Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles and later farmstead at Whittenknowles Rocks

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History & significance

Whittenknowles Rocks is an agglomerated enclosure with associated hut circles and later farmstead remains located in Devon, England. The site comprises Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement features, including multiple circular hut platforms characteristic of prehistoric domestic occupation, alongside evidence of later medieval or post-medieval agricultural use that reflects the palimpsest of land use at this location. The monument demonstrates the sustained settlement pattern across the moorland landscape of Devon, with the transition from prehistoric roundhouse occupation to the establishment of a farmstead indicating continuity of habitation or reuse of a significant territorial location. The site's designation reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of long-term settlement evolution in the Southwest Peninsula.

Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles and later farmstead at Whittenknowles Rocks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010650. View the official record →

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