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Three hut circles E of Bush Down
Grid ref: SX 6847 8219
On walking routes: Two Moors Way
Three hut circles sit on the open moorland east of Bush Down, the remains of Bronze Age dwellings that once housed families on this high Dartmoor plateau. These circular stone foundations are modest but telling, showing how people adapted to life on the moor thousands of years ago, building shelter where the landscape offered little protection from the elements.
Today the circles are visible as low stone rings in the heather and grass, easy to overlook but rewarding to find. They form part of a wider scatter of prehistoric settlement across Dartmoor, where Bronze Age communities farmed, herded stock and left their mark on the landscape. Walking this stretch of moorland, you encounter not just natural beauty but the accumulated weight of human occupation stretching back into deep time.
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