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Summary

rectangular structure measuring 6.1m north-south by 3.5m internally with turf covered walls 1.0m wide and 0.6m high. An entrance lies centrally in the west wall. This feature is adjoined by one of the Prehistoric enclosure walls and seemingly overlain by the bank supporting the clayworks leat. The form of this structure suggests that it is not of Prehistoric origin.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1014472: An enclosure, stone hut circle, rectangular building and `V'-shaped gully 410m east of Trowlesworthy Warren House

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE20
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/88/2
• Old SAM Ref: 22358
• Pastscape: 439163

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING (Built, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140343 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 4th April 1995. Rectangular building situated within an earlier Prehistoric enclosure. Lies immediately west of Lee Moor China Clay leat embankment. Internal measurements 5.5 metres by 3.9 metres with a rubble wall 1.4 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. A 1.1 metre gap in west wall may represent a doorway.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 36, 102.101c (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Rectangular structure consisting of turf bank in which a few stones are visible. A 1.1 metre gap in south-west sector may indicate an entrance. Eastern sector has been obliterated in construction of leat to the east.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(26/02/2001) SX 5719 6472 is a rectangular structure measuring 6.1 metres north to south by 3.5 metres internally with turf covered walls 1.0 metre wide and 0.6 metres high. An entrance lies centrally in the west wall. This feature is adjoined by one of the Prehistoric enclosure walls and seemingly overlain by the bank supporting the clayworks leat. The form of this structure suggests that it is not of Prehistoric origin.

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

Rectangular feature shown on survey.

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

Rectangular building shown on modern mapping.

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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