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

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Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles near Legis Tor

One of three stone hut circles south-east of Legis Tor, 8 m across with walls 1 m thick, facing north towards the River Plym.

Hut circles near River Avon
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles near River Avon

Bronze Age settlement remains on Dean Moor, including hut circles and field enclosures beside the River Avon.

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A Dartmoor fact about Brentor Church (St Michael de Rupe)

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The church describes itself as the fourth smallest parish church in the UK and, it believes, the highest working church in southern England.

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Hut circles near Saddle Tor
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles near Saddle Tor

Two stone hut circles, each 7.7 m across inside and about 5 m apart, on the eastern slopes of Saddle Tor within the Rippon Tor coaxial field system.

Hut circles near Southway
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles near Southway

Two stone hut circles up to 8.5 m across inside, with walls up to 2.5 m wide, on the western slopes of Top Tor above the East Webburn.

Hut circles on Bonehill Down
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles on Bonehill Down

Two stone hut circles on opposite sides of the ridge between Honeybag Tor and Chinkwell Tor, 6 and 7 m across inside, within a coaxial field system.

Hut circles on Cox Tor
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles on Cox Tor

Twenty-three stone hut circles in six scheduled monuments on Cox Tor, most in a large unenclosed settlement on the north-east slope above Colly Brook.

Hut circles on Hart Tor
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles on Hart Tor

Walkhampton, Yelverton

A large unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlement on the west-facing slope below Hart Tor, between Devil's Bridge and the tor, above the River Meavy.

Hut circles on Heatree Down
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circles on Heatree Down

A partly enclosed hut settlement on Heatree Down: a round enclosure 58 m across with seven huts, and huts outside it, partly dug in 1968.