Prehistoric Settlements
Hut circle settlement
Bronze Age settlement of stone hut circles and field boundaries on the northern slope of Long Ridge.
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Prehistoric Settlements
Skaigh Warren and Ivy Tor settlements
Skaigh Warren on the north slope of Cosdon Hill: at least 21 pillow mounds, a warreners' shelter, ridge and furrow, two hut circle settlements and two cairnfields, one of 28 mounds.
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Prehistoric Settlements
Agglomerate enclosure near Cawsand Beacon
Bronze Age settlement of 15 stone hut circles enclosed by an agglomerate wall, west of Cawsand Beacon.
Prehistoric Settlements
Cawsand Hill enclosures and hut circles
An agglomerate enclosure of three joined enclosures with seven hut circles, and three more huts to the south-west, on a north-west slope of Cawsand Hill above the Taw.
Prehistoric Settlements
Whittenknowles Rocks enclosures, hut circles and medieval farmstead
Six hectares of at least seven enclosures, forty hut circles and a medieval farmstead of four longhouses on a south-west slope above the Sheepstor Brook, cut by the Sheepstor leat.
Prehistoric Settlements
Ditsworthy Clam enclosures and hut circles
Five joined enclosures covering 2.7 hectares with fourteen hut circles and a later longhouse, on a spur above the south bank of the Plym.
Prehistoric Settlements
Cosdon Hill enclosure above Shilley Pool, west of Stoneyhurst
An agglomerated enclosure of two parts on a steep east slope of Cosdon Hill above Shilley Pool; the older eastern part holds a hut circle 5.1 m across.
Prehistoric Settlements
Laughter Tor enclosure and hut circles
An agglomerated enclosure of at least four irregular parts on the north-west slope of Laughter Tor, with two hut circles about 4.4 m across.
Prehistoric Settlements
Higher Tor enclosure with six hut circles
An agglomerated enclosure of two parts with six hut circles and a later shepherd's shelter on the south-east slope of Higher Tor above the Taw.
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Sheepstor. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“the grand open moor stretching away for miles in sight of all working outside in the garden or on the moor seems to beckon and point plainly to freedom.”
Also on Our DartmoorBala Brook — A southern moor brook running down off the high ground near the Avon, past old tramway and mining remains, to join the River Avon in the wooded country above South Brent.
