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Stone hut circle 570m ENE of Merrivale Bridge, forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement
Devon
This scheduled monument is a stone hut circle forming part of a Bronze Age settlement on Dartmoor. The site lies in open moorland northeast of Merrivale Bridge, where several structures cluster together in a partially enclosed layout typical of prehistoric domestic occupation. The hut circles themselves are the remains of roundhouses, their stone walls worn and grass-covered after thousands of years.
Walking across this part of Dartmoor, you will find the characteristic low stone rings and rubble that mark where ancient homes once stood. The settlement pattern tells of a community living on the high moor during a period when Dartmoor was more densely populated than it is today. These monuments sit within a wider landscape of Bronze Age remains: cairns, field systems and ritual sites that speak to the importance of this moorland in prehistory.
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