The Devonshire Association at Grimspound Hut Circle

This photograph was taken on 25/06/1937 of Grimspound which is probably the best known prehistoric settlement. Pictured here is a hut circle or round house. There are 24 small hut circles at Grimspound, which are enclosed by a perimeter wall and have a south facing entrance. It is likely that Grimspound was used to keep livestock rather than as dwellings for people. The ground would not have been suitable for cultivation nor its position, on the slopes of a hill, defensible. The Devonshire Association was founded in 1862 and its formal objectives are to further the study of Science, Literature and the Arts in relation to the county of Devon and to promote the exchange of ideas with a view to the education of the public.