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Prehistoric Settlements

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

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“The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul, its vastness, and also its grim charm.”

Who wrote this?

Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902).

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Settlement SE of Two Bridges
Prehistoric Settlements

Settlement SE of Two Bridges

Prehistoric settlement remains on the high moor southeast of Two Bridges, marked by scattered stone structures and earthworks.

Settlement W of Holwell Tor
Prehistoric Settlements

Settlement W of Holwell Tor

Bronze Age settlement remains west of Holwell Tor, among Dartmoor's extensive prehistoric archaeology.

Settlements
Prehistoric Settlements

Settlements

Bronze Age monument on Dartmoor.

Prehistoric Settlements

Settlements

Bronze Age and medieval settlements scattered across the open moor.

Prehistoric Settlements

Settlements

Bronze Age settlements scattered across the high moor.

Settlements and enclosures on Cox Tor
Reaves & Field Systems

Settlements and enclosures on Cox Tor

Six scheduled monuments on Cox Tor where prehistoric households lived inside enclosures: hut circles, walled yards and a small field system.

Settlements and hut circles on Raddick Hill
Prehistoric Settlements

Settlements and hut circles on Raddick Hill

Walkhampton, Yelverton

Three enclosed Bronze Age settlements and a pair of huts on the west-facing slope of Raddick Hill above the River Meavy: 26 hut circles in four scheduled monuments.