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A Dartmoor fact about Avon Dam Reservoir
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Main image: Hen Tor Brook - 37 metres from location - image by jeff collins (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1012175) describes a stone hut circle close to the north bank of Hentor Brook. It is 5 metres across inside, with walls of small stone and earth 1 metre thick and 0.3 metres high and an entrance to the south. There are other hut circles and enclosures nearby. It lies in the parish of Shaugh Prior, about 0.3 km west of Hen Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1012175, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register SX 56 NE-181.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1012175)
- Grid reference: SX 5897 6518 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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