Hut circles W of Wigford Down China Clay Works

These hut circles represent the domestic remains of a Bronze Age settlement on Dartmoor's high moorland. The circular foundations are the product of prehistoric building practices, when families lived in roundhouses constructed from local stone and timber. The site sits within the working landscape of the china clay industry, a reminder of how Dartmoor's archaeology exists alongside its industrial heritage.

Today the hut circles are visible as low stone rings and depressions in the heather and grass. They form part of the dense network of prehistoric settlement evidence scattered across central Dartmoor. Walking here, you move between two distinct periods of moorland use, each shaped by the resources the landscape offered and the needs of those who worked it.