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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
HEN TOR. 
Crossing from this point to Hen Tor, we shall pass an enclosure 
with several hut -circles and one square chamber, the latter 
measuring fifteen feet by twenty-seven feet, and having walls 
three feet thick. There are no signs of a chimney or fire-place. 
At Hen Tor itself there are traces of continuity of occupation 
from very early to comparatively recent times. 
There are mingled hut-circles of varying construction, and the 
remains of two square buildings of differing types, one of which 
was last occupied about 120 years ago. Farm and field enclosures 
are involved with early pounds, and each succeeding generation has 
somewhat modified its predecessor's work to meet later necessities, 
this being more especially the case with the field enclosures. 
Time will not permit a detailed description of all the remains 
on this hill. 
From the quantity of stone used in their construction the huts 
would seem to have been of a domed form. In one there are 
signs of a recess or fire-place in the wall, and many have the door- 
jambs still standing. 
Some four or five of the circles are in a row 3 and the clitter of 
the tor behind them has been roughly arranged to form a series of 
walls extending up-hill in rear of each circle. 
Of the earlier square building I will say no more than that its 
foundation plan is still complete. 
The later building, which is known as Hentor House, has still 
some of its architectural features preserved. 
The masonry is of squared stone bedded in clay mortar, contain- 
ing probably some lime. The earth used in making the mortar is 
not such as would be obtained in the immediate neighbourhood. 
The main building measures 45ft. 4in. by 18ft. 6in., and is 
divided by a stone partition into two rooms. At one side is an 
outhouse, and on the northern end another outhouse has been 
added, the same width as the main building, and having a length 
of twenty-seven feet. In this latter is a shallow walled pit, 
apparently a well. 
The walls are uniformly three feet thick ; and in those of the 
house itself niches have been left to act as cupboards. Several of 
these are still perfect, and it was only last year that one was 
destroyed. (See figure 5.) 
