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Dispersed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields 490m south east of Silk House
Devon
This scheduled monument preserves the remains of a prehistoric settlement spread across open moorland. Several stone hut circles, the foundations of round dwellings, are visible among the heather and grass, along with associated field boundaries and enclosures. The layout suggests a community that lived and worked here during the Bronze Age, relying on pastoral farming across these upland slopes.
The site sits within the wider pattern of ancient settlement that characterises Dartmoor's interior. Walking here, you move through a landscape shaped by people who chose these heights for their livelihoods thousands of years ago. The stones remain as quiet testimony to their presence, weathered but persistent, part of the moor's deeper story.
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