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Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor

England
List entry 1011231
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011231
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SX 54844 82667
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor is a Bronze Age settlement located on the moorland of Devon. The site comprises two circular structures constructed from stone, representing domestic occupation dating to the Bronze Age period. Such hut circles are characteristic of upland settlement patterns in south-western England during this era, indicating pastoral and possibly mixed agricultural exploitation of the moorland environment. The structures contribute to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement organisation and land use in Devon's high moorland zones.

Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011231. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor?

Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor is a Bronze Age settlement located on the moorland of Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011231.

Who is responsible for protecting Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor?

Two stone hut circles 450m SSE 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 1011231.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle 390m south west of Yellowmeade Farm (8.9 km), Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor (9.9 km), Stone hut circle settlement 900m west of Devil's Bridge (10 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stone hut circle 390m south west of Yellowmeade Farm
8.9 km
Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement south of Foggintor Quarries, 1140m ENE of Criptor
9.9 km
Stone hut circle settlement 900m west of Devil's Bridge
10 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 km
Stone hut circle situated on the north eastern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10 km
Two stone hut circles situated on the southern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10.1 km
Stone hut circle situated on the south eastern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor
10.1 km
Pixies' Cross: a wayside cross and associated earthwork enclosure on Whitchurch Down
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor

Two stone hut circles 450m SSE 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 Two stone hut circles 450m SSE of Ger Tor

ExeterRoman town · ~23.8 miles
Domesday entry for Willsworthy, Devon →
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