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Grimspound is a Bronze Age settlement located on Dartmoor in Devon, situated between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor. The site comprises a partially enclosed settlement with an associated field system, featuring the remains of multiple roundhouses arranged within a defensive or livestock-containing boundary. The monument dates to the mid to late Bronze Age, representing a significant example of domestic occupation and agricultural organisation during the prehistoric period. The site also contains evidence of post-medieval activity in the form of two caches, indicating continued use or interest in the location into more recent centuries.
Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014667. View the official record →
Grimspound is a Bronze Age settlement located on Dartmoor in Devon, situated between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014667.
Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown 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 1014667.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system (9.4 km), Pound at Newbridge (9.6 km), Two cairns at Ausewell Rocks (9.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor'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.
Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.