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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1011231) describes two stone hut circles, lined up north to south, on the east edge of a narrow terrace on a steep west-facing slope overlooking Tavy Cleave. Both are terraced into the hillside, stone and earth banks around circular spaces. The northern hut is 2.6 metres across inside, with a wall 1.7 metres wide and 0.4 metres high and a doorway facing west-south-west. The southern is 2.2 metres across, with a wall 1.5 metres wide and 0.3 metres high and a doorway facing west-north-west. It lies in the parish of Peter Tavy, about 0.4 km north-east of Nat Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1011231, which cites Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles (1987), and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1011231)
- Grid reference: SX 5484 8266 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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