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Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor

England
List entry 1011497
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011497
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SX 52853 75986
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor is a prehistoric settlement site located on the moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises an enclosed area defined by a substantial bank and ditch, characteristic of Iron Age or Romano-British defensive settlement architecture on the Southwest Peninsula. The site's elevated position on Cox Tor would have provided both defensive advantage and visibility across the surrounding moorland landscape. The enclosed settlement represents an important record of prehistoric occupation and land management practices in the Dartmoor region during the first millennium BC and potentially into the Roman period.

Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011497. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor?

Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor is a prehistoric settlement site located on the moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011497.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor?

Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox 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 1011497.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage (10.2 km), Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage (10.3 km), One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down (10.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage
10.2 km
Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage
10.3 km
One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down
10.3 km
One of a group of three cairns on Ringmoor Down
10.3 km
Cairn north-east of Brisworthy Plantation
10.4 km
Part of Eylesbarrow Reave
10.5 km
Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation
10.6 km
Enclosure north-east of Brisworthy Plantation
10.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor

Enclosed settlement 280m south-west of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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