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Bronze Age shipwreck found off Devon coast One of the world's oldest shipwrecks has been discovered off the coast of Devon after lying on the seabed for almost 3,000 years... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 14th February 2010ce

Volunteers wanted for dig in Stokenham "Keen historians are being invited to help a team of Exeter University archaeologists uncover secrets of an ancient Bronze Age and medieval site.Members of the public are invited to the dig to investigate the remains of a medieval building near an old manor house... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 21st May 2007ce

Wreck divers recover Bronze Age treasures From This is Devon website, 8 March 2005 A Westcountry diving team has uncovered one of the oldest shipwreck sites in the world... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 8th March 2005ce

TV shows spark 'gardening' crime BBC Devon Garden makeover programmes are being blamed for an increase in the theft of ancient artefacts from Dartmoor. Electronic tags are being used to help protect valuable stone crosses and troughs in the area... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by phil 17th April 2004ce

New Resting Place for Grave Hot on the heels of this: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/24862 comes this: http://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/newsdetail... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 17th March 2004ce Edited 25th March 2004ce

Ancient Stone Tomb Returns to Dartmoor Hoorah! A 'good news' story for once! A 4,000 year old grave discovered in Chagford in 1879 is returning to Dartmoor. The prehistoric grave will be relocated to the High Moorland Centre in Princetown early next month from Torquay Museum where it has been for 120 years... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 26th February 2004ce Edited 26th February 2004ce

Ramblers Protest at Tor Ramblers have held a mass trespass on one of Dartmoor's most popular landmarks to protest over its closure. Vixen Tor at Merrivale (Cornwall, England) was shut to the public when a new landowner bought it earlier last year... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Kozmik_Ken 5th January 2004ce Edited 6th January 2004ce

Restoration of Historic Site on Dartmoor Volunteers from Tavistock Conservation Project have been helping to restore the setting of an ancient Scheduled Monument on Dartmoor, almost totally obscured by vegetation... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 17th December 2003ce Edited 18th December 2003ce

Vixen Tor Owner Charged The farmer who closed Dartmoor's (England) Vixen Tor to the public has been charged with carrying out land improvements without an environmental impact assessment. Mary Alford, who owns the site at Merrivale, near Tavistock, Devon, will appear before Plymouth Magistrates in the New Year... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Kozmik_Ken 16th December 2003ce Edited 17th December 2003ce

Dartmoor Preservation Association - Crownhill Down Rally A quick reminder that there will be a rally at Crownhill Down - which contains significant archaeological remains, and is of ecological importance - on the edge of Dartmoor near Plymouth on Saturday 20th September (starting from 12 noon)... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by ocifant 19th August 2003ce

Farmer builds own burial chamber http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/2985083.stm A Devon farmer has realised his dream by building a Bronze Age burial chamber on his land. He transported four huge pieces of granite from Dartmoor to his estate near Ivybridge to carry out the construction... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 1st May 2003ce Edited 2nd May 2003ce

Bronze Age Ingots Now At Exeter Museum From the Western Morning News (thisisdevon.co.uk) "More than 40 rare Bronze Age ingots from Devon have been given to the Royal Albert Museum in Exeter. The ingots, part of a shipment salvaged in 1991, was handed over by the Receiver of Wreck, Sophia Exelby, at a ceremony yesterday... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 26th July 2002ce

Stone Maze on Dartmoor The following story came up on the teletext today 26/11/2001 Moves are under way to build a stone maze at Okehampton on the northern fringe of Dartmoor. Environmental artist Yvette Martin said the maze, which she hopes to build from local stone on farmland at Meldon, would consist of seven circles... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by phil 26th November 2001ce

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There is a series of books well worth looking at for the serious antiquarian who is going to visit Dartmoor and look for the many sites there.The books are by Jeremy Butler and are called Dartmoor atlas of Antiquities and come in five volumes.Volumes one to four are the main books dealing with, volume 1, The East. Volume 2 ,The North. Volume 3,The South west and volume 4 The South East.Volume 5 is an over all cover of The Second Millennium B.C. and also contains an index. All the books contain maps and extensive text along with line drawings and the grid references to all the sites mentioned. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Lubin 19th March 2005ce

Any visitors intending to spend more than a day or so on Dartmoor should consider investing in the following publications: Petit, P. (1974/1995) Prehistoric Dartmoor. Forest Publishing, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0951527460 and Crossing, W. (1912/1990) Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor (2e). Peninsula Press, Kingskerswell ISBN 1872640168 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by RedBrickDream 6th August 2004ce

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Dartmoor Stone Dartmoor Stone is a mailing list devoted to all things relating to - yes you've guessed it - Dartmoor Stone. The archaeology, folklore, history, contemporary use and issues relating to the stones of Dartmoor are all covered by the group. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by piltdown 9th September 2001ce

The Greywethers (Stone Circle) — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by GLADMAN 14th March 2010ce

Scorhill (Stone Circle) — Images

Posted by GLADMAN 14th March 2010ce

The Greywethers (Stone Circle) — Images

Posted by GLADMAN 13th March 2010ce

Sharp Tor (Cairn(s)) — Images

Posted by GLADMAN 13th March 2010ce

Stalldown Stone Row (Stone Row / Alignment) — Images

Posted by Mustard 8th March 2010ce

Blackbury Camp (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes

A cracking 'little' Hillfort which is easy to access, well sign posted, with a handy car park with information panel. You can walk around the entire circumfrence in about 10 minutes. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 8th March 2010ce

Hembury (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes

My first ever post on TMA! Visited the site yesterday (7.3.10) parked next to the house just off the A373 and walked straight up through the bracken (thankfully low) to the top of the hillfort. I didn't realise that this small side road was private and the owner wasn't too happy that I had parked there (although I was not blocking anything). She insisted that I should have taken the next turning off the A373 where there was public parking. She also insisted that all the land that side of the fort was private. Anyway, this was all academic as I had this conversation on my way BACK to the car!! I was very impressed with the size and depth of the ramparts and the overall size of the hillfort. Well worth a visit. Unfortunately, the views were not up to much as the trees blocked most of the vista. Comments (2)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 8th March 2010ce