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Summary

One of five hut circles recorded by Gerrard (1993) within the western enclosure on the south-west facing slopes of Lee Moor, north of Cholwichtown Clay Works. Ground survey in 2002 cast doubt on this identification; thought to be contemporary or later activity on the site, subdividing the enclosure, rather than huts. The feature is visible as an earthwork under vegetation on aerial photographs of 1946, is clearly visible as a stony bank on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002 and is identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013.

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/18/3
• Old SAM Ref: 10793(P)
• Pastscape: 439205

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• STRUCTURE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Medieval - 2200 BC to 1539 AD (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 under vegetation.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56SE34 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV138923.

Depicted on the plan as a 'court'.

National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX5863, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV148504.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133411, 18/5/1994 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

SX 5849 6338 Hut C. Conjoined plan, single orthostat and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 7.0 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.5 metre wide wall standing up to 0.4 metres high. Attached to the inner face of the enclosure and to huts A and D.

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

Northern of two elongated enclosures attached to the west wall of Enclosure 'A' at 'Tory Brookhead' with an entrance to the east.

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

Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5863 01-JUN-2002

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

(23/05/2005) Only one hut was recorded associated with this enclosure; these features are thought to represent a combination of original and later walls, subdividing the enclosure.

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.

A curvilinear bank up to circa 1m wide is visible as an earthwork under vegetation on aerial photographs of 1946, is clearly defined 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 an oval enclosure up to circa 7.5 m across, abutting or partly comprising the interior of the boundary bank defining the enclosure MDV53383.
The visible earthwork is interpreted as a hut circle of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date, one of 5 identified within the enclosure. It is abutted to the north by the possible hut circle MDV53384 and to the south by the possible hut circle MDV53387.
The hut circle has been transcribed as part of enclosure MDV53383.

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

Wthin Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• 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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