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Hut circles on Bonehill Down is a Bronze Age settlement site located in Devon, England. The monument consists of the remains of several circular domestic structures characteristic of later prehistoric occupation in the South West, with the hut circles representing domestic activity during the Bronze Age period. The site forms part of the broader landscape of Bronze Age settlement evidence found across Dartmoor and its surrounding areas, contributing to understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and land use in Devon. The earthwork remains visible today indicate the location and scale of this ancient community, though the structures themselves are now reduced to circular depressions and low banks marking where the walls of these ancient dwellings once stood.
Hut circles on Bonehill Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002619. View the official record →
Hut circles on Bonehill Down is a Bronze Age settlement site located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002619.
Hut circles on Bonehill Down 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 1002619.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system (9 km), Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam (9.1 km), Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hut circles on Bonehill Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hut circles on Bonehill Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.