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Summary

Central of three adjoining hut circles attached to the southern side of eastern enclosure at Tory Brookhead north of Cholwichtown Clay Works of 5.5 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.7 metres high with an internal division.

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/23/12
• 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.

The bank is obscured by vegetation.

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

SX 5861 6331 Gerrard's Hut F. Conjoined plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 5.5 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.4 metre wide wall standing up to 0.7 metres high. Attached to the outer face of the agglomerate enclosure and the south-east edge of Hut G.

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

Central of three hut circles on the outside of southern boundary of Enclosure 'B' at 'Tory Brookhead enclosures' with an internal division.

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.

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

Feature shown on survey.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor (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 5861 6332) A curvilinear bank up to circa 1.5m wide is visible as a stony earthwork on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002 and is identifiable as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.
The bank defines a small oval enclosure almost 8m across, either abutting or defining part of the external southern 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. A second, slightly smaller hut circle is conjoined to the west.

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.

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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