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Stone hut circle 770m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross is a prehistoric domestic structure forming part of a dispersed settlement of stone-built roundhouses. Located on the moorland of Devon, it dates to the Bronze Age and represents evidence of sustained upland occupation during the second millennium BC. The hut circle comprises the characteristic circular or sub-circular foundation of drystone walling, a building type that dominated domestic architecture across Dartmoor and the wider south-west peninsula during this period. Such unenclosed settlements provide archaeological insight into the organization of Bronze Age communities and their exploitation of moorland environments in south-western England.
Stone hut circle 770m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008648. View the official record →
Stone hut circle 770m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross is a prehistoric domestic structure forming part of a dispersed settlement of stone-built roundhouses. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008648.
Stone hut circle 770m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 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 1008648.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (8.9 km), Hut circle 1000yds (915m) E of Coleland Bridge (9.7 km), Stone alignment and retaining kerb on Burford Down (10.5 km).
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Stone hut circle 770m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.