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Prehistoric enclosures near Dewerstone Cottage
Grid ref: SX 5386 6398
On walking routes: West Devon Way
These enclosures on Dewerstone Hill are the remains of prehistoric settlement, likely dating to the Iron Age. The earthworks survive as low banks and ditches defining small enclosed areas, traces of the communities who lived and worked on this part of Dartmoor centuries ago. They sit within the wider landscape of prehistoric activity that characterizes the high moor.
The site lies southeast of Dewerstone Cottage, in country that rewards careful walking. The enclosures are modest in scale and best understood as part of the broader pattern of moorland settlement, where people adapted to Dartmoor's exposed terrain and climate. Their presence here speaks to how the moor has been inhabited and shaped since ancient times.
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