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Huts and fields north-east of Rippon Tor is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises the remains of domestic structures and associated field systems characteristic of the later Bronze Age period, when upland communities practised mixed farming on what is now moorland. The hut circles and field boundaries represent evidence of organised settlement and land use in the second millennium BC, reflecting the adaptation of communities to the Dartmoor environment during a period when higher elevations were more extensively inhabited than in subsequent eras. The site contributes to understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and land management on the Devon moors.
Huts and fields NE of Rippon Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002499. View the official record →
Huts and fields north-east of Rippon Tor is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002499.
Huts and fields NE of Rippon 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 1002499.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks in Boro' Wood (4.1 km), Two cairns at Ausewell Rocks (4.3 km), Pound at Newbridge (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Huts and fields NE of Rippon Tor'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.
Huts and fields NE of Rippon Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.