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Stone hut circle and associated walling 780m WNW of Longaford Tor

Devon

This scheduled monument comprises a stone hut circle and associated field walling, likely dating to the Bronze Age. The hut circle represents the remains of a round dwelling, built from stone and once probably topped with thatch or turf. The surrounding walls suggest managed land and pastoral activity, typical of the way Dartmoor's high moorland was used during prehistory.

The site sits on the open moor in a landscape that has changed less dramatically than many other parts of Devon. Walking here, you encounter the bones of Dartmoor as it was used three thousand years ago: a working, inhabited place where people built homes, tended animals, and marked out their territory with stone.

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