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	GRIMSPOUND
		Grimspound is a few hundred yards up on the left, the path being very clear and easy to follow as it is well worn and the more susceptible parts have been paved with granite slabs to protect these areas from erosion caused by the small but steady stream of visitors and moorland hikers.
		Within Grimspound itself can be seen the remains of the many dwellings and storage huts, manifesting themselves as roughly circular structures between nine and fifteen feet in diameter consisting of large granite boulders lying in and on the ground.
		Grimspound must once have been a very busy community, with the farmers rearing their cattle and trading them to the neighbouring communities in exchange for goods they didn't produce themselves, such as flint or bronze tools, and grain.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /andyspatch/grimspound.htm (2177 words)

	Dartmoor's Grimspound Settlement
		This is 'Grimspound', a very evocative name if ever there was one but unfortunately it is only a few hundred years old.
		The person responsible for the naming and baptism of Grimspound was the Rev. Polwhele who was the first person to officially record its name in 1797.
		Grimspound was built in the Bronze Age, the current owners, English Heritage suggest that it was the LBA (Late Bronze Age), Chapman considers it to be of MBA (Middle Bronze Age) origin, several other noted prehistorians simply say it is Bronze Age.
	www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk /grim_pound.htm (1998 words)

	Grimspound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, in an excellent state of preservation, situated on Dartmoor, Devon, in the United Kingdom.
		The name was first recorded by the Reverend Richard Polwhele in 1797 - it was probably derived from the Anglo Saxon god of war, Grim (more commonly known as Woden, or Odin).
		Grimspound is located on a saddle between Hameldown and Hookney Tor, at 450 metres above sea level.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grimspound (232 words)

	Grimspound, Dartmoor
		Grimspound, lying between Hookney and Hameldown Tors,consists of the remains of a Bronze Age village (circa 2500-600BC).
		The hut circles or round houses have an average diameter of just 3.4m and there are the remains of 24 stone huts enclosed within an enclosure wall.
		Some of the huts in the site were excavated in the 1890's by the Dartmoor Excavation Committee and hearth stones, cooking pits, flint scrapers, a flint knife, a fragment of pottery and a polishing stone were amongst the finds.
	www.terste.co.uk /HTM_Files/History/Grimspound-over.htm (186 words)

	A Dartmoor Walk - May 8-9, 2004
		Grimspound is not a monument as such, but rather a Bronze Age settlement for both humans and livestock.
		A 150m diameter ring of stones is all that remains of the boundary wall, which was 9 feet thick and 5 feet high, and encloses 4 acres and the remains of 24 buildings.
		Grimspound is the best preserved of the many prehistoric settlements on Dartmoor, and is well worth a visit.
	www.btinternet.com /~scott.burgess1/dartmoorweb/page2.htm (1229 words)

	Devons Mysterious Sites
		Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement enclosed by a huge stone wall.
		The inhabitants were probably cattle farmers and the hut circles are the remains of their homes and pens for the cattle.
		The name Grimspound is most probably derived from the Anglo Saxon god of war Grim, also a derivation of Odin.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /england/devon/devon6.html (216 words)

	Shapley CP, Grimspound, Mariners Way
		Grimspound evokes a picture of just what Dartmoor was like some 2000 years before in the Bronze Age Period.
		The outline of the wall were once 15 to 20 ft high and the remains of the huts in the pound were once the homes of a tribe of Ancient Britons.
		Leaving Grimspound, we headed up and off east along a clearly defined track which had we followed it would have led us down and off the moor to the hamlet of Heathercombe.
	website.lineone.net /~dpawley/hursgrim/hursgrim.html (2259 words)

	Dartmoor Archive: Grimspound Hut Circle
		This photograph was taken on 25/06/1937 of Grimspound which is probably the best known prehistoric settlement.
		There are 24 small hut circles at Grimspound, which are enclosed by a perimeter wall and have a south facing entrance.
		It is likely that Grimspound was used to keep livestock rather than as dwellings for people.
	piglet.ex.ac.uk /dartmoor/image-overview.php?id=134 (108 words)

	Sandy and Terry’s Excellent Adventure in England - Dartmoor
		But the real historical highlight of Dartmoor, at least for me, was Grimspound, the remains of another village, this one dating from the late bronze age.
		Oddly, about the only difference between Grimspound and the medieval village we visited earlier in the day is that the houses were square in the medieval village while they were round in Grimspound.
		Both were constructed by building a low wall or foundation of stones and topping it with a thatch roof and, in the case of the medieval village, perhaps wattle and daub walls.
	pages.sbcglobal.net /netwits/Adventure/html/england4.htm (949 words)

	Prehistoric.org.uk - Grimspound - Prehistoric Settlement
		You will now see another single track road to the right (there is a parking area just before the turn) - this is the one you need.
		Grimspound is around 1.5 miles down this road.
		Grimspound is probably the most famous settlement of these huts.
	www.prehistoric.org.uk /devon/grimspound.html (446 words)

	Figure of 8 walk from Kings Oven CP
		The track up to Grimspound, one of the biggest of such pounds on Dartmoor, is easy to follow and because of the popularity of the location the track has been given a foundation of large stepping stones as it approaches the pound.
		Leaving Grimspound we followed the track east before swinging more south up a small track to visit a memorial stone.
		As we found out it was erected by the Aircrew Asociation to commemorate the death of 4 airmen who crashed on the spot during the second world war.
	www.plymouthramblers.org.uk /kingcomb/kingcomb.html (1561 words)

	Grimspound Devon
		Of these, the most impressive is the Bronze Age settlement of Grimspound.
		This eerie setting was the model for the prehistoric hut in which Sherlock Holmes spent the night in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
		Grimspound is under the care of English Heritage
	www.britainexpress.com /counties/devon/ancient/grimspound.htm (276 words)

	Grimspound & Hookney Tor \| Fieldnotes by pure joy \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Grimspound & Hookney Tor \| ...
		Grimspound is shockingly not at all signposted from the North (the B3312), or at the nearest place on the minor road that runs past the site (Grid ref - SX697809).
		On a less clear day look for the only place along that road where there is quite a substantial tarmaced lay-by (enough for about 4 cars) on the right hand side of the road, very close to the kink in the road where it crosses the stream that comes does from Grimspound.
		Opposite the lay-by there are 4 stone steps; that's the way towards Grimspound.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /post/10230 (389 words)

	Dartmoor Archive: Plan of Grimspound
		Grimspound is one of the best known prehistoric remains on Dartmoor.
		It was probably built during the Bronze Age (2500 — 800 BC) and is a roughly oval settlement site of about 4 acres.
		Many of the features at Grimspound have been restored.
	pallas.ex.ac.uk /dartmoor/da003083.php (109 words)

	Pictures of Grimspound, Challacombe, Devon, England. Grimspound hotels, accommodation, Photographs, history, maps and ...
		Grimspound lies in a lonely location between Hookney and Hameldown Tors, it is the remains of a Bronze-Age village with stone formations of what accounts for around 24 huts, all enclosed within an enclosure wall.
		At the time relics such as a flint knife, pottery, flint scrappers, hearth stones, cooking pits and a polishing stone were found.
		Grimspound makes an exciting visit, even if ancient sites are not for you, this one is worth visiting for the sheer exhilaration of the moors and the outstanding moor-land views.
	www.picturesofengland.com /England/Devon/Challacombe/Grimspound (693 words)

	Grimspound - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		Grimspound - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		Late Bronze Age settlement featuring the remains of 24 huts within an area of over 6,000 square metres (four acres), enclosed by a massive stone wall, some 9 feet thick.
		Information published here was believed to be correct at the time it was prepared.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum_gfx_en/AM23369.html (210 words)

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		Grimspound Border claim a blood link to the Celtic ancients of Grimspound and the rituals they practice today are those that were then.
		We, the dancers of Grimspound Border; hope you enjoy our dancing but urge you not to press us to reveal some of the
		In this way each member of the group is able to go about their normal modern day business in the usual way, but when they come together as Grimspound Border they are free of that existence and in the costume of their ancestors the power is
	www.grimspound.org.uk /page3.html (217 words)

	Hameldown
		Hameldown lies to the south of the famous Bronze Age four acre settlement of Grimspound.
		One of the twenty four stone hut remains within the Grimspound settlement.
		Looking back over the ring of Grimspound from Hameldown.
	www.richkni.co.uk /dartmoor/hameldown.htm (284 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Grimspound Ancient Village or Settlement
		View of the Grimspound from the nearby Hookney Tor.
		Reconstructed hut circle with entrance angled so that potentially unfriendly entrants would have their shield (normally carried in the left hand) uselessly facing a wall leaving the right flank open to attack.
		Having just visited Grimspound today, and being very impressed with the very identifiable layout of this bronze age village, I found myself looking for more information on the web.
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=1344141065 (1320 words)

	Norwich Early Dance Group - Music
		Norwich born John Playford was a well known music publisher as well as composer, even through the difficult times of the Civil War, when ostensibly secular music was frowned upon.
		His most famous legacy, The English Dancing Master, first published in 1651, was a book of instructions for country dances given with their tunes, which makes their interpretation very much easier...
		Listen to The Healths/Parson's Farewell (John Playford - The Dancing Master, performed by Grimspound).
	www.norwichearlydance.org.uk /music/music.htm (368 words)

	Grimspound & Hookney Tor \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Grimspound & Hookney Tor
		Grimspound and Hookney Tor on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK and Ireland's most popular megalithic community website.
		And the big drystone outer wall reminds me in essence (although not in purpose) of Gaho and Gersale, small villages where I used to work in the very dry and dusty Southern Ethiopian badlands where local feuds have led to circular protective walls being built by the villagers.
		Grimspound features in one of Richard Long's time/space-spanning artworks: "Dartmoor Time".
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/16 (1298 words)

	grimspound
		The compounds near to the entrance would also probably have been for livestock of some kind.
		Although we spent some considerable time here at Grimspound, we only managed to make a beginning at dowsing and recording what we found.
		I have used the three diagrams we made to illustrate what was done, so I'll start with the first one below.
	mysite.verizon.net /ianhon/grimspound.htm (687 words)

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		GRIMSPOUND and the moorland around, on the 'high moor', DARTMOOR, DEVON, SEPTEMBER 2005
		One of the grass paths on the moor on a trek around the Grimspound area
		View to our car in the layby from the path from Grimspound - Grimspound is not signposted - a little bit of a secret spot!
	www.fishpond.demon.co.uk /Grimspound.htm (111 words)

	Stream near Grimspound - Photos of Devon, England
		Devon / Devon photos / Scenic Devon / Stream near Grimspound
		A pretty little stream near Grimspound on Dartmoor.
		Grimspound is well known for the remains of the prehistoric settlement that exist there
	www.devons.info /photos/img21.htm (41 words)

	Postcards: Dartmoor Archives
		Headland Warren Farm is a peaceful retreat way up on Dartmoor.
		Within the boundaries of the property, just across the road from the house is a well known and much visited megolithic village site called Grimspound.
		The house itself is a renovated long barn that includes the home of the owner, Diana, space for a long term tenant in the centre and a disabled friendly area on the end for short stays.
	www.robalsmith.id.au /postcards/archives/devon/dartmoor (619 words)

	Dartmoor's Grim's Grave
		Originally, Spence Bate considered that the Grimspound settlement was built to securely store tin by the Norsemen.
		So here is how the early Viking link came to be associated with Grim's Grave.
		Firstly, let's put the record straight, the place-name element Grim that can be found in Grim's Grave, Grim's Lake, and Grimspound, refers, as the English Place-Name Society suggest:
	www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk /grim_grav.htm (873 words)

	Devon - Grimspound Settlement
		Grim has parallels in Norse and Germanic mythologies in the form of Odin and Woden respectively.
		Could this pound have links with Grim, or does Grimspound simply reflect the savage nature of the moor?
		Like Grimspound, there are no field boundaries associated with it, suggesting that it was an intermittently occupied settlement, possibly associated with the larger pound which is in view down the slope.
	www.bath.ac.uk /~prsrlp/kernunos/england/grimspou.htm (905 words)

	Dartmoor - Dartmoor Photo Perspectives, South-East Dartmoor, Devon
		Almost all have the remains of houses - "hut circles" - within their perimeter walls.
		Arguably the best known is Grimspound, set above a by-road running between Widecombe and Challacombe Cross.
		Built on a col beneath Hameldon and Hookney Tor, it was first surveyed in 1829 by Mr.
	www.dartmoorperspectives.co.uk /dartmoorphotosse.html (5828 words)

	Widdecombe travel tip - Grimspound
		Member opinion: Grimspound, near an unclassified road running north from Widdecombe-in-the-Moor, is the site of a well excavated Bronze Age village.
		If you are the owner of Grimspound, you can add more info about your place including pictures.
		Verified companies will also get a certificate which authenticates the contact details as verified.
	www.globosapiens.net /widdecombe-travel-tip/grimspound-3109.html (116 words)

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