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Prehistoric Settlements

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

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Hut circle north-east of Hentor Brook
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle north-east of Hentor Brook

A hut circle 5 m across inside with a wall of small stone and earth 1 m thick and a south entrance, close to the north bank of Hentor Brook.

Prehistoric Settlements

Hut Circle SE of Honeybag Tor

Bonehill, Moretonhampstead

Bronze Age foundations set into Dartmoor's granite bedrock, where ancient families sheltered within circles of stone.

Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement

Bronze Age settlement of stone hut circles and field boundaries on the northern slope of Long Ridge.

Hut circle settlement at Bishop's Meads
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement at Bishop's Meads

A settlement of up to 11 hut circles in three joined enclosures at Bishop's Meads, with later stock pens thought to belong to a monastic settlement.