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Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors is a Bronze Age settlement complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. The site comprises a stone-built hut circle, associated cairns, and an irregular field system constructed from stone aggregates, representing the remains of prehistoric domestic and agricultural activity. These monuments date to the Bronze Age period and exemplify the upland settlement patterns characteristic of Dartmoor during the second millennium BCE. The irregular field system indicates pastoral and possibly arable land use alongside the residential structures, providing evidence of the economic organisation of Bronze Age communities on the moorland landscape.
Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009087. View the official record →
Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors is a Bronze Age settlement complex located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009087.
Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors 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 1009087.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 540m north of White Barrow (9.6 km), White Barrow round cairn (10.1 km), Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor (10.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Stone hut circle, cairns and irregular aggregate field system 850m SSE of Sourton Tors stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.