Girt Down was enclosed in 1864.

The original building began as a simple thatched cottage before being enlarged in the 1860s, when it began to rent rooms and became an inn. It burned down in 1895.

A substantial earthwork visible on aerial photographs encircles the cliff top of Little Hangman. It has been interpreted as a probable Tor Enclosure (or Tor Cairn) dating to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age.

Two post-medieval adits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. There are no records of deep mine working in this area, other than ironstone openworks (see MMO1760) and the percise date and function of these adits are not known.

Grit Vale lead and silver was working in around 1859. The top of a shaft is visible although densely overgrown.

The building dates from the early to mid 20th Century. It became a Youth Hostel in 1958.

Several post-medieval extractive pits are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.

Three pits, possibly quarries and/or openworks of medieval or post-medieval date, can be seen as earthworks in close proximity on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards.

A short length of curving, redundant field boundary was noted on aerial photographs.

A house with a ground floor shop, dating to the late 18th or early 19th Century. The first floor has a continuous balcony.