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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, a scatter 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/89/1

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.

Not shown on historic mapping.

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 circular 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 '3' on the west side of Enclosure 'A' at Shadyback Tor had been deliberately demolished.

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

Hut circle (c) a very ruinous oval structure represented by two arcs composed of turf mounds and a few large boulders terraced into the slope. Possibly a few inner and outer facing stones visible in the eastern arc. 4.2 metres by 3 metres internally and 10.7 by 7.5 metres externally with height up to 0.5 metres.

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.

An arc of 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 scatter of stones are visible within the hut circle.

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

Not very clear on aerial photograph.

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

At SX 56696489. A sub-circular hollow containing several large blocks. Possible a robbed hut circle.

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 as a vegetation covered earthwork bank on aerial photographs of 1946, a small scatter of stones on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2007 and an arc of bank enclosing an earthwork hollow on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The hut circle is one of four recorded within the banked enclosure MDV15287.
The curvilinear bank measures up to circa 2m wide enclosing a semi-circular hollow or platform approximately 6m across. The bank and hollow are truncated by a north-south aligned ditch that cuts through the enclosure along the eastern side of the enclosure bank, separating the remains of the hut circle from the enclosure bank, which it probably abutted. The ditch is probably associated with the surrounding field system that incorporated the earthworks of the hut circle settlement probably in the medieval period.
The hut circle has been transcribed as part of the enclosed hut settlement 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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