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Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge is a Bronze Age settlement complex situated on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises three distinct groups of stone-built circular huts, each enclosed within its own defensive or territorial boundary, representing a form of domestic settlement characteristic of the later Bronze Age period. The structures demonstrate the settled agricultural and pastoral economy of upland Dartmoor communities during the second millennium before Christ, with the enclosing walls serving both practical and social functions within the contemporary settlement pattern. The site survives as an archaeological landscape of significant importance for understanding Bronze Age settlement organisation and land use on Dartmoor.
Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002505. View the official record →
Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge is a Bronze Age settlement complex situated on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002505.
Three enclosed hut groups, Black Tor, Shipley Bridge 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 1002505.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake (5.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5.7 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (5.7 km).
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