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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Longaford Tor hut circle settlement
Prehistoric Settlements

Longaford Tor hut circle settlement

At least 101 hut circles in a line 1.4 km long on the west slopes of Longaford and Littaford Tors, with fields and enclosures, and a rabbit warren of at least 32 pillow mounds with a warreners' house.

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

Which Dartmoor stone row is this?

Merrivale stone rows. Three Late Neolithic stone rows on Longash Common by Merrivale Bridge: two parallel double rows 182 m and 264 m long and a 42 m single row, with cairns and cists.

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Prehistoric Settlements

Medieval settlement (remains)

Scattered stone foundations and field systems reveal how medieval families carved settlements from Dartmoor's remote uplands.

Medieval settlement near Hartyland
Prehistoric Settlements

Medieval settlement near Hartyland

Remains of a medieval rural settlement on the eastern slopes of Dartmoor, now visible as earthwork features across open moorland.

Medieval Village of Challacombe
Historic Buildings

Medieval Village of Challacombe

Challacombe, Chagford

Haunting stone foundations scattered across windswept moorland, where a medieval farming community once sheltered from Dartmoor's unforgiving climate.