Fernworthy Hut Circles, Chagford, Dartmoor National Park

Fernworthy Hut Circles, Chagford, Dartmoor National Park

Fernworthy Forest and the surrounding moorland are home to a high number of prehistoric sites. Highlights include Fernworthy Stone Circle and Hurston Ridge/Chagford Common Stone Row. The most common prehistoric sites you'll see are hut circles. There's a particularly good example just off the path that runs from the Fernworthy Picnic Area to the dam at the northern end of Fernworthy Reservoir. If you zoom in on the 'Satellite' setting of the accompanying Google map, you'll see this example of a hut circle. Others are clearly marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map.