Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles and later farmstead at Whittenknowles Rocks

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History & significance

Whittenknowes Rocks is an agglomerated enclosure with associated hut circles dating to the Bronze Age, located in Devon. The monument comprises multiple prehistoric roundhouse platforms clustered within an enclosed area, representing a settlement pattern typical of the later Bronze Age period on Dartmoor and the surrounding upland regions of Devon. The site was subsequently reoccupied during the later medieval or early post-medieval period, when a farmstead was established within or adjacent to the prehistoric enclosure, indicating the long-term significance of the location as a place of habitation. The survival of both the Bronze Age settlement features and later agricultural structures makes this site valuable for understanding patterns of settlement continuity and reoccupation across different periods of human activity in the Devon landscape.

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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