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Photo Pages: Grimspound - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Submitted by h_fenton on Wednesday, 24 December 2008 Page Views: 5432
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 Site Name: Grimspound Country: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Map Ref: SX701809 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.613307N Longitude: 3.837378W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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 | | 0 | no data |
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   Grimspound submitted by h_fenton
The best known and most easily accessible ancient settlement on Dartmoor. Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, in an excellent state of preservation. The name was first recorded by the Reverend Richard Polwhele in 1797 - it was probably derived from the Anglo Saxon god of war, Grim (more commonly known as Woden, or Odin).
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".
Note: More amazing aerial photos from Hamish Fenton's kite, visit his page for the rest
 Grimspound submitted by h_fenton
Grimspound, Dartmoor. Low Level Vertical Kite Aerial photograph of a roundhouse. The scale is aligned red to magnetic north. The scale is 2 metres long
Photo taken: 8 August 2008
 Grimspound submitted by h_fenton
Grimspound.
Original entrance on the south eastern side. Low level vertical kite aerial photograph. The scale is 1 metre long.
Photo taken: 8 August 2008
 Grimspound submitted by h_fenton
Grimspound, Double roundhouse, Low level vertical kite aerial photograph. the left scale is 2 metres long, the right 1 metre, both scales are aligned red to magnetic north.
Photo taken: 8 August 2008
 Grimspound submitted by AngieLake
Grimspound settlement, centre, as viewed from a rock pile not far below Hameldown Tor's summit.
(North end of Hamel Down ridge.)
 Grimspound submitted by AngieLake
Looking (approx towards NW) down on Grimspound from just below the summit of Hameldown Tor.
 Grimspound submitted by TheWhiteRider
The original gateway from the inside.
 Grimspound submitted by TheWhiteRider
Inside the best preserved hut circle looking towards the doorway.
 Grimspound submitted by TheWhiteRider
A view of the tumbled outer wall.
 Grimspound submitted by TheWhiteRider
The most impressive of the hut circles. Simply amazing to think of the age of this site considering the fantastic preservation.
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Re: Grimspound (Score: 1)
by pippagill on Saturday, 27 August 2005
(User Info | Send a Message) | Having just visited Grimspound today, and being very impressed with the very identifiable layout of this bronze age village, I found myself looking for more information on the web. I would direct people to the attached website where I read quite a bit about how it would have looked some 3,000 years ago - interesting reading.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk/andyspatch/grimspound.htm
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Re: Grimspound surprise (Score: 1)
by benson on Wednesday, 17 August 2005
(User Info | Send a Message) | I literally stumbled across this structure yesterday whilst taking a walk up the nearby tor. I first viewed it from the top of the hill and was quite taken aback, not least because I hadn't expected to see it! Added to the surprise was that there wasn't another soul about, despite it being a beautiful sunny day during the school holidays. As I descended towards the huge stone structure, which I estimated at 100m in diameter, I began to formulate ideas as to its purpose. I assumed the causeway linking the tor and the enclosure was a relatively recent addition to protect the hillside but I couldn't help wonder if there was an ancient link. I was thinking some sort of worship place at this point. The walls of the structure were extremely impressive, being constructed of quite massive stones most requiring many men to lift them yet there were hundreds producing the enclosure. Within, I was again surprised to find that the numerous piles of stones actually made up smaller enclosures, perhaps 3m wide. Most seemed far too small to be actual dwellings, yet one in particular had a most definate serpentine entrance to it. To the south lay a definate entrance to the entire site which, like the previously mentioned 'dwelling' seem rather too perfect - a modern addition/reconstruction, I assumed. In order to get a good picture of the entire site, I walked a little further up the opposite hill, only to find other almost hidden structures in the turf. These made definate and very straight lines, apparently unconnected with the main site. My final impression was a site, probably bronze age almost certainly a dwelling or fortification of some nature but with possible religious undertones.
Overall, I found my 'discovery' a breath of fresh air in the age of overcommersialised and over-informed sites. It was fabulous being able to formulate my own conclusions from what I could see in the brief time I had (the flying ants were terrible) Of couse, since checking up my find on the net, I found a wealth of information on it, but had I had this prior to yesterday, my experience would have been less intense.
I would recommend anyone to visit this site, but maybe try it without reading up about it first. Difficult if you're on this website, I expect!! | [ Reply to This ]
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Grimspound (Score: 1)
by ernar on Wednesday, 12 October 2005
(User Info | Send a Message) | Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, in an excellent state of preservation, situated on Dartmoor, Devon, in the United Kingdom. The name was first recorded by the Reverend Richard Polwhele in 1797 - it was probably derived from the Anglo Saxon god of war, Grim (more commonly known as Woden, or Odin).
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". | [ Reply to This ]
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