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Unenclosed hut circle settlement near Routrundle

Grid ref: SX 5526 7136

This scheduled monument is the remains of a prehistoric settlement made up of stone hut circles, likely dating to the Bronze Age when communities lived and farmed across Dartmoor's open moorland. The circular stone foundations are what visitors see today, scattered across the landscape as evidence of domestic life from thousands of years ago.

Located on the moor southwest of Routrundle, the site sits within Dartmoor's wider pattern of ancient settlement. Walking here, you are treading ground where people once built homes, tended animals and crops, and lived within the rhythms of the Bronze Age moor. The stones and their arrangement tell a story of adaptation to Dartmoor's demanding landscape.

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