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This scheduled monument consists of a stone-built hut circle and an associated enclosure, positioned on the open moorland south of Cox Tor. The remains date to the Bronze Age, when Dartmoor's higher ground supported scattered pastoral communities. The hut circle represents the domestic core of a small settlement, while the enclosure likely served to contain livestock or define the working area around the dwelling.
Today the site is marked by low stone foundations and grass-grown earthworks, visible to those who know where to look. Like many Bronze Age monuments on Dartmoor, it sits within a broader landscape of similar sites and field systems, testament to a period when the moor supported a denser population than the open, wild terrain most visitors know today.
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