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Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom is a Bronze Age settlement located in Devon, England. The monument comprises the remains of residential structures and associated enclosed areas dating to the Bronze Age period, evidenced by the preserved archaeological features visible on the ground. The hut circles represent domestic occupation whilst the enclosures suggest organised use of the landscape for both habitation and pastoral management. This site contributes to understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and lifeways in the Southwest Peninsula during the second millennium BC.
Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004557. View the official record →
Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom is a Bronze Age settlement located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004557.
Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom 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 1004557.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake (5.1 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5.2 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom'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.
Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.