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Grimspound

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Iris Fernandez

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Scott Vanderbilt

Last modified Mar 01, 2015 12:03 PM — History

A prehistoric settlement of the late Bronze Age located in the Dartmoor area of south Devon, England. The remains of 24 stone houses survive within a massive boundary wall.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/248025633

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.613326, -3.83738

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Grimspound, Dartmoor, England (2500 BC - 800 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Grimspound (English, modern)

Grimspound makes connections with:

None

Grimspound receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Iris Fernandez, Jeffrey Becker, and Scott Vanderbilt, 'Grimspound: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2015 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/248025633> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/248025633 |title=Places: 248025633 (Grimspound) |author=Fernandez, I. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 9:04 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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