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

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Hut circle settlement on Dendles Waste
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement on Dendles Waste

An unenclosed settlement of 23 stone hut circles or platforms on a south-facing slope above Broadall Lake, beside the Penn Moor Reave.

Hut circle settlement on Stall Moor
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement on Stall Moor

Part of a settlement of 16 stone hut circles attached to three joined enclosures on the lower slopes of Stall Moor, above the west side of the Erme.

Dartmoor quiz
“Oh, Miss, how can I ever thank 'ee? I bathed my arms same as you told me at bedtime and got right in bed and slept till nine o'clock this morning without moving. Us haven't had such a night for months.”

Who wrote this?

Beatrice Chase. From Through a Dartmoor Window (1915).

Worth a visit
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle settlement W of Combestone Tor

Hexworthy, Ashburton

Bronze Age dwelling circles scattered across open moorland, their stone foundations still visible after thousands of years.