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The stone hut circles and enclosure at Ger Tor is a Bronze Age settlement complex situated on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises five stone-built circular dwellings arranged within a substantial boundary wall, positioned approximately 30 metres north-east of Ger Tor itself, and represents a form of domestic settlement characteristic of the later Bronze Age period on Dartmoor. The hut circles, constructed from stone and displaying the typical rubble-built construction methods of their era, would have accommodated family groups, whilst the encompassing boundary wall suggests a degree of communal organisation and land management. Such enclosed settlement complexes are significant for understanding prehistoric patterns of habitation and land use on Dartmoor, where the moorland environment has preserved archaeological evidence that remains largely absent elsewhere in southern Britain.
A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011241. View the official record →
The stone hut circles and enclosure at Ger Tor is a Bronze Age settlement complex situated on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011241.
A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011241.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn and cist 150m north of Vixen Tor (8.8 km), Length of reave 290m north of Feather Tor, forming part of a coaxial field system on Whitchurch Common (8.9 km), Windy Post: a wayside cross on open moorland 1.8km north of Sampford Spiney village (9 km).
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A cluster of five stone hut circles and associated boundary wall situated within a large enclosure 30m north-east of Ger Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.