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Trowlesworthy Warren is a prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape located on Dartmoor in Devon, encompassing evidence of settlement and land use spanning multiple periods from the Bronze Age onwards. The site contains the substantial remains of cairns, field systems, and associated structures that reflect the exploitation and organisation of this upland terrain over many centuries. The Bronze Age elements are particularly significant, with burial cairns and settlement features representing important evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns on Dartmoor. The landscape demonstrates the long continuity of human activity and land management practices across the moorland, with features from later periods including medieval and post-medieval modifications to the earlier archaeological remains.
Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020323. View the official record →
Trowlesworthy Warren is a prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape located on Dartmoor in Devon, encompassing evidence of settlement and land use spanning multiple periods from the Bronze Age onwards. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020323.
Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren 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 1020323.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (4.9 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (5.3 km), Boringdon Camp hillfort and associated remains (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren'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.
Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.