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Summary

Hut Circle '2' probably an annex to Hut Circle '1' on west side of enclosure at 'Glasscombe Corner' (Butler). Small annexe to north of hut circle

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012447: Enclosure with hut circles west of Glasscombe Corner

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SE48
• Old SAM Ref: 10565
• Pastscape: 441913

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Circular enclosure containing three hut circles, one attached to internal western wall. A fourth hut circle is attached to the external wall. Visible on 1948 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 86, Map 56, Figure 56.4 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '2' of circa 2.5 metres diameter on the western perimeter enclosure at 'Glasscombe Corner' is probably an annex to Hut Circle '1'. (Figure 56.4 is orientated in the wrong plane, north is to west and south to the east).

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Hut circles visible on aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UG36 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited in 2017 prior to this project starting; not revisited. Condition assessed as good.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Enclosure shown on modern mapping with one hut circle.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1012447 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

This enclosure lies west of Glasscombe Corner and on the north bank of a tributary of the West Glaze Brook. It consists of a circular enclosure 33.5 metres in diameter, with walls up to 1.5 metres thick and over a metre high, often incorporating large naturally embedded boulders. There are four hut circles, two within the enclosure and one internally and one externally attached to the wall, they are of similar size, 6 metres or 7 metres in diameter and remain up to 0.5 metres high.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441913, SX66SE48 (Website). SDV363416.

Site visited on 13th April 1950. A small enclosure containing the remains of two hut circles. The northerly circle 7.0 metres diameter, the southerly 6.0 metres diameter. Glasscombe Corner; elevation 335 metres on a south-east slope about 200 metres west of West Glaze Brook; the siting of the enclosure seems to have been determined by a huge immovable rock which forms part of the enclosing wall on the west and highest side. There are also other large stones in this part of the wall. The enclosure contains huts, but only three are clearly defined. These have thick walls, all overgrown, and there are no standing stones. The three huts are at the west of the enclosure, which is the highest side
Field Investigation on 27th July 1977. An enclosure, situated on the slope west of the West Galze Brook. It measures 45.0 metres north to south and 38.5 metres east to west overall. The low wall, average height 0.3 metres consists of heather-covered stones except on the south west side where it forms a broken line of large orthostats and some flat boulders. The average thickness is 1.4 metres. There is only one possible hut circle, at SX 66026099, which shows as a level platform with a few encircling stones. The internal diameter is 4.5 metres; its type
cannot be determined. The feature at SX 66016101 does not resemble the remains of a hut though it could possibly be part of a yard attached to the enclosure wall.

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

Hut circle in enclosed settlement.

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

Visited on 22nd April 2021. Hut circle in enclosure MDV5670 west of Glaze Meet. An annexe to hut circle to the south.

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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