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Summary

A sub-rectangular enclosure containing a possible hut circle lies on the lower south-western flank of Little Trowlesworthy Tor. The enclosure measures 19m north-south by a maximum of 25m internally and is bounded by a stony bank 2.0m wide and up to 0.8m high. A protrusion approximately 6.0m in diameter lies in the western side of this feature. This may represent to former site of a hut circle though a considerable amount of clearance stone has been dumped in this area which makes a positive interpretation impossible. The enclosure is adjoined by a Medieval or later field bank, formerly part of the enclosures of Trowlesworthy Farm.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE234
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1360569
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/87
• Old SAM County Ref: 280
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24232
• Old SAM Ref: 10823

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Curwen, E. C., 1927, Prehistoric Agriculture in Britain, 282-6 (Article in Serial). SDV173835.

National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX5764, 3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV138979.

Photograph taken on 8th April 1976.

Price, D. G., 1977, Settlement at Trowlesworthy Warren, 44, Figure 1 (Article in Serial). SDV150433.

Trowlesworthy Warren. No clear hut circles but a double circular feature, each part 4 metres in diameter, attached to the wall. Interior cleared of stones. Some orthostats.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX56SE19 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV147005.

(22/06/1977) SX 57156455. A sub-circular yard of 13.0m. internal diameter has walls 1.5m. thick and 0.7m. high with a type 1 hut on its south-west side. Its internal diameter is 4.0m. the walling being 1.5m. thick and 0.7m. high with a possible entrance in the south.

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

Partitioned enclosure, of three elements, visible and recorded, containing two attached hut circles.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140642 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 4th April 1995 at SX57156455. Simple enclosure forming part of a partially enclosed hut settlement. Survives as a 25 metre by 20 metre trapezoidal area surrounded by a 3.8 metre wide and 0.5 metre high partly faced rubble wall. A rectangular building is attached to the west circuit of the enclosure. A length of boundary wall leads west from the south-west corner of the enclosure. A second boundary wall leading south-east from the enclosure is probably of historic date.

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

Prehistoric Enclosure (J) is triangular in shape with a pair of adjoining hut circles in one corner almost buried under clearance rubble.

Robertson, J. G., 1994, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym Valley (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV139549.

Enclosure and hut circle depicted and described by Robertson.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 33, 102. 092 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Enclosure trapezoidal in plan 25 metres by 20 metres with a wall 0.5 metres high. The walls are composed of a turf covered rubble core with some upright slabs at the east end. The interior has been cleared and the southern sector is incorporated in and possibly augmented by the wall of a leat.

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

(13/02/2002) Centred SX 57156457. A sub-rectangular enclosure containing a possible hut circle lies on the lower SW flank of Little Trowlesworthy Tor. The enclosure measures 19m N to S bay a maximum of 25m internally and is bounded by a stony bank 2.0m wide and up to 0.8m high. A protrusion approximately 6.0m in diameter lies in the W side of this feature. This may represent to former site of a hut circle though a considerable amount of clearance stone has been dumped in this area which makes a positive interpretation impossible.
The enclosure is adjoined by a medieval or later field bank, formerly part of the enclosures of Trowlesworthy Farm.
Formerly recorded as part of SX 56 SE 19.

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

Enclosure shown on survey with a hut circle on the west side.

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

Enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPTR-13 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(April 2020) Condition assessed as very good. No current damage agents.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Site photographed during April 2020 visit.

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

Enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2019, National Heritage List for England, 1020323 (National Heritage List for England). SDV362730.

Enclosure at SX57156455 with a diameter of 16 metres. Defined by a bank of turf-covered stones and boulders 1 metre wide by 1 metre high.

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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