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Summary

Enclosure east of Addicombe measuring 60 metres by 40 metres with walls 0.5 metres high by 1.3 metre wide. Divided by a cross wall and with two internal huts and at least one external hut; aerial sources suggest two.

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

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Enclosure shown on 19th century map.

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

Photograph taken on 10th December 1946.

National Monuments Record, 1976, SX6458, 2/238-239 (Aerial Photograph). SDV150513.

Photograph taken on 22nd April 1976.

Hankin, C. F., 1977-1980, Harford Parish Checklist (Worksheet). SDV149931.

East of Addicombe on west facing slope just south of the spring which supplies the Addicombe stream with water is an enclosure of irregular shape with diameter north to south of 25 metres and east to west diameter of 50 metres. The walls are earth and stone 1 - 2 metres wide and in places 1 metre high, but not complete. The site is covered with bracken in the summer.

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, 18, Map 53, Figure 53.1 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Addicombe enclosures and cairns includes Enclosure 'B' which faces directly down the combe just above the deep tinners' excavation around the head of the brook. Tinners' pits continue across the interior and further disruption has been caused by tracks passing above the workings. The interior 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.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Enclosure shown on modern mapping.

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. 7.2.2 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.

The two enclosures at Addicombe only have a few hut circles and internal divisions perhaps separating domestic and agricultural areas. A fragmentary field system lies close to the enclosures and is probably associated with them.

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

Site visited on 24th April 2021 and surveyed. Enclosure with three hut circles and internal division, Addicombe: 40 metres north to south by 60 metres east to west, tumbled stone walls, 1.3 metres wide, 0.5 metres wide with upright facing stones. On open moorland with 3 paths crossing the site.

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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