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Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor is an Iron Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises two substantial circular stone structures characteristic of domestic occupation during the prehistoric period, likely dating to between the 8th and 1st centuries BC. The hut circles represent evidence of settled pastoral and agricultural communities that inhabited the moorland during the Iron Age, before the Roman conquest of Britain. Such sites are significant for understanding the distribution and nature of Iron Age settlement patterns across Dartmoor and the broader south-western peninsula.
Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019572. View the official record →
Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor is an Iron Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019572.
Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down 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 1019572.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two cairns with stone rows E of Collard Tor on Wotter Common (7.3 km), Two round barrows on Ridding Down (7.8 km), Cholwich Town Cross: a wayside cross between Quick Bridge and Tolchmoor Gate (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.