Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement

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Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon is a Bronze Age settlement located on moorland in Devon, England. The site comprises stone-built circular hut structures associated with an enclosure, typical of the domestic and pastoral settlements that characterised upland Bronze Age communities in the Southwest. Such settlements represent evidence of permanent or semi-permanent habitation and land organisation during the later prehistoric period, reflecting patterns of resource exploitation and social organisation in the Bronze Age landscape. The monument's location on high moorland indicates adaptation to an upland environment suited to pastoral activities and demonstrates the wider Bronze Age settlement patterns evident across Dartmoor and the Devon uplands.

Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015428. View the official record →

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