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Summary

One of two hut circles on west side of the eastern enclosure at Tory Brookhead north of Cholwichtown Clay Works of 3.5 metres in diameter with walls 1.0 metres wide and 0.5 metre high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002553: Enclosures and hut circles N of Tory Brook Head

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 34
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/23/8
• Old SAM Ref: 10793(P)
• Pastscape: 439205

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133402 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(18/05/1993) SX 5860 6337 Hut B. Conjoined plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 4.2m in diam and is defined by a 1.3m wide wall standing up to 0.7m high. Attached to the inner face of the enclosure boundary wall and Hut C.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 166-9, Map 51, Figure 51.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle '5' of 3.7 metres in diameter on the west side of Enclosure 'B' at 'Tory Brookhead enclosures' with a larger hut circle adjoining to the south,

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5863 01-JUN-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

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

(23/05/2002) SX 5861 6338. A small hut circle 3.5m in diameter with walls 1.0m wide and 0.5m high.

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

Small circle shown on survey.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5863 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

Curvilinear banks are identifiable as earthworks.

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

Visible on aerila photograph

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2010 ACCESSED 14-OCT-2019 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP), Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

(SX 5860 6337) A curvilinear bank up to circa 1m wide and 6m long is visible as a stony earthwork on digital images derived from aerial photographs from 2002 onwards.
The bank defines a small D-shaped enclosure up to roughly 3.7m across, abutting the interior of the north-west side of the boundary bank of the enclosure MDV2425 and the north-east edge of an adjacent hut circle recorded as MDV53377.
The visible earthwork is interpreted as the remains of a possible small hut circle of probable Bronze Age. It is one of 8 associated with the larger enclosure MDV2425.
The hut circle has been transcribed as part of enclosure MDV2425.

Richards, A. F., 2020, Cholwich Town settlement MDV2425 records confusion (Personal Comment). SDV150716.

(18/05/2020) Due to confusion over unclean HER records, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey project (2019-20), has ascribed information onto incorrect records; see notes field. Record locations have been updated and correct source information added but some of the HER records referred to by the project will be inaccurate.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

irregular shaped feature shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1002553 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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