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Summary

Building to east of hut circle in Enclosure 'D' at Willings Walls Warren of 4.8 metres by 2.4 metres with walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.5 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1009573: Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles south-west of Ditsworthy Clam

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 71
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/383
• Pastscape: 438704

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1983, NMR SF2134, 56 (Aerial Photograph). SDV238551.

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

Probable rectangular building straddling interior wall of settlement (SX56NE/53 - MDV3343). Associated with deserted medieval settlement (SX56NE/127 - MDV3431) and building (SX56NE/384 - MDV24935).

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 115-116, Map 49, Figure 49.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Annex to Hut Circle '6' on the north side of Enclosure 'E' at 'Willings Walls Warren'.

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

(04/04/2002) Reoccupation of the prehistoric settlement between Spanish Lake and Hentor Brook in the medieval or later periods has resulted in the rebuilding of several of the boundaries and the clearance of surface stone within the enclosures. A rectangular structure has measuring 4.8 metres north-south by 2.4 metres with spread stony walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.5 metres high been inserted into the pre-existing plan, north-west of the medieval longhouse site.
At SX 5789 6581. A rectangular structure measuring 4.8 metres by 2.4 metres with spread stony walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.5 metres high.

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

Building shown on survey.

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

Building shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1009573 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This agglomerated enclosure lies on a spur above the south bank of the River Plym, south-west of Ditsworthy Clam. It consists of five conjoined enclosures with hut circles and a later longhouse built in the middle. The Lee Moor China Clay Works Leat cuts through the north-western part and it is not included in the scheduling. The agglomeration covers an area of circa 2.7 hectares, defined by enclosure banks of earth and stone up to 2.0 metres in width and 0.5 metres in height. Within the enclosures there are fourteen huts ranging from 4 metres to 11 metres in diameter with walls up to 2.5 metres in width and 0.6 metres in height. Entrances to the huts vary from the north-west to the south-east. The agglomeration appears to have developed from the largest circular enclosure on the north- east side, with four smaller enclosures having been added to the south and west of it.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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