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Summary

hut circle (d) to the north of Prehistoric Settlement (B) in Trowlesworthy Warren

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

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/448
• Old SAM Ref: 10808
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

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.

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

Recorded on aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140723 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut (d) at SX57426458 is 6.2 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.6 metre wide double orthostat and rubble bank wall standing up to 0.7 metres high. A west-south-west facing gap in the hut wall may represent a doorway. A large earthfast boulder forms part of the east wall of this building. This is site Number 102 363 in the National Trust Upper Plym Inventory.

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

Hut circle shown to the north of Prehistoric Settlement B with an opening to the west.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 102.363 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPTR-15 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(08/09/2020) Condition assessed as very good; no damage agents having an impact in this hut.

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

Feature photographed during September 2020 visit.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2019, National Heritage List for England, 1019084 (National Heritage List for England). SDV362730.

The south-eastern of four hut circles. Diameter 10 meters; earth and stone walls 2 metres thick and 0.6 metres 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

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