Prehistoric Settlements
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Prehistoric Settlements
Settlement
Bronze Age settlement remains scattered across the open moorland.
Prehistoric Settlements
Settlement on Smallacombe Rocks
Prehistoric settlement traces on Smallacombe Rocks, a scheduled monument on the high moor.
Prehistoric Settlements
Settlement remains around Trowlesworthy Warren House
Five scheduled monuments east of Trowlesworthy Warren House: two hut circle settlements, an enclosure, a cairn with a cist and a V-shaped gully.
Prehistoric Settlements
Settlement SE of Two Bridges
Prehistoric settlement remains on the high moor southeast of Two Bridges, marked by scattered stone structures and earthworks.
Prehistoric Settlements
Settlement W of Holwell Tor
Bronze Age settlement remains west of Holwell Tor, among Dartmoor's extensive prehistoric archaeology.
Prehistoric Settlements
Settlements
Bronze Age and medieval settlements scattered across the open moor.
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Plate from Dartmoor Illustrated, page 154, 1900“Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked loudly from a tor behind us.”
Also on Our DartmoorMaiden Hill — A flat, featureless hill with boggy depressions and cotton grass, near the Merrivale firing range.
