Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon. The area is known for its tors – hills topped with outcrops of bedrock, which in granite country such as this are usually rounded boulder-like formations. There are thought to be 160 tors on Dartmoor – many visitors make ‘Tor bagging’ their pass time! The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951.
The impressive site of Grimspound was first settled in about 1300 BC. The 24 hut circles are surrounded by a massive granite perimeter wall, which may have stood at 1.7 metres in places. The roundhouses, with an average diameter of 3.4 metres, were each built of a double ring of granite slabs with a rubble infill, a technique still used in dry-stone walling. Hut 3 has a surviving porchway, with the two jamb stones still upright, although the lintel has fallen.
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