Statts House

Statts House is a fragmentary reminder of medieval life on Dartmoor's high ground. The ruins are those of a longhouse, a simple but ingenious structure where people and animals shared shelter under one roof, divided by thick stone walls. What remains today are collapsed field boundaries and foundation stones half-buried in the moorland turf.

The site sits in that particular Dartmoor landscape of open moorland, scattered granite outcrops, and wind-bent grass, the kind of place that demands respect for those who chose to live here. Visiting requires patience: the ruins are minimal, and their story demands imagination. But that's precisely what makes them worth seeking out.