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Unenclosed stone hut settlement with enclosures north of Piles Copse is a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement located in Devon, England. The monument comprises a cluster of stone-built structures arranged with associated field enclosures, representing a form of prehistoric domestic and agricultural organization typical of upland or marginal land exploitation in south-western Britain. The unenclosed nature of the hut settlement, combined with its surrounding enclosures, suggests a community engaged in mixed subsistence practices during the later prehistoric period. The site remains an important archaeological record of settlement patterns and land use in the south-west during the Bronze Age or Iron Age, though precise dating and full archaeological investigation would require detailed survey and excavation evidence.
Unenclosed stone hut settlement with enclosures north of Piles Copse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012765. View the official record →
Unenclosed stone hut settlement with enclosures north of Piles Copse is a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012765.
Unenclosed stone hut settlement with enclosures north of Piles Copse 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 1012765.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (4.6 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (4.7 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Unenclosed stone hut settlement with enclosures north of Piles Copse's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Unenclosed stone hut settlement with enclosures north of Piles Copse stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.