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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1019565) describes an unenclosed hut circle settlement on a gentle west-facing slope above the valley of the River Walkham. Six huts are set in an oval round a central area. Each is a bank round a circular or oval space of 23 to 88 square metres, averaging 50, with walls 0.4 to 0.85 metres high, averaging 0.66. Five have visible doorways and two are joined by a short length of rubble walling. It lies in the parish of Walkhampton, about 0.8 km south of Ingra Tor and 2.1 km south-east of Sampford Spiney.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1019565, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1994), page 85.
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