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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1002548) describes part of a stone hut circle settlement within a coaxial field system on the lower northern slopes of Wigford Down, in the upper valley of a tributary of the River Meavy. The scheduling falls in two areas. The two hut circles have low rubble walls up to 2 metres wide and 0.5 metres high, around circular inner areas up to 9 metres across. Other remains nearby, some scheduled and some not, are outside this scheduling. It lies in the parish of Meavy, about 2.3 km north of Shaugh Prior.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1002548 (updated 5 November 2015), which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1994), and PastScape 439071.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1002548)
- Grid reference: SX 5419 6543 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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