Hut circle 330m north of Hart Tor

This scheduled monument is one of several stone hut circles scattered across the moorland north of Hart Tor, remnants of a Bronze Age settlement that once housed families on Dartmoor's high ground. The circular foundations, built from rough stone, sit within an unenclosed group, suggesting a community that relied on shared grazing and cooperation rather than defended boundaries.

Today the site offers little more than stone traces in the heather and grass, but it connects walkers to thousands of years of human presence on the moor. Standing here, you sense how people adapted to this exposed landscape, choosing these elevated places where water and pasture allowed settlement. The wider pattern of hut circles across Dartmoor tells a story of Bronze Age communities who shaped the moorland we see today.

Historic England listed designation: Stone hut circle 330m north of Hart Tor forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement