Stone alignment, cist and cairn, on site signposted as monument 14.A/15.A, marked as monument 4 on Butler’s map.
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
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January 6, 2026
Stone row, on site signposted as monument 11.A, marked as monument 3 on Butler’s map.
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Cist, on site signposted as monument 9.A, marked as a Cairn monument 2 on Butler’s map.
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Cist, on site signposted as monument 9.A, marked as a Cairn monument 2 on Butler’s map.
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Cairn, on site signposted as monument 10.A, marked as monument 1 on Butler’s map.
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Cairn, on site signposted as monument 10.A, marked as monument 1 on Butler’s map.
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
This map of Lakehead Hill and environs is based on Figure 27.12 from Jeremy Butler’s publication ‘Dartmoor – Atlas of Antiquities and is taken from Dartmoor Ecplorations (see also link section below).
Signposted as monument 8a during my visit.
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Signposted as monument 8a during my visit.
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
Visited May 2013
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2013
January 4, 2026
Midday on 31st December 2025. The shadow is pointing directly true north, as is the stone. If the shadow was cast on a level surface it would be less than half this length, but this is cast down the northern slope of the platform. This stretches out the shadow and exaggerates the daily changes in the suns height at midday, thereby allowing an easily observed method for telling the day of the winter solstice.
Image credit: Cerrig
Image credit: Cerrig
