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Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles, enclosures, pounds and reaves - where prehistoric Dartmoor lived and farmed.

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Gutter Tor enclosure and three hut circles
Prehistoric Settlements

Gutter Tor enclosure and three hut circles

A sub-rectangular enclosure 80 m by 50 m with three hut circles, 5 to 10 m across, faced both sides with slabs, just south of the Gutter Tor outcrops.

Prehistoric Settlements

Gutter Tor south-west hut circle settlement

Six hut circles, 7.5 to 10.5 m across, terraced into a south-facing slope 500 m south-west of Gutter Tor, with south-facing entrances, one with its jambs.

Harford Moor hut circle settlement
Prehistoric Settlements

Harford Moor hut circle settlement

An unenclosed settlement of eight stone hut circles, 6.2 to 7.5 m across, with an oval enclosure and boundary banks, on the western slopes of Harford Moor.

Hentor Brook hut circle settlement below Hen Tor
Prehistoric Settlements

Hentor Brook hut circle settlement below Hen Tor

A partly enclosed settlement on both sides of the Hentor Brook: an enclosure 55 m by 40 m with three huts, then four more huts, and an isolated hut downstream, below Hen Tor.

Higher Tor enclosure with six hut circles
Prehistoric Settlements

Higher Tor enclosure with six hut circles

An agglomerated enclosure of two parts with six hut circles and a later shepherd's shelter on the south-east slope of Higher Tor above the Taw.

A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“A vast, sweet, diamond-twinkling freshness filled the Moor; blue shadows lay in the dewy coombs, and sun-fires gleamed along the heather ridges.”

Also on Our DartmoorPlatform cairn near Fordsland Ledge — A platform cairn 13.9 m across and 1.1 m high near Fordsland Ledge, with a stone-lined pit in the middle and a partly buried kerb.