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Notes: This pile of rubble is actually of significance. Eric Hemery describes it as a ‘longhouse’; “…there are hut circles between Holwell Tor and the valley floor, and on the high plateau beyond the re-entrant, beside a reave-wall running at right angles to the valley, a longhouse. Its remains, much overgrown by heather and furze, measure internally 26½ feet by twelve feet. An internal division creates a large room at the east end, on the north side of which is a small annexe.”

Further to this, Steve Grigg notes: “Dr Phil Newman agrees with Jeremy Butler citing that the building relates to the quarrying activities between 1820 and 1860. Butler records that ‘although the interior is filled with tumble, internal cross partitions are visible, giving the building four compartments’.”

References:

• Grigg, S. (2024): Dartmoor Explorations Website
• Hemery, E. (1983): High Dartmoor – Land and People, p.735

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