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Unenclosed hut circle settlement near Sandeman Bridge

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Main image: Photo: Ethan Doyle White, Wikimedia Commons

This unenclosed settlement on Tom's Hill comprises the remains of several stone hut circles, likely dating to the Bronze Age. The foundations are visible as low stone rings scattered across the moorland, evidence of domestic life on Dartmoor several thousand years ago. The settlement sits in characteristic upland landscape, open and exposed to the elements.

Today the site is marked as a scheduled monument and visible to anyone walking this part of the moor. The stones speak to how people once lived on these high slopes, building permanent or semi-permanent homes and exploiting the moorland for grazing and other resources. The ruins lie within the broader pattern of Bronze Age settlement that defines so much of Dartmoor's archaeological heritage.

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A Book of Dartmoor, page 85Plate from A Book of Dartmoor, page 85, 1900

“The granite tors still lift their lofty heads to the sky, the heather and gorse still bloom on the moor, the stream yet pursues its way over its rocky bed, and all is here unchanged.”

Also on Our DartmoorGreat Mis Tor — A massive granite tor with a striking rock basin known as the Devil's Frying Pan, overlooking the River Walkham.

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