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Powder Mills is a prehistoric settlement site in Devon comprising a partially enclosed stone hut circle and a round cairn. The hut circle represents domestic occupation dating to the Bronze Age, whilst the cairn constitutes a burial mound of similar antiquity. The site demonstrates the sustained use of this moorland location across the prehistoric period, with both funerary and residential elements co-existing within the same archaeological landscape. The partial stone enclosure surrounding the hut circle suggests a degree of structured occupation and settlement planning characteristic of Bronze Age communities in southwest England.
Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016635. View the official record →
Powder Mills is a prehistoric settlement site in Devon comprising a partially enclosed stone hut circle and a round cairn. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016635.
Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn 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 1016635.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine (9.7 km), Two cairns and a cist on the western slope of Great Gnats' Head (10 km), Part of Eylesbarrow watershed reave (10 km).
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Gunpowder factory at Powder Mills, a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement and round cairn stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.