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An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
Grid ref: SX 6405 8765
This scheduled monument comprises the footprints of several stone hut circles arranged across unenclosed moorland. The settlement likely dates to the Bronze Age, when communities lived and worked on Dartmoor's high ground, herding livestock and clearing land for cultivation. The stone foundations, now low walls and rings visible in the turf, show where circular dwellings once stood.
Today the site sits quietly on the open moor, part of the broader pattern of prehistoric settlement that marks Dartmoor's ancient past. Walking through, you can trace the layout of the community and sense how the landscape has changed little since these homes were abandoned thousands of years ago. It is a Scheduled Monument, protected for its archaeological importance.
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