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Summary

Gerrard (1995) describes a hut circle here; attached to the inner face of the enclosure wall (10m by 8.1m, with wall 1.5m wide, up to 0.7m high). Not described as a hut and 2002 English Heritage Plym Valley survey indicate this feature may be a section of walling, rather than a hut.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019084: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and post-medieval warren structures on the western slope of Little and Great Trowlesworthy Tors
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of partially enclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlements and post-medieval warren structures on the western slope of Little and Great Trowlesworthy Tors

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 94
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/235/9
• Old SAM Ref: 24233
• Pastscape: 439373

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140702 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(12/04/1995) SX 5756 6423 The western of three huts. It is attached to the inner face of the enclosure and is of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior is oval, 10m by 8.1m and is defined by a 1.5m wide wall standing up to 0.7m high. This hut has been plundered for building stone, presumably to construct the nearby historic building SX56SE/241 (MDV15296).

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

(20/05/2002) Not depicted on the 2002 Plym Valley survey as a hut, but a curved section of enclosure wall is depicted here; presumably this refers to the same feature described by Gerrard, which may not be a hut circle.

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

Visible on the aerial photography as a faint line of stonework attached to the enclosure wall, curving slightly.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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