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Hut circle on the steep slope above the Cowsic, Conies Down Tor

Grid ref: SX 5911 7889

On walking routes: The Lichway

Main image: Cowsic River valley - 44 metres from location - image by Guy Wareham (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1012577) describes a stone hut circle on a relatively steep east-facing slope above the River Cowsic, on the lower slopes of Conies Down Tor. It is terraced into the hillside, with a wall of stone and earth 2 metres wide and up to 0.4 metres high round a space 4 metres across. It lies in the parish of Dartmoor Forest, about 0.9 km south-west of Devil's Tor.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1012577, which cites Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles (1987).

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1012577)
  • Grid reference: SX 5911 7889 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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