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The enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, pillow mound and tinworking earthworks 820m WSW of Nun's Cross is a Bronze Age and later settlement complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises multiple archaeological features including a stone-built circular hut, burial cairn, and evidence of medieval or post-medieval agricultural use in the form of pillow mounds, alongside tinworking earthworks that testify to the exploitation of tin deposits in the wider region. The concentration of different monument types indicates sustained human occupation and use of the landscape from prehistory through to the early modern period. The site is nationally significant as a representative example of Dartmoor's complex archaeological heritage and demonstrates the diverse economic activities, including domestic settlement, burial practice, and mineral extraction, that characterised the moorland through successive periods.
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, pillow mound and tinworking earthworks 820m WSW of Nun's Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009093. View the official record →
The enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, pillow mound and tinworking earthworks 820m WSW of Nun's Cross is a Bronze Age and later settlement complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009093.
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, pillow mound and tinworking earthworks 820m WSW of Nun's Cross 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 1009093.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (9.5 km), Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (10.2 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (10.3 km).
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