Overview
Moat and hut circle at Glen Parva is recorded as a Scheduled monument in Blaby. The official title identifies hut circle at this exact place.
Who made it and when
Historic England records Moat and hut circle at Glen Parva as a Scheduled monument. The saved title does not give a secure date or name every maker or resident, so neither is invented.
How it was made and used
The safest reading of the official title is a place of living, farming or work recorded in the protected landscape. The saved record does not name every person who made, used or changed it, so those names are left open.
What was found
The official record fixes the place and calls it Scheduled monument. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
What remains
The official record fixes the place and calls it Scheduled monument. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
Moat and hut circle at Glen Parva matters because the national list fixes hut circle in this exact local landscape. Its protected record preserves evidence of how people lived, worked, crossed, made things or shaped the land without borrowing a story from another place.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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