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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1007991) describes a stone hut circle on a gentle east-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. It is terraced into the hillside and built of rubble. The inner space is oval, 3.9 metres long and 2.4 metres wide, inside a wall 1.6 metres thick and up to 0.2 metres high.
The hut stands close to the Great Western Reave, a substantial Bronze Age field boundary.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1007991, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991) and Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles (1987).
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