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Two hut circles, north of Rippon Tor

Grid ref: SX 7467 7571

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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1020377) describes two stone hut circles on the north-facing slope of Rippon Tor, above the valley of the Becka Brook. The scheduling falls into two areas. The northern hut is 4 metres across inside, ringed by a stony bank 2 metres wide and up to 0.7 metres high, with a gap facing south-south-east that may be the original doorway. The southern is a stony bank 1.3 metres wide and up to 0.6 metres high round a space 4.9 metres across. It lies in the parish of Ilsington, about 0.8 km south-west of Saddle Tor and 2.8 km south-east of Bonehill.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1020377, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991), page 75.

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1020377)
  • Grid reference: SX 7467 7571 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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