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Summary

A hut circle of 5.6 metres diameter to the south-west of enclosure at Tory Brookhead to the north of Cholwichtown Clay Works

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/18/7
• 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 133409, 18/05/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

SX 5846 6334 Two conjoined stone hut circles forming part of a partially enclosed settlement. Both are terraced into the hillslope.
The north-east one is of double orthostatic walling whilst the south-west one is of the single orthostat type. Interior of the north-east one measures 5.0 metres in diameter and is defined by a 2.0 metres wide wall standing up to 0.6 metres high.
The south-west one survives as a 2.5 metre diameter ring of stones protruding through the turf and standing up to 0.5 metres high.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 166-9, Map 51, Figure 51.9 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '8' of 5.6 metres diameter is one of the badly damaged huts to the south-west of Enclosure 'A' at 'Tory Brookhead'.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey, 23/05/2002 (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

Uneclosed hut circle at SX 58476335. A circular hollow 3.4 metres in diameter, edged with a stony bank 0.4 metres high.

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.

An irregular bank between circa 1.5m and 5m wide is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The bank encloses a roughly oval hollow circa 4.5m across and is interpreted as the spread and damaged remains of a hut circle of probable Bronze Age date.
It is one of 7 unenclosed hut circles probably associated with two prehistoric enclosures north (MDV53383 & MDV2425).
No evidence of a second smaller hut circle visible as a ring of stones terraced into the slope, as described by the above authority (SDV277946), has been noted on any of the sources available to the survey.

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

Not shown on modern mapping.

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

Just to the south-west of 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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