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These two stone hut circles, situated on open moorland southwest of Down Tor, are among many Bronze Age settlements scattered across Dartmoor. The low stone foundations and circular plans are all that remain of what were once substantial roundhouses, likely dating to the later Bronze Age when this landscape supported a significant settled population.
Visiting the site means walking out onto typical high Dartmoor terrain. The hut circles are modest features, easily missed if you are not looking carefully, but they speak to the long human history of this landscape. They sit as part of a wider pattern of prehistoric activity visible across the moor, where the bare ground and heather tell stories of people who lived here thousands of years ago.
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