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This Bronze Age settlement, located on the moorland south-west of Devil's Bridge, consists of the remains of stone hut circles arranged within an enclosure. The site represents one of many such prehistoric communities that occupied Dartmoor when the climate and landscape supported more extensive settlement than today. The huts would have been the homes of farming families who herded livestock and cultivated the higher ground.
Visiting today, you will find low stone walls and circular foundations scattered across the rough moorland, part of the larger pattern of prehistoric settlement visible across Dartmoor. The site sits within the open landscape that has changed little in its essential character since these people lived here thousands of years ago. It is a scheduled monument, reflecting its importance to our understanding of Bronze Age life on the moor.
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