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Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake, is a prehistoric monument located in Devon. The site comprises an earthwork enclosure of uncertain chronological attribution, though such monuments in this landscape context are frequently associated with Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement activity. The enclosure's physical form survives as an earthwork feature on Cator Common, representing evidence of past land use and territorial organisation in this region of Devon. The monument's historical significance lies in its contribution to understanding prehistoric patterns of habitation and land management on Dartmoor and the surrounding moorland environment.
Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021427. View the official record →
Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake, is a prehistoric monument located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021427.
Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake 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 1021427.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn on Holne Ridge 860m north west of Hapstead Ford and 1180m north east of Ryder's Hill (7.6 km), Ringleshutes tinwork (7.8 km), Four cairns on Holne Lee 1140m north west of Greatcombe (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake'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 on Cator Common, 400m ESE of Riddon Brake stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.