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HER Number:	MDV49048
Name:	Hut Circle (b) to the north-west of Prehistoric Settlement B in Trowlesworthy Warren,Shaugh Prior

Summary

Hut circle (b) to the north-west of Prehistoric Settlement B in Trowlesworthy Warren

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 573 645
Map Sheet:	SX56SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Shaugh Prior
District	South Hams
Ecclesiastical Parish	SHAUGH PRIOR

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/450/2
Old SAM Ref: 10807
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 (Interpretation). SDV319854.

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut (b) at SX 57396458 of 5.9 metres diiameter and surrounded by a 1.5 metre wide double orthostat wall standing up to 0.9 metres high. A south-west facing gap in the hut wall may represent a doorway. This is site Number 102 364 in the National Trust Upper Plym Inventory.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the managagement of an historic landscape, 102.364 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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-western of four hut circles. Diameter 1 1metres, earth and stone walls 2 metres thick by 0.7 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV143510	Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the managagement of an historic landscape. 102.364.


SDV277946	Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 140723.


SDV319854	Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.


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


SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).


SDV345521	Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital.


SDV361462	Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #116829 ]


SDV362729	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.


SDV362730	National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2019. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital. 1019084.

Associated Monuments

MDV49047	Related to: Hut Circle (c) to the north-west of Prehistoric Settlement B in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV49044	Related to: Hut Circle (d) to the north of Prehistric Settlement in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV49045	Related to: Hut Circle to the north-west of Prehistoric Settlement B in Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV125523	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle (a) to north-east of Enclosure (C) within Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV49043	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle (e) between Enclosures (B) and (C) within Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)
MDV49042	Related to: Prehistoric Hut Circle (f) between Enclosures (B) and (C) within Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon

Date Last Edited:	Mar 15 2019 2:02PM

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