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Summary

One of two hut circles on west side of eastern enclosure at Tory Brookhead north of Cholwichtown Clay Works of 5.0 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide and 0.3 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/23/9
• 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

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2295-2296 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133402, 18/5/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

SX 5860 6336 Hut C. Conjoined plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 5.1 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.8 metre wide wall standing up to 0.8 metres high. Attached to the inner face of the enclosure boundary wall and huts B and D.

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

Hut Circle '4' on the west side of Enclosure 'B' at 'Tory Brookhead enclosures' of 5.1 metres in diameter abuts the enclosure wall, between a smaller hut to the north-east and a low-banked pen on the south-western side.

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 5860 6337. A hut circle measuring 4.9m north-south by 4.6m with walls 1.3m wide and 0.3m high adjacent to another hut at SX 5861 6338.

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

Hut 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 aerial photograph.

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) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

(SX 5860 6336) A curvilinear bank up to circa 2 to 3m wide is visible under vegetation on aerial photographs of 1946, as a stony earthwork on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002 and is identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
The bank defines an irregularly shaped enclosure up to 6.5m across, either abutting or defining part of the external north-western boundary of the enclosure MDV2425.
The visible earthwork is interpreted as a hut circle of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date. It is one of 8 associated with the adjacent larger enclosure and is conjoined to south-west and north-east by smaller possible hut circles.
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.(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.

Hut circle 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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