An enclosure, attached stone hut circle and length of reave 180m north-north-east of Leather Tor

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An enclosure, attached stone hut circle and length of reave 180m north-north-east of Leather Tor is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises a substantial reave, a prehistoric field boundary constructed from stone, measuring approximately 180 metres in length, together with an associated stone hut circle and an enclosure that represent the domestic and agricultural infrastructure of Bronze Age communities. The reave system demonstrates the organised landscape division characteristic of the later Bronze Age period, when such linear stone boundaries were extensively constructed across moorland areas to define landholdings and manage pastoral resources. This site exemplifies the archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement and land use patterns on Dartmoor, with the hut circle providing evidence for permanent or semi-permanent habitation linked directly to the surrounding field system.

An enclosure, attached stone hut circle and length of reave 180m north-north-east of Leather Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011248. View the official record →

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