More information : (SX 65857381) Huccaby Ring (NR). (1)
Huccaby Ring is a hill slope enclosure which may be Iron Age. (2-3)
Huccaby Ring (name confirmed) lies in moorland at 330m OD on
a south east slope, It is near circular 53.0m in diameter and
has been severely robbed. The perimeter is defined by an
intermittent bank 3.5m wide and 0.5m high, of turf covered
rubble (see plan).
This may have been the backing for internal facing slabs of
which four survive, three of them prone and displaced. They are
up to 1.7m across and suggest Huccaby Ring was originally a
strong pound like enclosure. There are several gaps none of
which can be identified as the entrance. There is a levelled
area 4.0m across near the centre of the enclosure which may
represent the site of a hut. Otherwise the interior is
featureless save for a small rock outcrop in the south east.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (4)
Centred SX 65857381. Huccaby Ring lies in heathland on the gentle SE flank of Huccaby Tor. It consists of a turf covered stoney bank measuring 3.5m wide and a maximum of 0.7m high which encloses a slightly ovoid area 48m N to S by 49m. Much of the bank and interior are overgrown by gorse; there are no identifiable internal features. There is no obvious entrance but the ring is bisected by a modern footpath which has caused some erosion on its upslope, N, side.
Huccaby Ring lies within the Dartmeet parallel reave system (locally SX 67 SE 95) but is not physically linked to any of the reaves. Evidence from past RCHME surveys of similar areas (Shovel Down and Riddon Ridge) suggests that such enclosures are earlier in origin than the Middle Bronze Age reave systems in which they are now situated. (5).
Depicted and described by Butler (1991 Map 28). (6). |