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Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises a stone-built circular hut structure accompanied by associated boundary walling, indicative of domestic occupation and land organisation during the Bronze Age period. The hut circle and its surrounding field system reflect the pastoral and agricultural practices of prehistoric communities that inhabited Dartmoor, with the stone construction providing durable evidence of settlement patterns in this upland landscape. Such monuments are characteristic of the Bronze Age occupation of Dartmoor and contribute significantly to understanding prehistoric settlement distribution and land use in the South West of England.
Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020094. View the official record →
Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020094.
Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam 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 1020094.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle south west of Corringdon Ball (9.8 km), The northern of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball (9.8 km), The middle one of three stone hut circles south west of Corringdon Leat, Corringdon Ball (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam'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 hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.