Mardle Valley (Cairn(s)) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Mardle Valley (Cairn(s)) by Billy Fear

The biggest of the 7(2nd from South) cairns in the vicinity.

Image credit: Billy Fear

Billy Fear Jan 15, 2010

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Mardle Valley

Cairn(s)

Billy Fear Jan 15, 2010

These cairns are not in a good state and very overgrown. There is a total of 7 cairns and a few huts around. The biggest cairn(picture) is about 16m in diameter, the others are much smaller.

Sites within 20km of Mardle Valley

Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 1.52km SSW

11

1

3
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 2.24km W

2

1
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 2.4km SW

11

1

2
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.42km NNW

2
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 2.6km SSW

6

1
Holne Moor

Cist • 2.68km NW

1

2
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 2.74km SSE

8

1

1
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.83km SSW

1

1
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.86km SSW

2

1
Aller Brook

Cist • 2.9km NNW

1

1
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.97km SSE

1
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 3.1km SSE

2
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 3.3km SE

13

1

1
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.3km S

9

1
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 3.35km WNW

1
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 3.36km SW

10
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 3.82km SSW

9

1

1
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 3.86km SE

2

1
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 4.11km SE

5

1
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 4.13km SW

9

3
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 4.17km WNW

12

2
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.28km WSW

12

2
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.4km SSE
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 4.6km NNW

1
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.71km NNW

6
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 4.79km E

19

5

1
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.07km SW

4

1
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 5.15km SW

4

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.2km N

20

1

1
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.22km SW

3

1
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 5.23km NNW

9

1
Ter Hill

Cist • 5.53km W

2

1
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 5.57km N

33

1
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 5.61km W

5

2
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.65km SW

1
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 5.72km SW

5

2
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 5.79km WNW

3

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 5.88km WNW

1
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 5.94km WNW

26

4

1
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.05km N

1
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.07km SW

15

6

1
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 6.14km WNW

2
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.22km SW

3
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 6.23km WSW

2

1

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 6.26km W

4

1
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 6.68km SSW

10
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.7km NW

4

2
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 6.7km W

24
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 6.79km W

10

1
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 6.97km WSW

14

1
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 7.08km WSW

2

1
Royal Hill

7.25km W
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.27km NW

7

4
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 7.28km W

1

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 7.33km WSW

35

1
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 7.35km S

14

1
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 7.44km SSW

5

1
Brent Hill

Hillfort • 7.46km SE

1
Corringdon Ball Stone Row

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 7.51km S

15

1
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 7.54km SSW

5

2

1
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 7.58km NNW

5
Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.67km WSW

10
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 7.7km SW

4

2
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.71km SW

3

1
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 7.71km SW

4

2

1
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 7.73km WSW

5
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 7.79km SW

5
Aish Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.8km SSE

2

2
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 7.82km W

4

1

3
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.87km SW

40

1

6

2
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 7.87km WSW

15

3
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.98km NNW

3

1
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 8.04km NNE

1

1
Glasscombe Corner

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.07km S

11

2
Piles Hill stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.09km SSW

3

1
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.11km SW

6

1
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 8.13km SW

1

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 8.15km NW

9

1
Piles Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.18km SSW

8

2
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 8.21km WSW

3

1
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 8.22km SSW

3

2

1
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 8.31km S

3

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 8.32km WNW

5

1
Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.34km SSW

12

2
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 8.43km SW

1

1
Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.45km S

1
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.46km NW

26

7

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 8.53km NE

11
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.54km SSW

8

2
Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 8.55km S

3

2
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 8.6km NW

8

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 8.61km W

10

1
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 8.64km WSW

7

1
Dendles Waste

Cist • 8.68km SW

1

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 8.69km W

9

2
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 8.72km WSW

116

8

1
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 8.77km WNW

8
Blackslade Down

Cist • 8.79km NE

7

1
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.88km NE

1
Butterdon stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.99km S

16

1

3
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 9.08km WSW

7

1
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.1km W

69

1

7

1
Harford Moor

Cist • 9.11km SSW

15

2
Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.11km S

6

2
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 9.15km W

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 9.21km WSW

9

2
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.27km WSW

2

1
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 9.29km NE

1

1
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 9.3km NNW

3

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.32km NE

9
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.4km WSW

8

1
Burford Down cairn and cist

Cairn(s) • 9.44km SSW

8

1
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 9.44km WSW

3
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 9.5km W

3
Burford Down

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.52km SSW

18

5
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

Round Cairn • 9.53km S

3

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.61km NW

43

2
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 9.67km NE

22

1
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 9.7km NE

7
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 9.78km SW

2
Down Tor South

Cist • 9.78km W

2

1
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 9.81km NE

7

2

2
Outcombe

Cist • 9.88km WSW

1

1
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 9.9km NNW

23

8

2
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.92km W

8
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 9.93km WSW

1

1
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 9.97km NE

3
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 9.98km NW

4

1

1
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 10km NE

8
Penn Beacon South

10.02km SW

3
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.03km WSW

3

2
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 10.06km S

2

1
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 10.11km S

4

2
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 10.13km WSW

2
Butter Brook Ford

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.17km SSW

5

1
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 10.19km WSW

2
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 10.2km W

17
Spanish Lake

Cist • 10.22km WSW

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 10.24km NW

3
Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.25km S

21

2
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.26km WSW

3
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.28km WSW

3
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 10.3km WSW

52

3

11

3
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 10.34km WSW

12

1
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb

Chambered Tomb • 10.35km S

8

2
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.4km WSW

1

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.5km W

45

1

3
Stennen Hill

Cist • 10.51km NW

9

1
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 10.54km WSW
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.58km WSW

6
Wistman’s Wood

10.72km WNW

2

2
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 10.72km WSW

7
Cuckoo Ball

Chambered Tomb • 10.76km S

13

2
Addicombe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.79km S
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 10.82km W

8

1
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 10.85km WSW

5

1
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 10.85km NW

1

1

2
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 10.89km NNW

2
Trowlesworthy

10.9km WSW
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.9km WSW

2
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.1km W

17
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 11.11km WSW

24

2

2
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 11.12km NW

16

1
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.2km WNW

1
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.24km WSW

17

3

1
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.25km WNW

8

1

1
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.26km SW

1

2
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.29km WSW

20

3

1
Western Beacon

Cairn(s) • 11.33km S

19

5
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 11.39km WSW

1

1
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 11.42km WSW

3
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 11.44km NE

1

1
Chittaford Down

Cist • 11.48km NW

9

2
Leather Tor South

Cist • 11.49km W

2
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 11.53km NW

8

2
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 11.55km W

1

1
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 11.65km WSW

3

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 11.66km WNW

1

1

1

1
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.66km NW

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 11.66km NW

16

2
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 11.71km WSW

57

1

8

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 11.71km WSW

2

2
Cantrell Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.78km S

3

2
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.79km W

1

1
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.8km WSW

52

7

3
Hound Tor

Cist • 11.85km NNE

24

2
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 11.97km WSW

6
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 12.05km N

6
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 12.09km W

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.12km W

16

2
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 12.21km W

10

5
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 12.22km W

1

1
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 12.24km N

19

2
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 12.26km WSW

1

1
Crow Tor

Cist • 12.28km WNW

2

1
Ingra Tor

Cist • 12.4km W

1

1
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

12.41km N

49

8

1
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.51km NNW

2
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 12.52km NNW

1

1
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.6km NNW

1
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 12.66km N

10

1
Ringmoor Down Reave

12.67km WSW

1
Yellowmeade

Cist • 12.8km W

2

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.91km W

4

1
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 12.91km N

13

1
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.97km NE

15

1
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 13.05km WSW

3

1
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13.06km N

8

1
Saddlesborough

13.16km WSW
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 13.21km N

6
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.21km WSW

9

1
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 13.32km NNE

11

5
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.44km WSW

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.44km WSW

19

3
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 13.49km NW

2

1
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 13.54km WSW

5

2
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.61km WNW

13

2
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.66km WSW

11

1
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 13.66km WSW

11

1
Black Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.67km NE

9

2
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.68km N

14

1
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.7km NNW

17

1

2

1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 13.74km W

105

19

1
Denbury Hillfort round barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 13.75km ENE

4

2
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 13.78km W

39

3
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.8km NNW

3
Denbury

Hillfort • 13.85km ENE

5

1

3

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 13.86km WNW

1
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 13.96km W

1

1
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.99km NNW

33

3
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 13.99km NNW

2
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14km WSW

2
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.09km W

8

1

1
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 14.18km N

12
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.25km W

8
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.33km NW

3
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.59km WSW

4

4
Vixen Tor

Cist • 14.66km W

14

4

1
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 14.83km WSW

9
Fernworthy Round House

14.86km NNW

19

1
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 14.88km NW

14

1

1

1
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 14.9km NW

63

4

11

3
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 15km NNW

1

1
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.01km NNW

17

1
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 15.26km WNW

4

1
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.29km NNW

3
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.32km NNW

12

2
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 15.34km WNW

18

1

4
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 15.38km WNW

3
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 15.54km NNW

5

2
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.55km W

1

1
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 15.55km NNW

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.56km NNW

7

2
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 15.57km W

1

2
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 15.58km NNW

54

6

2
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 15.63km NNW

12

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 15.7km WNW

1
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.76km NNW

15

1

3

1
Sharpitor Nutcrackers

Rocking Stone • 15.81km NE

1
Hunter’s Tor

Hillfort • 16.04km NNE

10

1
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.05km NW

12

4
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 16.16km SW

13

1
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.26km WNW

10

1
White Tor East

Cist • 16.46km WNW

6

1
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.5km W

2

1
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.74km WNW

17
Berry’s Wood

Hillfort • 16.9km ENE

1

1
Blackdown Rings

Hillfort • 17.08km SE

1

1
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 17.17km NNW

62

1

7

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 17.4km NNW

2

1
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 17.79km WSW

8

2
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 17.82km NW

1

6

1
Kes Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.13km NNW

6

1
Tolmen Stone

Holed Stone • 18.53km NNW

4
Halwell Camp

Hillfort • 18.75km ESE

1
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 18.75km WSW
Meacombe Burial Chamber

Burial Chamber • 18.78km N

10

4
Scorhill

Stone Circle • 18.81km NNW

69

3

12
Puggie Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 19km N

1
Beacon Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 19.05km E

1
Ritson Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.21km SE

1
Stanborough Camp

Hillfort • 19.48km SE

1
Buttern Hill

19.85km NNW

1

1
Buttern Hill Chambered Cairn.

Chambered Cairn • 19.9km NNW

8

2
Buttern Hill Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 19.99km NNW

28

4