Scheduled MonumentsEnglandEnclosures and hut circles N of White Tor

Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor

England
List entry 1003184
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003184
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.08 hectares
Grid reference
SX 54326 78862
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosures and hut circles north of White Tor is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises a cluster of circular hut platforms and associated field enclosures typical of upland settlement patterns from the second millennium BCE. The hut circles represent domestic structures where Bronze Age communities maintained pastoral and agricultural livelihoods on the open moorland. The surrounding enclosures, constructed from stone, delineate areas of managed land and evidence the organized landscape use characteristic of this prehistoric period.

Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003184. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor?

Enclosures and hut circles north of White Tor is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003184.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor?

Enclosures and hut circles N of White 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 1003184.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 340m ESE of Norsworthy Bridge (10 km), Middleworth farmstead, 450m south east of Norsworthy Bridge (10.1 km), Round cairn 100m south of Down Tor (10.3 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor

Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor

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