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Two stone hut circles and an enclosure forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement of the north-east slope of Cox Tor
Devon
Two stone hut circles and an associated enclosure sit on the north-east slope of Cox Tor, part of a larger Bronze Age settlement scattered across this part of Dartmoor. These are the remains of domestic structures built by communities who lived on the open moor, their circular stone foundations still visible among the moorland turf and granite outcrops.
The hut circles represent a period when Dartmoor's high ground was more densely settled than today. Walking here, you encounter the everyday archaeology of upland life: the footprints of homes long abandoned but still legible in the landscape. The site's unenclosed character suggests a settlement pattern typical of the Bronze Age on Dartmoor, where pastoral communities moved stock and people across the moor in response to seasons and needs.
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