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| HER Number: | MDV2539 |
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| Name: | Prehistoric Hut Circle in the east of Enclosure (A) in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
Eastern of four Prehistoric hut circles within Enclosure (A) in Trowlesworthy Warren
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 567 648 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/89/3
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.
Hut circle shown on 19th century map.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Hut circle shown on early 20th century map.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 159-160, Map 51, Figure 51.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Hut 1 on the east side of Enclosure 1 is one of the largest pair in the enclosure built of massive slabs and opening to the south-west.
Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 54, Hut Circle (e) (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.
Hut Circle (e) at SX56716488 adjoins the south-east sector of the enclosure but the relationship is masked by later stone clearance. Massively built circular structrue in which the inner and outer faces in the southern sector are well preserved with a rubble core. The inner face consists of large orthostats and the outer face comprises low facing stones. An orthostat set transversely across the south-west sector may indicate an entrance. Diameter 5.5 metres internally and 8 metres externally with a height up to 1.5 metres.
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 56716488 a hut circle measuring 5.2 metres north to south by 5.7 metres internally with walls 1.3 metres wide and 0.7 metres high containing several upright slabs. The walls of this hut are overlain by clearance stone.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 159-160, Map 51, Figure 51.3. |
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| SDV143510 | Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. 54, Hut Circle (e). |
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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #118668 ] |
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| SDV362732 | Website: National Monuments Record. 2019. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 439172, SX56SE23. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV15287 | Part of: Prehistoric Enclosure (A) north of Trowlesworthy Warren House, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV2538 | Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle in the centre of Enclosure (A) in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV2536 | Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle in the north of Enclosure (A) in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV2537 | Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle in the north-west of Enclosure (A) in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV14148 | Related to: Trowlesworthy Warren (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 12 2019 3:50PM |
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