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Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge

England
List entry 1020010
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020010
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 53369 81675
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Willsworthy Pound is a Bronze Age ceremonial or ritual monument located on Dartmoor in Devon, England. The site consists of a substantial circular earthwork comprising a ditch and bank structure, characteristic of Bronze Age enclosed monuments found across the moor. Its precise ceremonial or domestic function remains debated amongst archaeologists, though such pounds are typically interpreted as either ritual enclosures or stock management facilities serving the Bronze Age communities of the region. The monument survives as a significant example of prehistoric land use on Dartmoor and contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and social organisation in southwest England.

Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020010. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge?

Willsworthy Pound is a Bronze Age ceremonial or ritual monument located on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020010.

Who is responsible for protecting Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge?

Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge 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 1020010.

What other scheduled monuments are near Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone cross SW of church (9.2 km), Cairn and cist 600m north east of Routrundle (9.9 km), Routrundle Pound (10 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Geology
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LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stone cross SW of church
9.2 km
Cairn and cist 600m north east of Routrundle
9.9 km
Routrundle Pound
10 km
A length of the Great Western Reave, a prehistoric settlement, three cairns and two field systems on Walkhampton Common
10 km
Two lengths of reave, two stone hut circles, a round cairn and stone alignment on Walkhampton Common
10.2 km
Two stone hut circles 100m east of Leeden Tor forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
10.4 km
Stone hut circle 130m east of Leeden Tor forming part of a stone hut circle settlement
10.4 km
Stone hut circle 310m north of Hart Tor forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge

Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Willsworthy Pound adjacent to Willsworthy Bridge

ExeterRoman town · ~24.8 miles
Domesday entry for Willsworthy, Devon →
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