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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 →
Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon is a Bronze Age settlement located on moorland in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015428.
Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement 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 1015428.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (6.7 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (6.8 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement'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 circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.