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Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall

England

List entry 1020553

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1020553

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.38 hectares

Grid reference

SX 79353 62982

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood is an ancient monument consisting of a substantial earthwork defence surrounding a hilltop location northwest of Dartington Hall in Devon. The site comprises a bank and ditch system characteristic of Iron Age hillfort construction, representing a significant example of prehistoric settlement fortification in the South West. The enclosure demonstrates the strategic importance of elevated positions in the landscape during the Iron Age period, when such hillforts served defensive and possibly communal functions for local populations. The surviving earthworks, though modified by subsequent woodland management and agricultural use, retain sufficient archaeological integrity to indicate the scale and sophistication of the original Iron Age engineering.

Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020553. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall?

Who is responsible for protecting Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall?

Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall 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 1020553.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Totnes Castle (2.5 km), Totnes Priory (2.7 km), Leechwell holy well, 350m south west of St Mary's Church (2.9 km).

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Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

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

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Leechwell holy well, 350m south west of St Mary's Church

2.9 km

Immersion bath associated with Leechwell holy well, 40m north east of Leechwell Cottage

2.9 km

Medieval chapel of the Holy Ghost and St Katherine at Warland, 250m south west of Totnes Bridge

3 km

Medieval churchyard cross, 6m south east of the porch of St Andrew's Church

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall

Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall stands on Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Hilltop enclosure and woodbanks in Chacegrove Wood, 540m north west of Dartington Hall

ExeterRoman town · ~20 miles

Domesday entry for Dartington, Devon →

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