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Hut circle NE of Thornworthy Lodge
Grid ref: SX 6726 8512
On walking routes: Two Moors Way
Main image: Photo: ian shiell, Wikimedia Commons
Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1002650) describes a stone hut circle on the lower southern slopes of Frenchbeer Rock, above the valley of the South Teign River. The inner space is circular, up to 10.5 metres across, and is bounded by walls of partly faced upright stones or rubble up to 1 metre wide and 0.3 metres high.
Other remains close by are not part of the scheduling because they have not been formally assessed. The record is one of the older ones: it began as an old county number record and was updated on 17 November 2015.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1002650, which cites PastScape monument number 904492.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1002650)
- Grid reference: SX 6726 8512 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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Leighon tor. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“It is not an easy place. Walking in from Okehampton direction, for the first hour it's military roads; for the second hour, degraded moor grass and peat cuttings; and for the third hour, the most Molinia-infested, tussock-barren wasteland I have ever experienced on the moor.”
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