Settlement

This archaeological site preserves the traces of Bronze Age occupation on Dartmoor's high moorland. Stone circles, cairns, and the foundations of ancient dwellings tell the story of communities who inhabited this exposed landscape when the climate was warmer and the moor less densely vegetated than today. Walking among these remnants, you can piece together how they organised their settlements and adapted to life on the granite uplands.

The site rewards careful exploration. Look for low stone walls defining domestic spaces, burial cairns, and the subtle earthworks that mark field systems. The windswept setting—unchanged in its essentials for millennia—helps you understand both the challenge and the draw of living here. This is archaeology you can walk through and contemplate, not behind glass or roped off.