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Enclosure and stone hut circle 535m south-west of Beardown Man is a Bronze Age settlement component located on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor in Devon. The site comprises a stone-built hut circle associated with an enclosure, representing the dispersed settlement pattern characteristic of upland Dartmoor during the Bronze Age period. Such hut circles with adjoining enclosures functioned as domestic and pastoral units, reflecting the agricultural economy of their time. The monument forms part of a wider archaeological landscape of Bronze Age settlement on Conies Down Tor, contributing to understanding of prehistoric land use and habitation patterns in the region.
Enclosure and stone hut circle 535m south-west of Beardown Man forming part of the dispersed settlement on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012546. View the official record →
Enclosure and stone hut circle 535m south-west of Beardown Man is a Bronze Age settlement component located on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012546.
Enclosure and stone hut circle 535m south-west of Beardown Man forming part of the dispersed settlement on the eastern slope of Conies Down 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 1012546.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including An enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, pillow mound and tinworking earthworks 820m WSW of Nun's Cross (9.6 km), An enclosed stone hut circle settlement 940m WSW of Nun's Cross (9.6 km), Pound and hut circles N of Down Tor (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure and stone hut circle 535m south-west of Beardown Man forming part of the dispersed settlement on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor'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 stone hut circle 535m south-west of Beardown Man forming part of the dispersed settlement on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.