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Summary

Enclosure 'E' (Butler) in settlement at Willings Walls Warren is an oval enclosure of 43 metres by 35 metres and 0.7 hectares in extent with two internal hut circles

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1009573: Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles south-west of Ditsworthy Clam

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 71SX 56 NE 71
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/53/3
• Pastscape: 438704

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX56NE71 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151920.

(21/06/1977) A settlement of six integrated enclosures, situated at the end of a ridge on a gentle well drained slope at 265m. OD.
Enclosure B. SX 5784 6579. An oval enclosure, with of 43 metres by 35 metres and 0.7 hectares in extent, is also possibly primary and the walling is similar to enclosure (A). The clear interior contains two huts with average internal diameter of 5.5 metres. and walling about 1.1 metres wide. Both are in poor condition; one has a south-east entrance and the other is filled with boulders, possibly; later clearance. The hut is partly overlaid by a supposed cairn, probably clearance, which also spreads across the adjacent wall of the enclosure. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:5000.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Recorded in project.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 115-116, Map 49, Figure 49.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Enclosure 'E' at 'Willings Walls Warren North'. The china clay works leat cuts through this enclosure and one hut circle has been almost demolished and the material piled into a neat cairn against the boundary wall. A second hut against the southern boundary also has a heap of stones on the other side of the boundary. Two smaller buildings of 3.5 and 3.8 metres diameter are attached to the outside of the western wall.

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

(04/04/2002) Centred SX 5792 6580. A settlement consisting of at least seven irregular enclosures containing the remains of 12 hut circles lies at the end of the short ridge between Spanish Lake and Hentor Brook. The enclosures vary in size from 0.1 to 0.8 hectares and are bounded by a variety of walling types as described by the Ordnance Survey in 1977. The hut circles are all terraced into the slope.

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

Enclosure shown on survey.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-19 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(18/11/2019) Condition assessed as good, although vegetation encroachment is threatening feature. Enclosure is clearly visible in landscape but is low in height and seems of poor quality. Scattered patches of bracken growing throughout.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during November 2019 visit.

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

Enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1009573 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This agglomerated enclosure lies on a spur above the south bank of the River Plym, south-west of Ditsworthy Clam. It consists of five conjoined enclosures with hut circles and a later longhouse built in the middle. The Lee Moor China Clay Works Leat cuts through the north-western part and it is not included in the scheduling. The agglomeration covers an area of circa 2.7 hectares, defined by enclosure banks of earth and stone up to 2.0 metres in width and 0.5 metres in height. Within the enclosures there are fourteen huts ranging from 4 metres to 11 metres in diameter with walls up to 2.5 metres in width and 0.6 metres in height. Entrances to the huts vary from the north-west to the south-east. The agglomeration appears to have developed from the largest circular enclosure on the north- east side, with four smaller enclosures having been added to the south and west of it.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
• EDV7380 - Watching brief on the Lee Moor China Clay Leat (Ref: 92.60)

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