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Penn Beacon south-west slope enclosure and two hut circles
Grid ref: SX 5975 6275
Main image: Photo: Derek Harper, Wikimedia Commons
Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1017397) describes an enclosure with hut circles on the south-west slope of Penn Beacon. It is sub-circular, 60 metres by 50 metres, with banks up to 3 metres wide and 1 metre high and traces of upright stone facing. There is a probable entrance to the south, 3 metres wide. Two huts lie inside: one 10 metres across with walls 2 metres thick and up to 1 metre high and an entrance to the south-east, the other 5 metres across with walls 2 metres thick and 0.7 metres high. It lies in the parish of Cornwood, about 1.3 km north-west of Rook Tor and 2.8 km east of Lee Moor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1017397, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX56SE-004, 1990).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1017397)
- Grid reference: SX 5975 6275 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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