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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1019858) describes a circular enclosure on a gentle west-facing slope of Hingston Hill, overlooking Down Tor. It is 47 metres across, bounded by a double-faced rubble wall 2.5 metres wide and 0.8 metres high. The entrance is marked by a slab that runs through the thickness of the wall. The enclosure lies close to a cairn and a stone row, both scheduled separately, and may have been connected with them. It lies in the parish of Walkhampton, about 0.7 km north-east of Combeshead Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1019858, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991), page 166, Worth's Dartmoor (1981 edition), page 212, the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX56NE131, 1985) and the National Archaeological Record (SX56NE30). Sandy Gerrard and Mark Johnstone have added photographs of Down Tor Pound in comments on the Historic England page; I have not used them.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1019858)
- Grid reference: SX 5911 6947 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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