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Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down

England
List entry 1011230
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011230
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
SX 55054 82681
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down is a prehistoric earthwork located in Devon. The monument consists of an enclosed area defined by bank and ditch earthworks characteristic of Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement patterns in the South West. The precise dating and functional interpretation of the site remain subjects for archaeological investigation, though its form is consistent with defensive or domestic enclosures of the later prehistoric period. The earthwork survives as a landscape feature of archaeological significance contributing to understanding of settlement distributions across Dartmoor and its margins.

Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011230. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down?

Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down is a prehistoric earthwork located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011230.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down?

Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down 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 1011230.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle 390m south west of Yellowmeade Farm (8.9 km), Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor (9.9 km), Stone hut circle settlement 900m west of Devil's Bridge (9.9 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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stone hut circle 390m south west of Yellowmeade Farm
8.9 km
Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor
9.9 km
Stone hut circle settlement 900m west of Devil's Bridge
9.9 km
Nine huts, five post-medieval shelters and a field boundary forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10 km
Stone hut circle situated on the north eastern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10 km
Two stone hut circles situated on the southern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10 km
Stone hut circle situated on the south eastern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10 km
Pixies' Cross: a wayside cross and associated earthwork enclosure on Whitchurch Down
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down

Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down

ExeterRoman town · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for Willsworthy, Devon →
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