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Pounds and hut circles north of Saddlesborough is a Bronze Age settlement site located in Devon, England. The monument comprises a collection of ancient enclosures and domestic structures characteristic of prehistoric upland settlement patterns. The hut circles represent the remains of Iron Age or Bronze Age roundhouses, whilst the pounds likely functioned as livestock enclosures serving the settlement community. Such sites provide valuable evidence of subsistence practices and settlement organisation during the later prehistoric period in south-western England.
Pounds and hut circles N of Saddlesborough is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002517. View the official record →
Pounds and hut circles north of Saddlesborough is a Bronze Age settlement site located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002517.
Pounds and hut circles N of Saddlesborough 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 1002517.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Plympton Priory (7.6 km), Lee Moor Tramway Bridge (7.6 km), Plympton Castle (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pounds and hut circles N of Saddlesborough'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.
Pounds and hut circles N of Saddlesborough stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.