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The stone hut circles and enclosure on Cox Tor comprise an upland settlement remains dating to the Bronze Age, positioned on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. The site consists of two substantial hut circles constructed from stone, associated with an adjoining enclosure that would have functioned as stock management or defensive infrastructure for the prehistoric occupants. The monument represents domestic and pastoral settlement activity characteristic of the later Bronze Age period, when upland areas of Dartmoor experienced intensified human occupation. The physical remains survive as ruined stone foundations and earthworks, providing evidence of the established settlement patterns and building techniques employed by Bronze Age communities in the southwest peninsula.
Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 140m east of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011498. View the official record →
The stone hut circles and enclosure on Cox Tor comprise an upland settlement remains dating to the Bronze Age, positioned on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011498.
Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 140m east of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on 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 1011498.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Part of Eylesbarrow Reave (10.3 km), Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage (10.3 km), Buckland Abbey (10.3 km).
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Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 140m east of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.