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Dartmoor Heritage

Dartmoor's archaeology and heritage - antiquities, historic buildings and museums.

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Prehistoric Settlements

Hut Circle SE of Honeybag Tor

Bonehill, Moretonhampstead

Bronze Age foundations set into Dartmoor's granite bedrock, where ancient families sheltered within circles of stone.

Dartmoor quiz
A photograph of a place on Dartmoor; the question asks which
Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

Which Dartmoor stone circle is this?

Fernworthy Stone Circle. A Bronze Age stone circle within the Forest at Fernworthy.

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Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement

Bronze Age settlement of stone hut circles and field boundaries on the northern slope of Long Ridge.

Hut circle settlement at Bishop's Meads
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement at Bishop's Meads

A settlement of up to 11 hut circles in three joined enclosures at Bishop's Meads, with later stock pens thought to belong to a monastic settlement.

Hut circle settlement in the Erme valley
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement in the Erme valley

An unenclosed settlement of up to eight stone hut circles, 7 to 9 m across inside, on the lower western slopes of Quickbeam Hill above the Erme.

A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“Terrible," answered the convict; "I shall never get over my self-reproach — not taking another slice of ham.”

Also on Our DartmoorVixen Tor — A striking granite tor resembling the Sphinx, located near Tavistock and Princetown.