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Summary

Southern hut circle in prehistoric Enclosure 'B' (Butler) to the east of Addicombe of 10 metres by 8 metres with walls 1 metres wide by 0.9 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017609: Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX65NE29
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NW/9
• Old SAM County Ref: 521
• Old SAM Ref: 10617

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, CPE/UK 1890, 1139-1140 (Aerial Photograph). SDV140289.

Photograph taken on 10th December 1946.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Southern hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Robinson, R., 1984, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1984 (Un-published). SDV343082.

Site visited on 12th June 1984.

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

Kidney-shaped enclosure visible on 1976 aerial photograph containing two hut circles attached to the internal wall, the 1946 aerial photograph shows one hut circle and possibly two others. Two hut circles are close by.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1987, SX65NE29, SX65NE29 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV150511.

The easterly enclosure at SX64955823 is roughly diamond-shaped and appears to be divided into two by a possible wall running approximately between the two hut circles. Faint traces of what may be another hut circle appear in the north corner.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 16-18, Map 53, Figure 53.1 (Monograph). SDV337765.

The interior of Enclosure 'B' is divided by a cross wall beteen a pair of huts and a third free-standing hut of 4.7 metres diameter is found outside the enclosure to the west.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1017609 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe. Roughly oval enclosure, 25 metres by 50 metres. Contains two hut circles attached to the walls.This enclosure lies near the head of the small valley of the Addicombe stream.

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

Addicombe enclosure with few hut circles.

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

Visited on 24th April 2021, surveyed and photographed. Hut circle 'C' on south side of the enclosure of 8 metres north to south by 10 metres east to west with tumbled stone walls 1 metre wide, 0.9 metres high.

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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