle forming part of partially enclosed settlement. Lies immediately west of enclosure (MDV53383). Terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and double orthostat type. Internal diameter 5.4 metres. Wall 2.0 metres wide, 0.75 metres high. Attached to enclosure by a 5.5 metres long, 1.1 metres wide, 0.3 metres high lynchet.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 166-9, Map 51, Figure 51.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '2' of 5.9 metres diameter is attached to the outside of Enclosure 'A' at 'Tory Brookhead' by a short bank.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5863 01-JUN-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

Curvilinear stony banks are visible as earthworks.

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

(23/05/2002) The western enclosure (centred at SX 5851 6338) has a solitary hut circle attached to the south-western corner by a short length of contemporary walling.
SX 5848 6337. Hut circle measuring 5.5m north-south by 5.8m with walls 1.4m wide and 0.3m high.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5863 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

Curvilinear banks are identifiable as earthworks.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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 curvilinear bank up to circa 3m wide is visible as an earthwork under vegetation on aerial photographs of 1946, as a stony bank on digital images derived from aerial photographs from 2002 onwards and a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
The curvilinear bank encloses a roughly circular hollow circa 5.5m across and is interpreted as the spread and damaged remains of a hut circle of probable Bronze Age date.
It is probably associated with the prehistoric enclosed hut circle settlement immediately to the east (MDV53383), with which it might joined by a section of bank.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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

Within Scheduled area.

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)
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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