Scheduled Monuments›England›Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor

Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor

England
List entry 1011240
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011240
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SX 54805 83097
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor is a prehistoric settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises the remains of a Bronze Age hut circle together with associated field-plots, representing the domestic and agricultural infrastructure of an upland community. The hut circle, constructed from stone, exemplifies the permanent settlement patterns established on Dartmoor during the Bronze Age, whilst the field-plots demonstrate the organised management of arable land in this moorland landscape. The site is characteristic of the dispersed settlement archaeology found across Dartmoor's higher ground, reflecting Bronze Age land use strategies in the peninsula.

Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011240. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor?

Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor is a prehistoric settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011240.

Who is responsible for protecting Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor?

Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger 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 1011240.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Length of reave 290m north of Feather Tor, forming part of a coaxial field system on Whitchurch Common (8.8 km), Windy Post: a wayside cross on open moorland 1.8km north of Sampford Spiney village (8.9 km), Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m west of Yellowmeade Farm (9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Length of reave 290m north of Feather Tor, forming part of a coaxial field system on Whitchurch Common
8.8 km
Windy Post: a wayside cross on open moorland 1.8km north of Sampford Spiney village
8.9 km
Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m west of Yellowmeade Farm
9 km
Two stone hut circles and a length of walling 240m south west of Yellowmeade Farm
9.2 km
Stone hut circle 390m south west of Yellowmeade Farm
9.3 km
Round barrow on North Hessary Tor
9.4 km
Nine huts, five post-medieval shelters and a field boundary forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10.4 km
Stone hut circle situated on the north eastern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor

Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Stone hut circle and field-plots 100m east of Ger Tor

ExeterRoman town · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for Willsworthy, Devon →
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