Grimspound on Dartmoor is a partially enclosed Late Bronze Age settlement, generally dated to about 1400–700 BC. Massive stone walls enclose 24 roundhouses, and the Dartmoor Exploration Committee excavated the site in 1893–95. The video argues that Grimspound had extensive links with southern European Cyclopean builders and exported tin. Those broader contact and trade claims are the video's interpretation, not established facts about the site.
Grimspound: Dartmoor Late Bronze Age enclosure with massive walls and 24 roundhouses
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- Grimspound is a partially enclosed Late Bronze Age settlement on Dartmoor, generally dated to roughly 1400–700 BC.
- It has massive stone enclosure walls and 24 hut circles, or roundhouses.
- The Dartmoor Exploration Committee excavated the site in 1893–95.
- The site record does not establish that cremation pits contained treasures from distant lands.
- The video argues for extensive contact with southern European Cyclopean builders and for Grimspound exporting tin; these are the presenter's theories, not established site findings.
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Grimspoundlegendarydartmoor.co.uk
As mentioned above, the early excavation identified 24 huts located inside the enclosure wall, 13 of which showed no signs of occupation and ...
Grimspounden.wikipedia.org
In 1893 an archaeological dig was carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, which recorded many details of Grimspound as well as, controversially, ...
Dartmoor Guide: Hamel Downdartmoorwalks.org.uk
Grimspound Enclosed Settlement. OS ... First planned by A. C. Shillibeer in 1829, this site was excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1894-5.
Signpost - Grimspound, Dartmoorprehistoricsociety.org
In 1893 an excavation by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee recorded many details of the site and undertook a controversial reconstruction.
Grimspound, a partially enclosed prehistoric settlement ...historicengland.org.uk
The excavations carried out at Grimspound by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1894, represent the starting point of the first concerted academic attempt
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