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Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage

England
List entry 1021391
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021391
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.25 hectares
Grid reference
SX 56365 68073, SX 56429 68013, SX 56529 67990, SX 56647 68136, SX 56597 68138, SX 56555 68202, SX 56232 68248, SX 56187 68143, SX 56286 68514, SX 56279 68355, SX 56336 68208
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Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Warren at Sheeps Tor is an Iron Age or Romano-British enclosed settlement located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site consists of an irregular enclosure defined by a stone bank, positioned at approximately 520 metres north of Chubstone Cottage on the moorland plateau. The monument represents a form of upland settlement typical of the later prehistoric and early Roman periods in the South West, though the precise dating and duration of occupation remain matters for further archaeological investigation. Such enclosed settlements on Dartmoor are understood to reflect pastoral and domestic occupation during a period when the moorland landscape was more extensively utilised than in later periods.

Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021391. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage?

Warren at Sheeps Tor is an Iron Age or Romano-British enclosed settlement located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021391.

Who is responsible for protecting Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage?

Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage 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 1021391.

What other scheduled monuments are near Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two cairns with stone rows E of Collard Tor on Wotter Common (6.2 km), Two round barrows on Ridding Down (6.9 km), Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (7.2 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two cairns with stone rows E of Collard Tor on Wotter Common
6.2 km
Two round barrows on Ridding Down
6.9 km
Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate
7.2 km
Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge
7.6 km
A deserted medieval settlement and post medieval farmstead 510m north east of East Rook Gate
7.6 km
Medieval settlement on Ford Waste
7.7 km
Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down
8.2 km
Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage

Warren at Sheeps Tor, 520m north of Chubstone Cottage stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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