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Dartmoor

Sites in this group:

Addicombe Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
4 posts
Aish Ridge Stone Row / Alignment
2 posts
Aller Brook Cist
3 posts
Archerton, Newtake Ring Cairn
3 posts
Arch Tor (South-West) Round Cairn
36 posts
Assycombe Hill Stone Row / Alignment
14 posts
Beardown Man Standing Stone / Menhir
33 posts
Bellever Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
9 posts
Bellever Tor West Cist
3 posts
Biller's Pound Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
13 posts
Birch Tor Cairn(s)
8 posts
Blackslade Down Cist
16 posts
Black Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
11 posts
Black Hill Stone Row / Alignment
10 posts
Black Newtake Cairn circle
9 posts
Black Tor Rocking Stone
17 posts
Black Tor Stone Row / Alignment
6 posts
Blakey Tor Cist
3 posts
Blatchford Bottom settlements Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
18 posts
Bowerman's Nose Natural Rock Feature
29 posts
Brent Tor Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
73 posts
Brisworthy Stone Circle Stone Circle
3 posts
Broad Down Cairn Cairn(s)
1 post
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
10 posts
Brockhill Foot West Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
2 posts
Brockhill Ford West Cairn(s)
1 post
Bude Farm Sticklepath Standing Stone / Menhir
23 posts
Burford Down Stone Row / Alignment
9 posts
Burford Down cairn and cist Cairn(s)
23 posts
Butterdon Hill cairns Cairn(s)
6 posts
Butterdon Hill cairn circle Cairn circle
7 posts
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb Chambered Tomb
4 posts
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn Round Cairn
19 posts
Butterdon stone row Stone Row / Alignment
2 posts
3 sites
Buttern Hill
6 posts
Butter Brook Ford Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
3 posts
Calveslake Tor Cairn(s)
5 posts
Cantrell Stone Row Stone Row / Alignment
4 posts
Cator Common North Cairn Cairn(s)
3 posts
Chagford Common Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
20 posts
Challacombe Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
7 posts
Childe's Tomb Cist
10 posts
Chittaford Cairn and Cist Cist
11 posts
Chittaford Down Cist
1 post
Coffin Stone Natural Rock Feature
12 posts
Collard Tor Stone Row / Alignment
1 post
Conies Down Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
2 posts
Coombebrook North East Cairn(s)
34 posts
Corndon Tor Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
1 post
Corndon Tor Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
21 posts
Corn Ridge Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
16 posts
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow Long Barrow
16 posts
Corringdon Ball Stone Row Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
4 posts
Cosdon Beacon Cairn(s)
38 posts
Cosdon Hill Stone Row / Alignment
3 posts
Cox Tor Cairn(s)
13 posts
Cranbrook Castle Hillfort
3 posts
Crow Tor Cist
12 posts
Cuckoo Ball Chambered Tomb
3 posts
Cuckoo Rock Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
6 posts
Cullever Steps Cairn circle
15 posts
Cut Hill Stone Row / Alignment
2 posts
Dendles Waste Cist
8 posts
Devil's Gully Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
8 posts
Dewerstone Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
2 posts
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle Cairn circle
8 posts
Ditsworthy Warren Cist
6 posts
Doe Tor Cist
15 posts
Down Ridge Stone Circle
81 posts
Down Tor Stone Row / Alignment
1 post
Down Tor NW Round Cairn
3 posts
Down Tor South Cist
6 posts
Dunnabridge Pound Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
2 posts
The Dun Stone Natural Rock Feature
1 post
Eastern White Barrow Cairn(s)
15 posts
East Bovey Head Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
12 posts
East Hill Hillfort
18 posts
East Lowton settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
2 posts
Emmets Post Cairn(s)
1 post
Erme Plains Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
5 posts
Erme Pound Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
18 posts
Eylesbarrow Cairn(s)
11 posts
Eylesbarrow South West Cist
70 posts
Fernworthy Stone Circle
4 posts
Fernworthy SE Cairn(s)
19 posts
Fernworthy stone row (North) Stone Row / Alignment
9 posts
Fernworthy Stone Row (South) Stone Row / Alignment
9 posts
Foale's Arrishes Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
22 posts
Fordsland Ledge Cairn(s)
2 posts
Fox Tor Mire Cist
15 posts
Giant's Grave (Dartmoor) Long Barrow
5 posts
Glasscombe Ball Cairn(s)
1 post
Glasscombe Ball North Stone Row / Alignment
13 posts
Glasscombe Corner Stone Row / Alignment
4 posts
Glaze Meet Cairn(s)
4 posts
Great Gnat's Head Cairn(s)
12 posts
Great Links Tor Round Cairn
2 posts
Great Western Reave Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
88 posts
The Greywethers Stone Circle
14 posts
Grim's Grave Ring Cairn
11 posts
Grims Lake Mire Cist
15 posts
Gripper's Hill Cairn(s)
2 posts
Gutter Tor Natural Rock Feature
6 posts
Gutter Tor cairns Cairn(s)
13 posts
Gutter Tor Cist Cist
3 posts
Gutter Tor settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
6 posts
Hamel Down Cairn(s)
6 posts
Harbourne Head Standing Stone / Menhir
3 posts
Harbourne Head cairns Cairn(s)
17 posts
Harford Moor Cist
2 posts
Harrowthorn Plantation North Cairn(s)
48 posts
Hart Tor Stone Row / Alignment
14 posts
Heap of Sinners Cairn(s)
2 posts
Heath Stone Standing Stone / Menhir
26 posts
Hembury Castle Hillfort
4 posts
Higher Hartor Tor Round Cairn
7 posts
Higher Tor Round Cairn
14 posts
High Willhays Cairn(s)
8 posts
Hillson's House Cairn(s)
3 posts
Hingston Hill North Cist
3 posts
Holne Moor Cist
2 posts
Holne Moor Triple Row Stone Row / Alignment
5 posts
Hook Lake Enclosure
4 posts
Hook Lake Stone Row / Alignment
8 posts
Horridge Common Round Cairn
3 posts
Horridge Common Round Barrow(s)
2 posts
Horridge Common (West) Cairn(s)
5 posts
Horseyeatt Stone Row / Alignment
26 posts
Hound Tor Cist
2 posts
Hucken Tor Natural Rock Feature
11 posts
Hunter's Tor Hillfort
2 posts
Huntingdon Warren Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
20 posts
Hurston Ridge Stone Row / Alignment
3 posts
Hurston Ridge Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
2 posts
Ingra Tor Cist
4 posts
Joan Ford's Newtake Cist
8 posts
Kes Tor Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
9 posts
King's Barrow Round Barrow(s)
6 posts
Kraps Ring Enclosure
55 posts
Lakehead Hill Stone Row / Alignment
5 posts
Langstone Moor Cairn(s)
3 posts
Langstone Moor Enclosure
29 posts
Langstone Moor Stone Circle Stone Circle
13 posts
Langstone Moor Stone Row Stone Row / Alignment
11 posts
Laughter Tor Standing Stone / Menhir
2 posts
Leather Tor South Cist
2 posts
Leeden Tor South Cist
6 posts
Legis Tor Cist Cist
1 post
Littaford Tor Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
8 posts
Little Mis Tor Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
6 posts
Longstone Hill Cairn(s)
3 posts
Long Plantation Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art
2 posts
Mardle Valley Cairn(s)
1 post
3 sites
Mardon Down
15 posts
Meacombe Burial Chamber Burial Chamber
11 posts
Merrivale Bridge Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
55 posts
Merrivale Stone Circle Stone Circle
14 posts
Metherall Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
11 posts
Narrator Brook Head cairn Cairn(s)
11 posts
Narrator Brook Head enclosure Enclosure
32 posts
Nine Stones Cairn(s)
2 posts
Outcombe Cist
7 posts
Oxenham Arms Standing Stone / Menhir
1 post
Pecked Circle Stone Circle
2 posts
Peek Hill Ring Cairn
2 posts
Penn Beacon Cairn(s)
10 posts
Piles Hill cairns Cairn(s)
14 posts
Piles Hill longstone Standing Stone / Menhir
3 posts
Piles Hill stone row Stone Row / Alignment
125 posts
The Plague Market At Merrivale Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
10 posts
1 site
Plym Steps Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
17 posts
Prestonbury Castle Hillfort
1 post
Puggie Stone Natural Rock Feature
15 posts
Pupers Hill Cairn(s)
17 posts
Raddick Hill Cairn(s)
4 posts
Ranny Brook Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
5 posts
1 site
Riddon Ridge Round Cairn
Rider's Rings Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
64 posts
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row Stone Row / Alignment
3 posts
Ringmoor Down cairns Cairn(s)
4 posts
Ringmoor Down Cist Cist
23 posts
Rippon Tor Cairn(s)
1 post
Roos Tor Northeast Cairn(s)
18 posts
1 site
Roundy Park Cairn(s)
8 posts
Round Hill Cairn(s)
17 posts
Rowtor Bog Cairns Cairn(s)
3 sites
Royal Hill
3 posts
Ryder's Hill Cairn(s)
5 sites
Saddlesborough
82 posts
Scorhill Stone Circle
12 posts
Shapley Common Platform Cairn
6 posts
Shapley Tor Cairn(s)
15 posts
Sharpitor Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
18 posts
Sharpitor cairns Cairn(s)
1 post
Sharpitor Nutcrackers Rocking Stone
6 posts
Sharp Tor Cairn(s)
1 post
Shaugh Moor Stone Row / Alignment
3 posts
Shell Top Cairn(s)
9 posts
Shell Top South West Enclosure
33 posts
Sherberton Stone Circle Stone Circle
3 posts
Shovel Down Stone Circle
70 posts
Shovel Down & The Long Stone Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
3 posts
Sittaford Tor hut circles Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
1 post
Skir Hill Cairn(s)
7 posts
Snowdon Cairn(s)
4 posts
1 site
Sourton Tors Circle Stone Circle
37 posts
Soussons Common Cairn Circle Cairn circle
2 posts
Soussons Down Cairn(s)
1 post
Spanish Lake Cist
51 posts
The Spinsters' Rock Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech
8 posts
Spurrell's Cross Stone Row Stone Row / Alignment
7 posts
3 sites
Stalldown Cairns Cairn(s)
5 posts
Stalldown cairn circle Cairn circle
10 posts
Stalldown South-East Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
49 posts
Stalldown Stone Row Stone Row / Alignment
7 posts
Stall Moor Cairn Cairn(s)
30 posts
Stall Moor Stone Circle Stone Circle
14 posts
Stall Moor Stone Row Stone Row / Alignment
2 posts
Stannon Newtake Cist
10 posts
Stennen Hill Cist
2 posts
Swincombe Ford Newtake Cairn(s)
3 posts
Ter Hill Cist
13 posts
Thornworthy Down Cist
10 posts
Three Barrows Cairn(s)
4 posts
Tolmen Stone Holed Stone
7 posts
Top Tor Cairn(s)
1 site
Tory Brookhead Cairn(s)
5 sites
Trowlesworthy
1 post
Tunhill Rocks Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
25 posts
Vixen Tor Cist
6 posts
Watchet Hill Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
1 post
1 site
Water Hill Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
3 posts
Weatherdon Hill Cairn(s)
22 posts
Western Beacon Cairn(s)
4 posts
Western White Barrow Cairn(s)
2 posts
West Vitifer Cairn(s)
7 posts
Whitehorse Hill Cist
21 posts
White Hill Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
58 posts
White Moor Stone Circle Stone Circle
7 posts
White Tor East Cist
17 posts
White Tor Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
10 posts
White Tor Stone Row Stone Row / Alignment
9 posts
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
12 posts
Wigford Down Cairn(s)
2 posts
Wigford Down Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
2 posts
Willings Walls Reave Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
3 posts
Willings Wall Warren Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
4 posts
Wistman's Wood
11 posts
Wittaburrow Cairn(s)
22 posts
Yar Tor Stone Row / Alignment
6 posts
Yar Tor Hut Circle Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
10 posts
Yar Tor summit cairn Cairn(s)
3 posts
Yellowmeade Cist
67 posts
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle Stone Circle
5 posts
Yellowmead SE cairn Cairn(s)
26 posts
Yes Tor Cairn(s)
2 posts
Yes Tor Bottom Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
Sites of disputed antiquity:
9 posts
Dean Moor Cairn(s)
6 posts
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn Kerbed Cairn
4 posts
St Leonard's Well Sacred Well

News

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First stone circle for over a century is discovered on Dartmoor


THE first stone circle for more than a century has been discovered on Dartmoor.

The set – at least 4,000 years old – is the highest circle in southern England and the second-largest on Dartmoor.

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scubi63 Posted by scubi63
10th May 2015ce
Edited 10th May 2015ce

Brown bears 'roamed Dartmoor'

A fur pelt found in an ancient burial chamber suggests that bears once roamed Dartmoor, it has been claimed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-29067027
scubi63 Posted by scubi63
8th September 2014ce

Megalithomania Dartmoor Tour - Wednesday 16th May


http://www.megalithomania.co.uk/tours.html

Dartmoor Stone Circles and Avenues with author Peter Knight: Wednesday 16th May 2012, 8am - 6pm... continues...
Megalithomania Posted by Megalithomania
4th May 2012ce
Edited 7th May 2012ce

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...
Mr Hamhead 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...
Chance 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...
moss 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...
Pilgrim 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...
moss 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...
moss Posted by moss
28th August 2009ce
Edited 28th August 2009ce

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Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks


Excellent website featuring lots of lovely lists to help get one far from the madding crowds upon Dartmoor.
GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
1st April 2016ce

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

Dartmoor Archive


Archive photos of Dartmoor.
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
6th November 2006ce

Latest posts for Dartmoor

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Hembury Castle (Hillfort) — Images (click to view fullsize)

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29th October 2023ce

Broken Barrow (Round Cairn) — Miscellaneous

Historic England summarises this impressive monument thus:

"A cairn situated on the flat crest of the south-east spur of Royal Hill at 395.0m OD being a mound of partly-turf-covered large stones with a depression in the centre. Its diameter is 16.0m and its maximum height 1.6m."

Clearly, not a site to miss when visiting the other excellent cairns/cists in the locale of Royal Hill.
GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
13th May 2023ce

Bellever Tor West (Cist) — Miscellaneous

To be fair, the posted images say all there is to say about the quality of this excellent cist - for me, the finest of the monuments clustered around Bellever Tor. GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
13th May 2023ce

Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S (Cairn(s)) — Miscellaneous

Directions: Take the B213 Ivybridge turn off the A38. If you exit from the E, turn R, cross over the A38 and take the first L on the roundabout signposted for Cornwood. If you exit from the W, take the first L on the roundabout signposted for Cornwood. Follow the Cornwood Road for c. I mile until you reach a mini roundabout. Take the L turn onto a narrow lane for Cornwood. Stay on this road for c. 2.5 miles until you reach the Cornwood Inn at a crossroads in Cornwood. Take the R turn for Torr/Harford onto a lane. After 0.25 miles stay straight on the lane. After another c. 0.5 miles stay straight. After another 0.25 miles turn L up an un-signposted lane and bear R after a sharp corner. Follow this narrow leafy lane for c. 0.25 mile then take the L fork. The road will end c. 0.4 mile later just after Watercombe Farm. Park as close as possible and follow the track for c. 0.5 mile past the water treatment buildings reaching the open moorland of Stalldown Moor. When you are 100 yards clear of the buildings strike N uphill towards Stalldown Stone Row relying on GPS or Map Reading to reach the Southern Terminal 0.5 mile N at SX 63218 62074. Posted by markj99
12th March 2023ce
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