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Routrundle Pound

England
List entry 1002494
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002494
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.26 hectares
Grid reference
SX 55381 71851
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Routrundle Pound is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Devon, England. The monument consists of a roughly circular or oval earthwork defined by a bank and ditch, characteristic of Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement patterns in the region. Such pounds served as livestock enclosures or defended settlements during the later prehistoric period. The site remains an important example of Devon's ancient field systems and settlement archaeology.

Routrundle Pound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002494. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Routrundle Pound?

Routrundle Pound is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002494.

Who is responsible for protecting Routrundle Pound?

Routrundle Pound 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 1002494.

What other scheduled monuments are near Routrundle Pound?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Beatland Corner socket stone: a wayside cross 900m south east of Shaugh Prior church (9.5 km), Two cairns with stone rows E of Collard Tor on Wotter Common (9.9 km), One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon (10.5 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
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Beatland Corner socket stone: a wayside cross 900m south east of Shaugh Prior church
9.5 km
Two cairns with stone rows E of Collard Tor on Wotter Common
9.9 km
One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
10.5 km
One of several cairns on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon
10.6 km
Animal pound at The Pound, 620m south of Roborough House
10.7 km
The northern of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
11.2 km
One of several stone hut circles near enclosures north of Ford Waste
11.2 km
The middle one of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
11.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Routrundle Pound

Routrundle Pound stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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