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Preservation group up for award From Western Morning News Feb 26th 2011 Nomination for project to save cairns on moor A project to improve the condition of prehistoric cairns on Dartmoor has been nominated for a national award... continues... Comments (2)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Mr Hamhead 27th February 2011ce

Festival of British Archaeology Events Several events on and in the Dartmoor area as part of the continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 5th July 2010ce

Do Dartmoor's ancient stones have link to Stonehenge? LITTERED across the hills of Dartmoor in Devon, southern England, around 80 rows and circles of stones stand sentinel in the wild landscape. Now, striking similarities between one of these monuments and Stonehenge, 180 kilometres to the east, suggest they may be the work of the same people... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 14th April 2010ce Edited 15th April 2010ce

Ancient settlement found on Dartmoor When the water levels at a Devon reservoir were lowered it revealed an unexpected prehistoric surprise. A previously unrecorded complex was discovered in the mud at the bottom of Tottiford Reservoir near Hennock on Dartmoor. The complex, which is believed to be 4,000 years old, is made up of stone rows, burial cairns and a stone circle... continues... Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Pilgrim 8th January 2010ce

'Atlantis' is Discovered in Devon An ancient British inland Atlantis dating back millennia has been discovered on a remote moor. The remains - including a mini-Stonehenge - were found when an old reservoir was drained in Dartmoor, Devon. The find includes remains of ancient walled buildings, burial mounds and a stone circle 27m (89ft) across... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 22nd October 2009ce

Unearthing bronze-age Dartmoor The Guardian has gone absolutely mad on archaeology articles this morning........ A dig in Devon reveals how life was lived 3,500 years ago: from cookery to DIY The nearest proper road is a couple of miles away. The toilet is an energetic yomp down a steep slope and through the conifers... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 28th August 2009ce Edited 28th August 2009ce

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Dartmoor Preservation Association Web site for the Dartmoor preservation association who own three areas of land within the Dartmoor National Park, which together include examples of most of Dartmoor's important features, landscapes and habitats. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 10th July 2010ce Edited 10th July 2010ce

Dartmoor Archive A cornucopia of photographs dating back 150 years, lots of photos of Ancient sites on Dartmoor taken before modern day destruction/erosion. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by wickerman 9th February 2010ce Edited 9th February 2010ce

Dartmoor Archive Archive photos of Dartmoor. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 6th November 2006ce

White Moor Stone Circle — Fieldnotes

My favourite stone circle of all time. I lived around the area for 25 years, visiting it in all seasons. I loved it's remoteness and the fact that you had to make an effort to get there. The fact that a lot of people just walked by without giving it a second glance prompted me to write a poem about it back in 2008 Circles of Stone My heart is in the lonely places, the forgotten places that people walk by without seeing that people walk by without thinking Where echoes of the past float on the wind For those that want to hear For those who want to care For those who want to be somewhere, else The Raven always watching over Guardian of life and bearer of death of those who have gone before Their memories lost, waiting to be found In the swirling mist and the circles of stone I am a stranger in this time Wandering and searching for a truth that is always out of reach and I sit in the circle of life and death set in stone and live with the pain of having no hope while listening, for the voices of the past February 2008 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Meic 28th January 2012ce

Buttern Hill Stone Circle — Images (click to view fullsize)

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Shovel Down (Stone Circle) — Images

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Scorhill (Stone Circle) — Images

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Brisworthy Stone Circle — Images

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White Moor Stone Circle — Images

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Corringdon Ball Long Barrow — Fieldnotes

Heading downhill from Corringdon Ball stone row (30.8.2010), East Glaze Brook proves to be narrower and faster flowing than its western namesake, the water forced into a little fall by the granite rocks on its sides. Luckily it's not wide enough to cause any real obstacle to progress. The long barrow, a skyline landmark for some time, has now disappeared beyond the brow of the hill. There is apparently another stone row between brook and barrow, but my cursory look doesn't reveal it and by now I am quite tired and hot, and still not quite at the furthest point out of the day, so I don't press the point as much as perhaps I should. Cresting the ridge, the slumped shape of the long barrow comes back into view. A real rarity on Dartmoor, this wrecked chambered long mound would readily recognise its Cotswold cousins, the principal difference being the much harder granite of its construction. Unfortunately, like many of its family it has been trashed. The chamber is now reduced to a collection of scattered stones, leaning and fallen uprights and a dismounted slab that was presumably the capstone. Cattle clearly trample around the remains, probably making rubbing stones from the uprights. The earth around the stones is being very badly eroded by these visitations. The mound itself is low and stands to a height of less than a metre. An even more trashed and reduced round barrow, cut across by a wall, sits quietly to the southeast. Despite all of this, the long barrow remains surprisingly impressive, partly due to its positioning against the skyline when seen from both east and west. The endless skies of Dartmoor and the solitude of this spot, far away from roads or houses, contribute to a strong sense of timeless place that many barrows in better states of preservation elsewhere lack. As ever on Dartmoor, I find it very difficult to imagine a woodland landscape in place of the wide open spaces of the moor. What change this mound has seen over the ages! I spend a while here, in silence and solitude, but it's a long, hot walk ahead and at length I return over East Glaze Brook to collect G/F. We head back to the old tramway bed at Glasscombe Ball, which as part of the Two Moors Way will take us all the way back to Ivybridge. It's been a terrific day out, the Neolithic survivors at Cuckoo Ball, Butterdon Hill and Corringdon Ball, although less celebrated and visited than the numerous Bronze Age sites, remain an important and rewarding collection of Dartmoor sites to visit. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thesweetcheat 21st January 2012ce

Corringdon Ball Stone Row (Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue) — Fieldnotes

(30.8.2010) After leaving Glasscombe Corner stone row, with its ruined terminal cairn, we take a trackless route northeast, roughly following the alignment of the row. The hillside slopes downwards, towards the little valley of West Glaze Brook. Even in this hot, dry weather the approach to the brook is muddy and damp - in winter this is probably a quagmire. The brook itself runs clear and quick, crossing it is a balancing act across uneven, slippery stones. Luckily it's narrow and we make it across without incident. The hillside then climbs again, to a broad neck of land separating West Glaze Brook from its eastern counterpart. Over to the ESE is the rounded bulk of Corringdon Ball hill, while the slumped lines of the attendant long barrow, our ultimate goal for the day, are now silhouetted against the skyline to the east. On this neck of land is Corringdon Ball stone row, one of the more well-known of the rows of Dartmoor on account of the multiplicity of its rows. It lies amongst scattered clumps of gorse, vibrantly flowered with yellow at this time of year, and the stones are very small, easily hidden in the short grass. In truth I find myself rather underwhelmed by this site, for reasons I'm not really sure of. Perhaps it's the diminutive size of the stones, or the fact that the overall pattern is quite difficult to ascertain amongst the grass. Maybe it's simply the heat of the Bank Holiday sun overhead. The terminal cairn circle at the eastern end seems strangely resistant to easy plotting by eye, with only an arc of stones cutting across the end of the rows to mark its existence at all. From this end of the rows, the contours drop steeply again to East Glaze Brook and G/F decides she doesn't want to make the final crossing, electing to stay under the welcome shade of some trees near to the row while I go on to visit Corringdon Ball long barrow. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thesweetcheat 21st January 2012ce