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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dewerstone - Causewayed Enclosure in England in Devon

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 02 July 2011  Page Views: 5925

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dewerstone Alternative Name: Dewerstone Hill Pound; Dewerstone Neolithic Enclosure
Country: England County: Devon Type: Causewayed Enclosure
 Nearest Village: Meavey
Map Ref: SX53876399
Latitude: 50.457492N  Longitude: 4.059992W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Dewerstone submitted by Bladup : Dewerstone rocks proto quoit to the south of the causewayed enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Causewayed Enclosure in Devon

The site is situated on a promontory spur in a bend of the River Plym on the southwest edge of Dartmoor. A low, double wall cuts off the promontory and links a number of rock outcrops. The hill slopes steeply on the other sides of the 3ha site (Mercer 1997, 58). The 1.5m thick walls have a 2.75m gap between then and five possible entrances (Devon Sites & Monuments Record).

The enclosed area contains a number of hut circles (Silvester 1979, 188). Oswald et al. (2001, 86) suggest that the double walls and gaps there in, resemble closely the structure of a causewayed enclosure.

Within the enclosure is another wall that has been assigned to the Bronze Age as it has a hut circle built into it. Situated on the southwest edge of Dartmoor on a romontory with steep drops to the south.

Source: The Early Neolithic Tor Enclosures of Southwest Britain, Simon R. Davies

The University of Birmingham Ph.D Thesis (PDF)

Update September 2019: This Hillfort, Neolithic Enclosure and Enclosed Settlement are featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for:
Dewerstone Fort;
Dewerstone Neolithic Enclosure; and
Dewerstone Hill Enclosed Settlement.

These enclosures are also recorded as:
Pastscape Monument No. 439553 [which describes this site as "A poorly preserved stone-built double walled enclosure, the outer of two enclosures ... Thought to represent the site of a Neolithic hilltop enclosure"] and
Pastscape Monument No. 915508 ["The inner of two enclosures. Fairly well-preserved remains of earth and stone built enclosure of Bronze Age date, with two associated hut circles"].

The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes records for:
MDV2381 (Dewerstone Hill Pound);
MDV2380 (Dewerstone Enclosure or Hillfort); and
MDV63617 (Hut circle in enclosure on Dewerstone Hill).

This site is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1020241 (Prehistoric enclosures on Dewerstone Hill, 500m south east of Dewerstone Cottage).
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Dewerstone
Dewerstone submitted by Bladup : The Dewerstone rocks themselves to the south of the causewayed enclosure with the proto quoit at the top left. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dewerstone submitted by Bladup : Dewerstone rocks proto quoit to the South of the Causewayed enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dewerstone submitted by Bladup : Rock face that's at the South East of Dewerstone causewayed enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dewerstone submitted by Bladup : An outcrop inside Dewerstone causewayed enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dewerstone submitted by Bladup : Part of the bank at Dewerstone causewayed enclosure.

Dewerstone
Dewerstone submitted by Bladup : Dewerstone causewayed enclosure, You can just see the slight bank crossing and cutting off the headland in this picture.

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