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Summary

Prehistoric Hut Circle adjoining an Enclosed Settlement (E) in Trowlesworthy Warren

Location

Protected Status

• 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
• Scheduled Monument 1019084: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval warren structures on the western slope of Little and Great Trowlesworthy Tors

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/235/1
• Old SAM Ref: 24223
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Haynes, R. G., Map of Trowlesworthy Warren (Cartographic). SDV165949.

Price, D. G., 1977, Settlement at Trowlesworthy Warren, 44 (Article in Serial). SDV150433.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP140706 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

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

Hut circle shown within the southern wall of the southern enclosure in Enclosure E. An entrance is shown on the east side and opening outside the enclosure.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 24, 102. 069b (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Hut circle abutted by enclosure wall 69a. Consists of boulders set in grass-covered bank. Several inner and outer facings containing rubble core survive. The northern sector is the best preserved. South sector which is situated outside the enclosure has been severely robbed, leaving little bank material and a gap of 4 metres. Internal diameter of 5 metres, external 10.5 metres with walls 0.6 metres high.

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.

National Monuments Record, 2019, Pastscape, 439373, SX56SE94 (Website). SDV362732.

Hut circle at SX 57636416. A robbed hut 6.5 metres by 5.9 metres internally with walls 1.2 metres wide and a maximum of 0.8 metres high. The west and south walls have been removed.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon

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