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Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge is a complex of Bronze Age and Iron Age monuments situated on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises multiple components including a stone alignment, burial cairns, the remains of an enclosed settlement, and a reave—a substantial linear boundary constructed from stone—reflecting the intensive land use and social organisation of the later prehistoric period. The monuments date primarily to the Bronze Age with possible Iron Age reoccupation, representing evidence of ceremonial practice, domestic habitation, and territorial division on Dartmoor. The site contributes significantly to understanding the development of prehistoric settlement patterns and landscape management on the Devon uplands.
Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019577. View the official record →
Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge is a complex of Bronze Age and Iron Age monuments situated on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019577.
Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge 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 1019577.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system (8.6 km), Cairn on Corndon Tor (8.7 km), Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge'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.
Stone alignment, cairns, enclosed prehistoric settlement and a length of reave on Hurston Ridge stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.