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Three hut circles above the Rattle Brook, west of Deadlake Foot

Grid ref: SX 5610 8419

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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1011234) describes three stone hut circles on an east-facing valley side overlooking the Rattle Brook. All are terraced into the hillside, with walls of stone and earth 0.4 to 0.5 metres high, around spaces 3 to 4 metres across. They lie close to an enclosed settlement and are probably of the same date as many of the huts inside it. It lies in the parish of Lydford, about 1.2 km south-east of Chat Tor.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1011234, which cites Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles (1987), the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX58SE15) and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1011234)
  • Grid reference: SX 5610 8419 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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