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Multi-periodSite Name: The Round Pound Alternative Name: Roundy Poundy; Round Pound; Kes Tor SettlementCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Chagford Nearest Village: Teigncombe
Map Ref: SX66398685
Latitude: 50.665946N Longitude: 3.891933W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Anne T visited on 15th May 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Round Pound Enclosure (part of the Kes Tor Settlement): For our first stop of the day, this was only a very short walk north-eastwards from the car park, and so visible from the single track road, I was left with open-mouthed and couldn’t wait to get over to this monument to take a closer look.
With Sandy knowing this site so well, we had an almost intimate walk-round this impressive part of the Kes Tor settlement. Little did I appreciate, until we walked over the road to the east, that so much more lay in store.
A superb area, and so easy to reach!
jeffrep visited on 21st May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Andy B: would like to visit Visited by Neil Oliver in Episode Four of A History of Ancient Britain, we think this where they were discussing the different usage of different parts of the same building.
AngieLake TheCaptain have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5
So impressively built is this structure that even the local road has been built in a curve around its outside. It consists of a large internal hut circle, of diameter about 12m, with wall thickness and height almost a metre. The paved entrance with its stone sill and steps are still in place at the south.
This hut is encircled by an oval shaped pound, approximately 40 by 30 metres. The walls of this structure are massive, up to 4 metres in width and 2 metres in height, with its entrance made using large slabs to the northwest. Within this pound are the remains of several radial walls connecting between the central hut and the outer wall, with another smaller hut circle the northeast sector.
Outside the pound entrance to the north is a large walled drove or lane, again made using massive slabs. This lane is about 10 metres wide leading away to the west, and slightly smaller leading first north then northeast in the opposite direction.
This site is featured on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks - see their entries for the Round Pound Round House and the Round Pound and Kes Tor Settlements.
The site is also recorded as part of the Kes Tor Settlement: Pastscape Monument No. 443518, as MDV6117 (Roundy Pound, Gidleigh) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1016691.
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