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Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor

England
List entry 1011450
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011450
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.77 hectares
Grid reference
SX 54028 78517
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor is a Bronze Age archaeological site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The settlement comprises multiple stone hut circles, associated field systems and enclosure boundaries that represent a coherent prehistoric settlement pattern. The hut circles and field divisions are characteristic of Bronze Age settlement organization on the moorland, dating to approximately the second millennium BCE. The site demonstrates the agricultural exploitation and domestic arrangements of Bronze Age communities in the upland landscape of south-west England.

Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011450. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor?

Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor is a Bronze Age archaeological site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011450.

Who is responsible for protecting Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor?

Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor 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 1011450.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor (10.1 km), An enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks, 540m south east of Down Tor (10.5 km), Tin mill, tinwork and post-medieval farmstead at Outcombe, 260m east of eastern boundary of Roughtor Plantation (10.7 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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor
10.1 km
An enclosed stone hut circle settlement and later tin working earthworks, 540m south east of Down Tor
10.5 km
Tin mill, tinwork and post-medieval farmstead at Outcombe, 260m east of eastern boundary of Roughtor Plantation
10.7 km
Stone hut circle settlement 250m east of Cuckoo Rock
10.8 km
Cairnfield and enclosure 725m east of Cuckoo Rock
11 km
Two stone hut circles and a length of associated walling 620m south east of Cuckoo Rock, forming an outlying part of a prehistoric settlement
11.2 km
Camp NE of Berra Tor
11.2 km
Two enclosures and a length of the Eylesbarrow watershed reave 800m WSW of Eylesbarrow
11.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor

Stone hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.

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