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Summary

Possible hut circle (also described as a 'court' and a 'platform') in enclosure 'I' within Trowlesworthy Warren; one of at least four similar features attached to eastern enclosure wall. Called D by the Ordnance Survey (1950), called 12d by National Trust (1994) and platform D by Gerrard (1995).

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/51/3
• Old SAM County Ref: 280

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PLATFORM? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Large oval feature shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Feature shown on ealy 20th century map against the eastern boundary of the enclosure.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56SE16, SX56SE16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV138459.

Hut circle (d) is a possible court, 15 metres long by 12 metres wide, with a wall of small stones only a few inches high.

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

Not recorded.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140665 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 9th April 1995. Platform (d) at SX 57126435. Survives as a sub-oval area defined by the enclosure wall and a 1.5 metre wide and 0.7 metre high lynchet. May represent the site of a hut platform. This is site Number 102 012d in the National Trust Upper Plym inventory.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 158, Map 51, Figure 51.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Enclosure 'I' with three or four hut circles is unusual for the series of courts around the edge. The large feature shown against the eastern boundary has two smaller circular features to the north and one to the south.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 4, 102 012d (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Ovoid platform wider at the north end set against the inner face of the eastern wall of the enclosure. The platform is well defined and constructed of turf covered stones. The wall in the western sector spreads to 2 metres wide. The dimensions of the platform are 15 metres by 11 metres with a height of 0.4 metres above the surrounding area.

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

Partially visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Large sub-circular feature shown on modern mapping on the east side of the enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon

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