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This scheduled monument consists of a group of hut circles, the stone foundations of roundhouses built during the Bronze Age. They sit on the open moorland west of Higher Shapley, part of the dense prehistoric landscape that makes Dartmoor exceptional. The circles are marked by low stone rings, often subtle against the rough ground, and speak to a time when the moor supported settled farming communities.
Walking here, you move through country that has held human settlement for over three thousand years. The hut circles are best understood as part of a wider pattern of Bronze Age occupation visible across this part of Dartmoor, where similar remains cluster and scatter among the granite tors. The site is a scheduled monument, protected for its archaeological significance and the story it tells of Bronze Age moorland life.
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