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Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains is a Bronze Age settlement located on the elevated moorland of south Devon. The monument comprises the remains of a substantial enclosed settlement with associated circular structures typical of later prehistoric domestic occupation, dating to the second millennium BCE. The hut circles represent the foundation rings of roundhouses, whilst the enclosure defines the boundary of this nucleated settlement pattern. Such upland settlements are characteristic of Bronze Age land use in south-western England and provide evidence of pastoral and agricultural exploitation of the moor during the later prehistoric period.
Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004573. View the official record →
Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains is a Bronze Age settlement located on the elevated moorland of south Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004573.
Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains 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 1004573.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill (6.7 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (6.9 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains'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 and hut circles on Erme Plains stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.