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Bowerman's Nose (Natural Rock Feature) — Images (click to view fullsize)

<b>Bowerman's Nose</b>Posted by doug

Wistman's Wood — Images

<b>Wistman's Wood</b>Posted by doug

Roundy Park (Cairn(s)) — Images

<b>Roundy Park</b>Posted by doug

Soussons Common Cairn Circle — Images

<b>Soussons Common Cairn Circle</b>Posted by doug

Brent Tor (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) — Miscellaneous

In the DARTMOOR MAGAZINE 2003 Summer Edition you can read a good article by Tom Greeves " Was Brent Tor a dark age centre" with the usual stuff diagrams/photo's and a decent enough history of the settlement, although for me it doesn't go far enough.

Brent Tor (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) — Images

<b>Brent Tor</b>Posted by doug

Bellever (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) — Images

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Grim's Grave (Ring Cairn) — Fieldnotes

Park up at SX579673, head in SW direction up towards Gutter Tor, then take the path past Ditsworthy Warren House that will lead you past the Drizzlecombe Monuments, carry on until you get to the ford where the Drizzlecombe Stream meets the Plym at SX589665 cross the stream and carry on up the Langcombe Valley, keep on the left hand side and soon enough you will see Grim's Grave, it has a retaining circle of 9 stones. if you have time on your side there's a delightful waterfall (Shavercombe Fall) not very far away at SX595660. where you can enjoy the solitude of the moors,you don't get many people there. by the way Grim is another word for Satan

Down Tor (Stone Row / Alignment) — Miscellaneous

would this Circle and Row, be similar to the one's mentioned in Uriel's Machine (The Prehistoric Technology that Survived the Flood) by Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas, and would anyone check it out on the Summer and Winter Solstice (while i stay in bed) and every month after plant wooden posts in the ground (take them up again) to see if you can measure the months.

Down Tor (Stone Row / Alignment) — Images

<b>Down Tor</b>Posted by doug

Roundy Park (Cairn(s)) — Images

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Roundy Park (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes

Park up at Postbridge, Dartmoor, move to the western end of the carpark, and follow the track WNW (Driftlane Path) for about a mile, you will then see on your right Roundy Park Enclosure, follow the wall until you come to the gate, and from the gate, follow the well beaten track to the Cist, it is one of the biggest on the moors, two (huge) capstones, and seven side slabs, instead of the usual four, the measurments are approx 200cm by 110cm and 92cm deep. As you can see from the photo's it had recently snowed and all was still, no people about, well not here anyway, it was just so nice, although cold.

Roundy Park (Cairn(s)) — Images

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Childe's Tomb (Cist) — Images

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Childe's Tomb (Cist) — Folklore

Childe the Hunter travelling home one dark and stormy night, got caught in a Blizzard his horse fell and died so the story goes he slit the horse's belly open and crawled in to keep warm sooner or later realising he would'nt get home composed a note (just happened to have Quill and ink on him) saying that who ever finds me and gives me a Christian Burial shall have all my land and money later a couple of uneducated peasants found Childe and the note and of course not being able to read took the note to the Tavistock monks whereby they set off to find Childe the Hunter as they were doing this the monks of Plymstock also heard about Childe's land and money and the request for a Christian Burial set off on to the moors where they ambushed the monks of Tavistock and gave them a good seeing too! took the note and all that went with it.

Childe's Tomb (Cist) — Images

<b>Childe's Tomb</b>Posted by doug

The Plague Market At Merrivale (Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue) — Images

<b>The Plague Market At Merrivale</b>Posted by doug

Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle — Images

<b>Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle</b>Posted by doug

Trethevy Quoit (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images

<b>Trethevy Quoit</b>Posted by doug
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i am a 53 year old anorak who enjoys walking the moors with my spaniel Jack, i have become interested in things Pre-History through my enjoyment of walking on the moors and seeing the remains of the Neolithic and Bronze age Circles/Cists/Rows and so forth, and thinking WOW, some man-hours put into these

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