Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosed Settlement
Bronze Age settlement of stone-built roundhouses, preserved within defensive walls on open moorland.
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Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosed settlement near Doetor Farm
A rounded enclosure 68 m by 65 m with nine hut circles, on the edge of the Walla Brook tin streamworks below Doe Tor.
Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosed settlement, Beardown Hill
An enclosed settlement of at least seven hut circles in an agglomerated enclosure of at least five parts on a steep east slope of Beardown Hill, which shows it grew over time.
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Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosed settlement, Higher Hartor Tor
An oval enclosure 60 m by 45 m with four hut circles on the lower slope of Higher Hartor Tor, close to the Drizzlecombe stone rows.
Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor
Scheduled Monument: Bronze Age or Iron Age enclosed settlement and field system north of Yar Tor on Dartmoor.
Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosure and hut circle beside the Cowsic
An oval enclosure 30 m by 20 m with one hut circle and a natural knoll, on a terrace just east of the River Cowsic.
Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosure and hut circle on Little Gnats' Head
An enclosure with a stone hut circle 6 m across on the steep west slope of Little Gnats' Head above the Plym, partly buried under deep peat.
Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosure and hut circle settlement near Deadlake Foot
An enclosure 29 m by 24 m with five huts, and a settlement of 21 more hut circles, on a west-facing slope above the Rattle Brook.
Prehistoric Settlements
Enclosure and hut circles south-east of Eastern Tor
An oval enclosure about 130 m by 65 m of earth and boulder banks with at least eight free-standing hut circles up to 10 m across, below Eastern Tor above the Plym.
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