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Enclosure 200 yards west-south-west of Meacombe is a prehistoric earthwork situated in Devon. The monument consists of a roughly circular or polygonal enclosure defined by a ditch and bank, characteristic of Iron Age defensive or territorial earthworks of the southwest. Such enclosures typically date to the later prehistoric period, serving functions ranging from settlement sites to ritual or communal gathering places. The monument remains substantially preserved as an archaeological feature, retaining its principal earthwork elements despite the passage of millennia.
Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002587. View the official record →
Enclosure 200 yards west-south-west of Meacombe is a prehistoric earthwork situated in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002587.
Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe 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 1002587.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut circles on Bonehill Down (8.3 km), Deserted medieval settlement at Blackaton, 340m and 400m north east of Lower Blackaton (8.8 km), Settlement on Smallacombe Rocks (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Enclosure 200yds (180m) WSW of Meacombe stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.