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Hut circles on Heatree Down
Devon
Hut circles on Heatree Down are the eroded stone foundations of domestic buildings dating to the Bronze Age. Several circles are visible on the ground as low rings of stone, the remains of roundhouses that once stood here during the prehistoric period when this part of Dartmoor was more intensively settled and cultivated than today.
The site sits within the wider landscape of ancient Dartmoor, part of a scatter of similar settlements across the moor. Visiting means reading the land itself: the circles are subtle earthworks rather than dramatic structures, requiring patience and an eye for the shallow depressions and stone alignments that speak of long-abandoned lives. The moor here is open and windswept, little changed in its essential character.
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