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Summary

V-shaped ditch around east side of Prehistoric Enclosure (G) at 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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/381

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

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

V-shaped 'drainage ditch' shown around the east side of Enclosure G.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 20, 102.057 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

V-shaped ditch around north-east side of enclosure. The south end bifurcates to form a second V-shaped drain. A further ditch, 36 metres long, cuts off apex of main ditch. North arm of main drain 65 metres long, south arm 68 metres long; secondary drain to the south with north arm 22 metres long, south arm 17 metres long. Ditches 1.6 metres wide and 0.2 metres deep

English Heritage, 2005, Leats Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV347529.

Two V-shaped ditches shown on survey.

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

Ditches visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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