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Prehistoric Settlements

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

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Dartmoor quiz

Old books sometimes spell "Black Tor" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?

Blackaton. It appears in 5 of the old books and papers in our research library, so the name has not always been written the way we write it now.

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Hut circle settlement on Dendles Waste
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement on Dendles Waste

An unenclosed settlement of 23 stone hut circles or platforms on a south-facing slope above Broadall Lake, beside the Penn Moor Reave.

Hut circle settlement on Stall Moor
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement on Stall Moor

Part of a settlement of 16 stone hut circles attached to three joined enclosures on the lower slopes of Stall Moor, above the west side of the Erme.

Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement W of Combestone Tor

Hexworthy, Ashburton

Bronze Age dwelling circles scattered across open moorland, their stone foundations still visible after thousands of years.