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This unenclosed settlement consists of several stone hut circles set on the western side of Lee Moor. The ruins date to the Bronze Age, when people lived and farmed across Dartmoor's open landscape, leaving behind these distinctive circular foundations of stone and turf.
The site sits within the broader pattern of prehistoric settlement that shaped Dartmoor's character. Today the hut circles are modest earthworks and stone rings in the moorland turf, visible to those who know where to look. The settlement's unenclosed nature reflects a time before field boundaries were imposed on the moor, offering insight into how Bronze Age communities adapted to this high, exposed terrain.
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