Grimspound
Vanished settlement · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 50.613, -3.838
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: archaeological site in Manaton, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK
History
Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It consists of a set of 24 hut circles surrounded by a low stone wall. The name was first recorded by the Reverend Richard Polwhele in 1797; it was probably derived from the Anglo-Saxon god of war, Grim.