Hentor Brook hut circle settlement below Hen Tor

Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1015752) describes a partly enclosed hut circle settlement on both sides of the Hentor Brook, on a gentle north-west-facing slope of Hen Tor. The scheduling falls into three separate areas. It lies in the parish of Shaugh Prior, about 1 km south of Shavercombe Tor.

The enclosure lies north of the brook, a sub-rectangular area 55 metres by 40 metres bounded by a rubble bank 2 metres wide and 0.5 metres high with big boulders and the odd upright stone. It holds two huts, and a third is linked to the circuit wall. A length of rubble bank leads north from the enclosure, and east of it is another hut attached to a short curved bank. South of the brook is a cluster of three huts, two of them joined, with three lengths of rubble bank leading away that may be the remains of another enclosure, mostly under peat. The third part is an isolated hut downstream on the south side of the brook.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1015752, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1994), page 122, and Thackray, The Upper Plym Valley (1994), Archaeological Site Inventory.

• Period: Bronze Age
• Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1015752)
• Grid reference: SX 5903 6513 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)