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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1007825) describes a round cairn and a stone hut circle on a narrow natural terrace on a steep west-facing slope overlooking west Devon. The cairn is 16 metres across and up to 0.8 metres high, with a hollow in the middle that suggests partial early excavation or robbing. The hut circle lies 7.5 metres east-north-east of it, a rubble bank 1 metre wide and 0.3 metres high around an inner area 3.2 metres by 2.3 metres. It lies in the parish of LCPs of Bridestowe and Sourton, about 1.1 km north-west of Gren Tor and 1.7 km south-east of Sourton.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1007825, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991), page 151, Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles, and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1007825)
- Grid reference: SX 5444 8887 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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