| Summary : A sub-square enclosure containing the remains of four hut circles. The Bronze Age enclosure and hut circles, recorded by previous authorities, are visible as stony structures on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project.
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| More information : (SX 573646) Enclosed Hut Groups & Hut Circles (NR). (1)
Slight enclosure. Two huts, diameters of 16 feet, on pound wall. (SX 57346456). (2-3)
SX 57366453. An oval enclosure, 35m by 30m., on a gentle, well drained south-west facing slope, 295m. above O.D. The wall, 2.0m. thick, and in poor condition, is constructed of small boulders with some orthostats. There is a negative lynchet along the upper wall and a simple entrance, 1.5m. wide, to the south-east. It contains 3 type 1 huts, average internal diameter 4.0m. walls 1.3m. thick, all in poor condition, two built onto the wall, and the remains of a type 2 hut, internal diameter 5.0m., wall about 1.0m. thick. (Type sites: 1, SX 56 SE 19 2, SX 56 NE 71). 1:10 000 Survey on P.F.D. (4)
SX 5695 6476: Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren. Scheduled. (6)
Depicted and described by Robertson and Butler. (7-8)
Centred SX 57376455. A sub-square enclosure containing the remains of four hut circles lies on the W flank of Lee Moor some 300m W of Little Trowelsworthy Tor.
The enclosure measures 29m N to S by 33m and is bounded by a robbed stony bank around 2.0m wide and up to 0.8m high.
The huts are all relatively small with diameters between 4 and 5m and possessing level interiors. None display identifiable entrances. All have been used as repositories for cleared surface stone.
SX 57376456. The largest hut measuring 5.3m N to S by 5.0m with walls 1.1m wide and 0.6m high.
SX 57356455. 4.4m in internal diameter and walls 1.5m wide and 0.4m high.
SX 57386455. A terraced platform adjacent to the boundary bank 4.2m in diameter.
SX 57366452. Measuring 4.8m N to S by 4.4m internally this hut is bounded by a crude circle of boulders. (9)
The Bronze Age enclosure and hut circles, recorded by previous authorities, are visible as stony structures on Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2019 and 2021 Historic England orthomosaic aerial photography. The site was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project. Two openings in the south wall of the enclosure may be entrances. Of the four hut circles in the interior, two are attached to the northern arc of the enclosure wall. Scheduled monument NHLE 1019084. (10-11)
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