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Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor

England
List entry 1007975
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007975
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.59 hectares
Grid reference
SX 53660 78532
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor is a Bronze Age settlement located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises multiple stone-built round houses arranged within an enclosure, representing a typical form of domestic occupation characteristic of the second millennium BC. Such settlements are significant for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and land use on the moorland landscape. The stone construction and enclosed layout reflect both practical considerations for stock management and social organisation during this period.

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007975. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor?

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor is a Bronze Age settlement located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007975.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor?

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White 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 1007975.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Middleworth farmstead, 450m south east of Norsworthy Bridge (10 km), Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor (10.2 km), The Remains of Longstone Manor House, Wind Strew and associated features (10.3 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Middleworth farmstead, 450m south east of Norsworthy Bridge
10 km
Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor
10.2 km
The Remains of Longstone Manor House, Wind Strew and associated features
10.3 km
Stone hut circle 240m south of Down Tor
10.3 km
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks, 540m south east of Down Tor
10.6 km
Tin mill, tinwork and post-medieval farmstead at Outcombe, 260m east of eastern boundary of Roughtor Plantation
10.8 km
Stone hut circle settlement 250m east of Cuckoo Rock
11 km
Camp NE of Berra Tor
11 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White 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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