EARLY MAN 



portions of a stone dais or platform, for they occur in the part of the hut which shows the greatest 

 signs of occupation. 



Other hut circles in this group yielded fragments of ornamented pottery of material and work- 

 manship superior to the rude example found at Raddick Hill, but as far as can be judged from the 

 fragments they are portions of hand-made vessels. One sherd has distinct impressions of the potter's 

 thumb. 



Standon, commonly known as Stannon Down (O. S. xcviii, NE.). — This is crowned by 

 Standon Hill, and this again is dominated by high ground rising to over 1,700 ft., lying between the 

 great loop of the Tavy, which, rising not far from Walkham Head, flows almost due north, then 

 turning toward the west trends away in a southerly direction through the romantic gorge of Tavy 

 Cleave. 



On the left bank of the Tavy, on the north-west slope of Standon, is a level plateau about 

 200 ft. above the bed of the river. This is wet and boggy, but where it slopes gently towards the 





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west the ground is dry and boulder-strewn. On this favourable surface are the remains of over 

 seventy hut circles in a fair state of preservation. In some the walls are massive, 3 to 4 ft. high, 

 built up with large stones placed vertically ; others again appear to have been rebuilt so as to form 

 modern shelters for sheep and shepherds. 



None of the huts explored — forty-three in number — contained raised platforms of stone as at 

 Grimspound, but some of the circles had interior walls forming inner compartments. The floors of 

 many of the huts were regularly and wholly paved with flat stones, and nearly all had some portion 

 thus treated. Owing to this there were but few finds of potsherds and other articles, for these 

 could get no further than the paving. Where the floor is of ' calm ' or sub-soil they have a chance 

 of preservation for they work down into this medium, and are thus ensured some manner of 



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A reference to the accompanying plan (see fig. 7) will show the great extent and importance 

 of this prehistoric village. Many of the huts appear to have been connected by walls forming a 



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