Grimspound stone enclosure on Dartmoor with polygonal masonry construction. Grimspound is a stone enclosure built around 1800 BC on Dartmoor Features matching stone blocks and monumental houses with cremation pits Cremation pits contained treasures from distant lands
Grimspound on Dartmoor (Late Bronze Age): massive stone walls, circular houses. Evidence includes possible long-distance contact and tin trade — though dating and some interpretations remain debated.
Key facts:
- Grimspound is a stone enclosure on Dartmoor dating to the Late Bronze Age (roughly 1400–700 BC), featuring massive enclosing walls and 24 roundhouses
- Features well-preserved stone hut circles and monumental architecture
- Evidence of possible contact with southern European cultures and tin trade warrants further verification
Key Facts
- Grimspound is a stone enclosure built around 1800 BC on Dartmoor
- Features matching stone blocks and monumental houses with cremation pits
- Cremation pits contained treasures from distant lands
- Evidence of extensive contact with cyclopean wall builders in southern Europe
- Exported precious tin in exchange for fashionable goods
- Located in landscape with very large blocks carefully piled up
Related site: Grimspound — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
Source: Genocide or fraud? erasing cultures from the past - The Bell Beakers Case by One-eyed giant building walls