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Summary

A feature previously recorded as a hut circle by Butler (1994) was examined during the 2002 Plym Valley survey. Appears to be a small clearance cairn measuring 4.7m north-south by 4.3m overall and a maximum of 0.7m high.

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 13
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/233/3
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/386
• Old SAM Ref: 24233
• Pastscape: 439142

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• CLEARANCE CAIRN (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1750 AD? (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 140731 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(13/04/1995) SX 5753 6438 Hut circle connected to a length of boundary wall leading from Prehistoric enclosure to the north. Survives as a bank of earth and stone. The relationship of the hut to the rubble wall is unclear. Simple plan and rubble bank walling type. 2.5 metres in diameter, defined by a 1.2 metre wide wall standing up to 0.5 metres high. The rubble wall attached to the enclosure, measures 52 metres long, 1 metre wide and stands up to 0.5 metres high.

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

Small hut circle shown attached to the west side of a curving wall extending from the south-east of Enclosure D.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 102.062, 062a, 062b (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Remains of a possible hut circle with a linking curvilinear wall within Trowlesworthy Warren. The possible hut Circle is Number 102 062a and the wall is Number 102 062b.

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

(20/05/2002) A sub-circular enclosure and eight hut circles lie on the moderate west-facing slope of Little Trowlesworthy Tor. Two huts lie to the south of the enclosure.
A further feature at SX 5754 6439, recorded as a hut circle by Butler appears to be a small clearance cairn 4.7m north-south by 4.3m overall and a maximum of 0.7m high.

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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