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Hut circles and field systems E of Mel Tor
Devon
East of Mel Tor lie the earthwork remains of Bronze Age settlement and land use, visible as clusters of hut circles and the field systems that surrounded them. These round stone foundations mark where families lived and worked on the moor during the second millennium BC, when the high ground was more extensively farmed than it is today. The site shows how early communities adapted to Dartmoor's moorland landscape.
Walking the site today, you trace the outlines of these ancient homes and the low stone walls that divided the land for cultivation and grazing. The remains are modest but persistent, softened by bracken and grass yet still readable in the terrain. They form part of the wider pattern of Bronze Age settlement that characterizes central Dartmoor, and speak to a period when the moor supported a thriving population.
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