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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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A Dartmoor fact about Avon Dam Reservoir

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The Avon Dam Reservoir was built between 1954 and 1957, soon after the national park was designated, to supply the towns of the South Hams.

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Hut circle settlement near Swincombe
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement near Swincombe

An unenclosed settlement of up to 21 hut circles, from 2.8 to 7.5 m across, below the end of the Dartmeet coaxial field system, above the Swincombe.

Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement near Wedlake

A hut circle settlement of about 50 huts on the lower north-west slopes of Roos Tor, ten of them inside later enclosed fields and 42 on the open moor.

Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement near White Hill

Five stone hut circles and a length of boundary wall at the foot of a long slope down from Hare Tor, north-east of White Hill, above the Walla Brook.

Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement near White Tor

Bronze Age settlement of stone hut circles with associated fields and enclosures on the open moor south-west of White Tor.