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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1017987) describes an agglomerated enclosure holding six hut circles and a post-medieval shelter on a south-east-facing slope of Higher Tor, above the valley of the River Taw. The enclosure is two enclosed areas, each bounded by rubble bank and upright-stone walling. The western is the older, with a clear entrance, three free-standing huts and two others butted by the wall. The eastern is smaller, and its wall butts the sixth hut. The huts are banks round circular spaces of 7 to 12.56 square metres, averaging 9.69, with walls 0.3 to 0.5 metres high, averaging 0.42. One has a visible doorway, and all are of single upright-stone or rubble bank construction. It lies in the parish of Belstone, about 0.4 km south of Belstone Tor and 2 km south of Belstone.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1017987, which cites fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard (1997).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1017987)
- Grid reference: SX 6151 9169 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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