<< Our Photo Pages >> Grimspound - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: GrimspoundCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Postbridge
Map Ref: SX70078090 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.613300N Longitude: 3.837802W
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 |
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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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TheCaptain visited on 6th Dec 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I've not been to Grimspound for many a year now, in fact too long. It really is wonderful, with a multiplicity of circular hut buildings within a huge encircling wall. A lovely place to sit and eat my lunch in one of the huts, with the Challacombe stone rows visible on the hillside the other side of the valley and the Warren House Inn way beyond them. Triffic.
lauraaurora visited on 3rd May 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3
lucasn visited on 24th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
SandyG visited on 3rd Mar 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
lichen visited on 31st Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
jeffrep visited on 20th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
graemefield visited on 27th Aug 1999 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3
graemefield visited on 26th Nov 1998 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2
Ergler TimPrevett h_fenton TheWhiteRider AngieLake hamish NickyD heidavey have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.75 Ambience: 4.63 Access: 3.38
Grimspound is located on a saddle between Hameldown and Hookney Tor, at 450 metres above sea level. 24 stone hut circles have been officially recorded here, although there are probably remains of more within the enclosure which has an area of over 16,000 square metres (four acres). Many of these hut circles feature L-shaped entrance passages.
The site is enclosed by a stone wall, interrupted by a large, paved entrance facing south, uphill towards Hameldown. The wall would have been substantial - in some places its ruins are more than 15 feet (3 m) in thickness. However, the site is of limited value from a defensive point of view, so the assumption is that this was used to keep livestock in, and predators out.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Grimspound".
Update October 2019: This enclosed settlement is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Grimspound Enclosed Settlement and the Grimspound Enclosed Settlement (more information).
The settlement is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 445637 and as MDV8778 (Grimspound enclosed settlement, Manaton) on the Devon & Dartmoor HER.
The site is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1014667 (Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement with field system and two post-medieval caches between Hookney Tor and Hameldown Tor).
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