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A stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north-east slope of Cox Tor is a Bronze Age domestic structure located on Dartmoor in Devon. The settlement represents a form of dispersed habitation characteristic of the later Bronze Age period, comprising multiple circular stone-built dwellings without a surrounding defensive enclosure. The individual hut circle, constructed from dry-stone walling, demonstrates the building techniques employed by prehistoric communities in this moorland environment, where stone was the principal structural material available. Such settlements provide important evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and domestic organisation on Dartmoor, contributing to understanding of prehistoric land use and social structures in south-western Britain.
Stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north-east slope of Cox Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011387. View the official record →
A stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north-east slope of Cox Tor is a Bronze Age domestic structure located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011387.
Stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north-east slope of Cox 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 1011387.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Marchant's Cross: a wayside cross 700m south east of Meavy (9.7 km), Cairn east of Ringmoor Cottage (10.2 km), Cairn south of Eylesbarrow Reave (10.2 km).
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Stone hut circle forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north-east slope of Cox Tor stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.