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Old books sometimes spell "Yellam" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?
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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1011236) describes a stone hut circle on a south-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Tavy. It is terraced into the hillside, a bank of stone and earth 1.5 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres high around a space 2.2 metres across. The doorway faces west and is lined on both sides with slabs. It lies in the parish of Peter Tavy, about 1.2 km north-east of Nat Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1011236, which cites Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles (1987), and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1011236)
- Grid reference: SX 5525 8335 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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