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The enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks located 540 metres south east of Down Tor is a multi-period monument reflecting Bronze Age settlement and subsequent medieval or post-medieval mineral extraction activity. The site comprises stone hut circles, characteristic of Bronze Age domestic occupation on Dartmoor, enclosed within boundary banks or walls that define the settlement area. Overlying or adjacent to this earlier settlement are earthworks associated with tin working, demonstrating the economic importance of mineral extraction in this region during later centuries. The monument preserves evidence of changing land use and exploitation practices across a considerable span of time on the high moorland landscape.
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks, 540m south east of Down Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009088. View the official record →
The enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks located 540 metres south east of Down Tor is a multi-period monument reflecting Bronze Age settlement and subsequent medieval or post-medieval mineral extraction activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009088.
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks, 540m south east of Down Tor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (8.5 km), Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (9.2 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of An enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks, 540m south east of Down Tor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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An enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks, 540m south east of Down Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.