There is a site of a possible Longhouse, 300m west of Bel Tor Corner, on southern slopes of Sherberton Common (ref: Dr Phil Newman (2008) – Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project).
It is located within the Dartmeet Parallel Reave system which covers between 1500 and 2000 hectares stretching north from the River Dart over Yartor Down, Sherberton Common and Corndon Down. It is a very interesting area to explore with a number of longhouses, some in ruins, and some occupied. Description from Dartmoor Chris: “A number of farms that have been around for a millenia, field boundaries, and an industrial past. This area was once a thriving business centre where local farmers and warreners took their produce to Ollsbrim cross to sell to the French prisoners of war. Ollsbrim Cross was a “Parole” boundary, as the French officers who gave their word of honour not to escape, were permitted to wander around certain areas of Dartmoor”
