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| HER Number: | MDV13076 |
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| Name: | Enclosure east of Addicombe, Harford |
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Summary
Small Enclosure 'C' (Butler) visible on the aerial photographs with two small hut circles on the southern boundary
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 649 584 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Harford |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX65NW59
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1572301
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NW/141
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NW/9/2
- Old SAM County Ref: 521
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1139-40 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Sub-rectangular enclosure visible on air photos visible at SX64935837 on a south-western slope. It measures circa 28m by 23m and appears to be bisected by a later track. There appears to be a second enclosure some 80m the south-west of the sub-rectangular enclosure. This is also sub-rectangular, measuring some 25m by 19m.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Enclosure and hut circles visible on aerial photograph.
Hankin, C. F., 1977-1980, Harford Parish Checklist (Worksheet). SDV149931.
Site visited on 25th May 1980. East of Addicombe: 15 metres north-east of the enclosure at SX6496 5843 and on higher ground. The outline of an enclosure whose walls have become almost levelled out and show as a low stone and earth ridge. Diameter east-west measures 14 metres; north-south 26 metres. The site is concealed by bracken in summer. Altitude 274 metres (900 foot contour).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Possible enclosure which appears very faintly on the Royal Air Force aerial photographs. Close to another possible enclosure (MDV13075). Area of enclosure is less than 0.1 hectares. Visible on 1946 aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 16-18, Map 53, Figire 53.1 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Enclosure 'C' to the north-east of Addicombe is damaged and overgrown but contains two small hut circles.
GetMapping PLC, 2015, 2015 Colour Aerial Photography (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV359717.
Earthern bank outline of this enclosure can be traced on the aerial photographs.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV149931 | Worksheet: Hankin, C. F.. 1977-1980. Harford Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. Digital. |
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1139-40. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 16-18, Map 53, Figire 53.1. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #125590 ] |
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| SDV359717 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping PLC. 2015. 2015 Colour Aerial Photography (12.5cm resolution). 2015 Aerial Photograph. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV128272 | Parent of: Eastern hut circle in prehistoric enclosure to the north-east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV128271 | Parent of: Western hut circle in prehistoric enclosure to the north-east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV128274 | Related to: Eastern hut circle within prehistoric enclosure north-east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV3117 | Related to: Enclosure and hut circles east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV128193 | Related to: Northern hut circle in prehistoric enclosure east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV128267 | Related to: Northern hut circle in prehistoric enclosure east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV128275 | Related to: Possible cairn 50 metres to the north-east of two prehistoric enclosures, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV13093 | Related to: Possible cairn situated 300 metres north of Addicombe Ruins, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV26421 | Related to: Possible hut circle east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV2839 | Related to: Prehistoric enclosure east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV13075 | Related to: Prehistoric enclosure with hut circles north-east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV25320 | Related to: Prehistoric settlement to north-east of East Combeshead farm, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV128194 | Related to: Southern hut circle in prehistoric enclosure east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV128268 | Related to: Southern hut circle in prehistoric enclosure east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV128273 | Related to: Western hut circle within prehistoric enclosure north-east of Addicombe, Harford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 30 2021 1:33PM |
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