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Summary

One of four hut circles of probable prehistoric date identified by field and aerial survey within an enclosed settlement on the north-west facing slopes of a spur to the north-west of Trowlesworthy Warren House. The hut circle was identifiable as an earthwork bank on aerial photographs of 1946, an arc of stones on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2007 and a bank and hollow on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/89/8

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Northern hut circle within enclosure shown on 19th century map.

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

Shown on early 20th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 4290-4291 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

A vegetation covered curvilinear bank is visible.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 159-160, Map 51, Figure 51.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '4' against the northern wall of Enclosure 'A' at Shadyback Tor is one of four within the enclosure.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 53, Hut Circle b (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Hut circle (b) at SX56706490 is D-shaped butting against the inner facing stones in the north side of the enclosure wall and terraced into the slope. It is composed of a turf bank with a few visible inner and outer facing stones. A large boulder with a facing edge set obliquely across the south-east sector may indicate an entrance. Hut 4 metres by 4.1 metres internally and 8 metres by 9.1 metres externally with walls 0.3 to 0.7 metres high.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5664 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

A curvilinear bank is visible as a spread earthwork.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5664 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A curvilinear arc of stones is visible.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

National Monuments Record, 2019, Pastscape, 439172, SX56SE23 (Website). SDV362732.

At SX 56706490. A sub-rectangular platform adjacent to the north enclosure wall. It measures 4.9 metres east to west by 3.5 metres and possesses a stoney rim on the south side.

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 hut circle of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date is visible on aerial photographs of 1946, digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2007 and visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 as a roughly circular bank up to 3m wide defining an oval or sub-rectangular hollow or platform approximately 3 by 5m across, abutting or abutted by the inner edge of the bank forming the northern edge of the enclosed hut circle settlement MDV15287.
Packed stones are identifiable within the bank material on the 2007 imagery, indicating the possible original wall or bank width of circa 1m.
The hut circle is one of four recorded and transcribed as part of the banked enclosure MDV15287.

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)
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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