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Ringwork
Grid ref: SX 5096 8478
On walking routes: Devil's Cauldron Trail, Lydford Gorge, The Lichway, West Devon Way
This scheduled monument reveals multiple phases of settlement and defence across centuries. The ringwork and castle earthworks indicate medieval fortification, while the town banks and defences suggest earlier Saxon activity and occupation. The site's complexity shows how Dartmoor's edges have drawn settlement and control at different periods in history.
Today the landscape presents a series of earthworks and banks that reward close observation. The site sits within the moorland fringe where practical settlement met strategic positioning. Walking here offers a sense of how people have shaped and defended this corner of Devon through time.
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