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Three agglomerated enclosures, a round cairn and part of the Stannon block field system lying within Great Stannon Newtake

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Three agglomerated enclosures sit within Great Stannon Newtake, likely dating to the Bronze Age when communities were establishing settled patterns across Dartmoor's high ground. A round cairn stands among them, the kind of monument often associated with burial or ritual marking. These structures form part of a wider story of how early people organised their landscape.

The Stannon block field system surrounds and predates the newtake boundary itself. Walking here, you encounter the accumulated evidence of how Dartmoor has been worked and lived on for thousands of years. The enclosures and field walls tell of pastoral activity, settlement, and the enduring human relationship with the moor.

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Photo: Guy Wareham (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

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