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Summary

Hut circles '10' and '11' (Butler) in settlement at Scad Brook. A three-celled structure in the northern boundary of the enclosure of 10 metres by 12 metres with walls 1.8 metres wide by 0.8 metres high. A sub-rectangular structure on east side of the hut of 9 metres by 11 metres with walls 1.2 metres wide by 0.8 metres high and an entrance to the north-east is possibly another hut circle

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012485: Enclosure with hut circles north of Scad Brook

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 84, Map 56, Figure 56.2 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Depicted by Butler (but not numbered), adjoining the enclosure wall on the northern side of the settlement. Shown as a conjoined group of three structures, one at least probably a pen. Overgrown.

GetMapping PLC, 2015, 2015 Colour Aerial Photography (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV359717.

Visible on the aerial photography, close to the northern boundary of the settlement. Not clear whether there are in fact three huts here; needs confirmation on the ground.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Depicted on the modern mapping as a pair of joined huts, to the northern boundary of the settlement.

Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 13, 7.2.2 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.

Hut circles in settlement between Owley Corner and Glaze Meet on the north side of Scad Brook.

Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites (Report - Survey). SDV364699.

Visited on 20th April 2021, surveyed and photographed. Hut 'L' a three-celled structure in the northern boundary of the enclosure, 10 metres north to south, 12 metres east to west, walls 1.8 metres wide, 0.8 metres high, probable hut circle. Hut 'M' is a sub-rectangular structure on east side of Hut 'L' of 9 metres north-west to south-east, 11 metres north-east to south-west, walls 1.2 metres wide, 0.8 metres high, entrance to north-east, possible hut circle.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough

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