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Five hut circles on the north edge of the Yealm Steps settlement
Grid ref: SX 6205 6371
Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1015431) describes a cluster of five stone hut circles on the northern edge of a large hut circle settlement on a south-facing slope above the valley of the River Yealm. Each is a bank of stone and earth round a circular space 5.5 to 7.4 metres across, averaging 6.88 metres, with walls 0.7 to 1 metre high, averaging 0.84 metres. All five have visible doorways. It lies in the parish of Cornwood.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1015431, which cites Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles (1988), fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard, and Devon County Sites and Monuments Register records SX66SW213, SX66SW252 and SX66SW253.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1015431)
- Grid reference: SX 6205 6371 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Historic England listed designation: Five stone hut circles 320m east of Yealm Steps forming part of a large stone hut circle settlement
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