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Summary

Two huts lie to the south of the enclosure (see also MDV43435); this hut (directly south of the enclosure) measures 7.5m in internal diameter this hut has walls 1.7m wide and an average of 0.6m high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019084: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval warren structures on the western slope of Little and Great Trowlesworthy Tors
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of partially enclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlements and post-medieval warren structures on the western slope of Little and Great Trowlesworthy Tors

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 13
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/233/4
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/384
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/74/5
• Old SAM County Ref: 280
• Old SAM Ref: 10814
• Old SAM Ref: 24233
• Pastscape: 439142

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

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

Hut circles shown on early 20th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1977, SX56SE14, Hut e (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146202.

Hut circle (E) diameter 7 metres. One of a group of eight in an enclosure. The wall is composed of turf covered stones. No visible entrance.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140736 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 11th April 1995. Hut circle at SX5749 6436 unenclosed forming part of a partially enclosed hut settlement. Survives as a bank of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area. Simple plan and double orthostat walling type, 7.2 metres in diameter, defined by a 1.9 metre wide wall with an average height of 0.7 metres, standing up to 1.3 metres high. A south-south-west facing gap in the surrounding wall, flanked on the east and partly filled with loose rubble may represent an original doorway.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 156, Map 51, Figure 51.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle' 3' of 7 metres diameter shown on map stands a little apart between Enclosures D and G but is well built of large blocks.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 21, 102.060 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Hut circle at SX5750 6438 is unenclosed with a well-defined wall structure. Many inner and outer facing slabs and orthostats survive, containing rubble core. Floor is terraced by raising up west downslope side. Possible entrance indicated by 2 transverse slabs set 0.30 metres apart in south-west sector. Measurements 8.5 by 7.5 metres internally and 12 by 10.7 metres externally and 1-1.5 metres high.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey, 531 (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(20/05/2002) A sub-circular enclosure and eight hut circles lie on the moderate west-facing slope of Little Trowlesworthy Tor.
Two huts lie to the south of the enclosure:
SX 5750 6437. Measuring 7.5m in internal diameter this hut has walls 1.7m wide and an average of 0.6m high.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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