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Summary

Boundary walls associated with hut group recorded on the north side of Ger Tor by Gerrard (1992). These are scheduled but ground survey in 1998 questioned the identification as no features could be located. Gerrard described two lengths of curved boundary wall associated with a cluster of five stone hut circles situated within a large enclosure on a SE facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Tavy. Boundary wall described linking huts, composed of a 1.2m wide and 0.5m high rubble and earth bank.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011241: A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/97/5
• Old SAM Ref: 22246(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WALL? (Constructed, Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 129291 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(03/11/1992) SX 5474 8313 The two lengths of curved boundary wall associated with a cluster of five stone hut circles are situated within a large enclosure on a SE facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Tavy. The boundary wall links huts (subsheets 2 + 3) and is composed of a 1.2m wide and 0.5m high rubble and earth bank. The E wall is longer and partially encloses hut (subsheet 4). It is not clear whether these walls were originally more extensive and have since been robbed or buried by peat accumulation or whether they represent unfinished enclosures.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(03/08/1998) There are no hut circles or enclosures at the NGR described which lies on the steep slope immediately NE of Ger Tor. The descriptions probably relate to the settlement 225m to the NNE (SX 58 SE 5).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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