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Summary

A settlement of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date is visible on aerial photographs of 1965 comprising earthwork and stone-built hut circles, oval enclosures and field boundaries, on the south-west facing slopes east of Cholwich Town, Cornwood. The field system and settlement extend to the south-east and have been partly incorporated into the extant medieval field pattern. This site is included in the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Two Bronze Age hut circle settlements and the remains of a longhouse type building east of Cholwich Town Chinda Clay Works

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE110
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439417

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1965, RAF/58/7109, RAF/58/7109 F42 0130-0131 22-NOV-1965 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351186.

Circular and curvilinear earthwork banked and stone-built features are visible.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56SE110 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146017.

(16/04/1979) On a south-west-facing slope within a modern enclosure, centred at SX 59386215, are five hut circles and three short lengths of prehistoric walling possibly the remains of enclosures. The average diameter of the huts is 5.3m. and the average wall thickness is 1.2m. They are mostly in poor condition; three of them are probably Type 2 huts (Type site: SX 56 NE 71); the other two cannot be determined. Three of the huts have recognisable entrances, on the south or south-west. No clearance has been carried out in the vicinity.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on P.F.D.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 175-6, Map 52, Figure 52.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle Settlement 'B' located east of Cholwich Town China Clay Works. The remains are in poor condition and are hard to identify. Several sections of bank were recorded inlcuding a small enclosure near the centre of the field. At least seven hut circles were also recorded.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5961-SX5962 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Circular and curvilinear earthwork banked and stone-built features are identifiable.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5962 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

Circular and curvilinear earthwork banked and stone-built features are visible.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

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.

A settlement of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date is visible on aerial photographs of 1965 extending across circa 600m of the south-west facing slopes east of Cholwich Town, Cornwood.
The north-western end comprises 5 identifiable earthwork and stone-built hut circles, circa 5 to 6m in diameter, and several banks defining probable field boundaries and incomplete enclosures.
Three of the hut circles are set within a slight hollow circa 55m across centred on SX59376215, cut into the south-west facing slope. The north-east edge of the hollow is slightly scalloped in plan, possibly indicative of further hut circle locations.
The curvilinear boundaries remain clearly identifiable as banks and ditches on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 and very dispersed and damaged stone-built features on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2007.
The settlement continues to the south-east as MDV79189.

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

Enclosure, several sections of wall and five hut circles shown on modern mapping.

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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