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Summary

Large hut circle on the south-east side of the northern enclosure of Prehistoric Enclosure (B) in Trowlesworthy Warren

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

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/85/2
• Old SAM Ref: 24233
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Hut circle shown on early 20th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140726 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 8th April 1995 Hut circle linked to a length of boundary wall forming part of an agglomerated enclosure. The structure survives as a bank of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area. The building is of the simple plan and single orthostat walling type. Interior measures 5.7 metres in diameter and is defined by a 2 metre wide wall standing up to 1 metre high. A south facing gap in the surrounding wall flanked by slabs on both sides represents a doorway.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 156, Map 51, Figure 51.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle (1) within the smaller northern enclosure of Enclosure (B) is 6 metres in diameter with an opening to the exterior.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 81, 102 358b (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Sub-circular hut circle 5.9 metres by 5.5 metres composed of a substantial turf wall 0.5 metres high and a well preserved inner face. A gap of 0.8 metres in the southern sector indicates the entrance.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Large hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2019, Pastscape, 349139, SX56Se12 (Website). SDV362732.

The smaller northern enclosure contains a single hut at SX 57436456. It measures 5.1 metres in internal diameter with walls 1.2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. An entrance lies in the south side.

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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