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Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s)

C

CARL Apr 26, 2012

14.4.12

Not a visit as such, more a view from afar:
From the top of Brent Tor to be exact!

With the help of my trusty binoculars I was able to spot 3 of the Barrows – one of which looked to be well mangled.

My O/S map shows 6 Barrows in a line running East / West. There does not appear to be any public access to the Barrows.

Obviously a proper visit to the Barrows would confirm this?

Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s)

Rhiannon May 3, 2002

The area round these barrows is excitingly haunted by a headless horse and some spectral hounds. Stay on the path.

(Grinsell, ‘folklore of prehistoric sites in Britain’)

Sites within 20km of Heathfield Beacons

Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.42km NE

22

7
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 7.53km E

2

1
Gallows Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 7.66km NE

1

1
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.09km E

17
Castle Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.1km WSW
White Tor East

Cist • 8.41km E

6

1
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.58km E

1

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 8.6km E

1

2
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.79km E

10

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 8.79km E

1
Burley Camp

Hillfort • 8.81km NNE

1

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 9.37km E

3
Vixen Tor

Cist • 9.46km E

14

4

1
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.54km E

18

1

4
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 9.6km E

4

1
Doe Tor

Cist • 9.71km NE

5

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.94km E

8

1

1
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.96km E

8
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 10.19km E

1

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 10.26km E

39

3
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 10.29km E

105

19

1
Hingston Down East

Round Barrow(s) • 10.69km SW

1
Great Nodden

Cairn(s) • 11.07km NE

4
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 11.14km NE

10

1

1
Hingston Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.18km SW

1

1
Yellowmeade

Cist • 11.23km E

2

1
Kit Hill

11.87km SW

2

1
Ingra Tor

Cist • 12.09km ESE

1

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.35km ESE

4

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 12.36km ENE

1
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.37km E

1

1
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 12.92km ESE

10

5
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.92km ESE

16

2
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 12.95km ESE

3

2
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 13.18km E

1

1

1

1
Corn Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.21km NE

19

1

1

1
Sourton Tors Circle

Stone Circle • 13.25km NE

3

1
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 13.31km ESE

1

1
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 13.33km ESE

1

1
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.35km ENE

13

2
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.41km ESE

17
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 13.5km E

8

1
Dupath Rounds

Enclosure • 13.75km SW

1

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.8km E

45

1

3
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.04km ENE

12

4
Leather Tor South

Cist • 14.11km ESE

2
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.16km E

8
Castlewich Henge

Henge • 14.17km SW

3

3
Crow Tor

Cist • 14.27km E

2

1
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 14.34km ESE

17
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.94km E

1
Fordsland Ledge

Cairn(s) • 15.01km NE

18

4
Wistman’s Wood

15.02km E

2

2
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 15.37km ESE

2

2
Longstone Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.41km NE

5

1
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 15.46km SSE
High Willhays

Cairn(s) • 15.47km NE

11

3
Down Tor South

Cist • 15.56km ESE

2

1
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 15.59km ESE

3
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.61km ENE

2

1
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.66km E

8
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.68km E

8

1

1
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 15.86km SE

8

2
Yes Tor

Cairn(s) • 15.95km NE

23

2

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 15.96km E

5

1
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 15.97km ESE

1
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.04km ESE

69

1

7

1
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 16.16km ESE

52

3

11

3
Outcombe

Cist • 16.16km ESE

1

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 16.25km ESE

9

2
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.26km ESE

2

1
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.27km SE

2
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 16.31km E

4

1

3
Stennen Hill

Cist • 16.32km E

9

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 16.32km ESE

10

1
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 16.39km ESE

3

2
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 16.46km E

16

1
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 16.53km ESE

6
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 16.61km ENE

1

6

1
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 16.63km ESE

6
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 16.64km SE

11

1
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 16.69km ESE

3
Ringmoor Down Reave

16.69km ESE

1
Royal Hill

16.82km E
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.83km ESE

52

7

3
Cadson Bury

Hillfort • 16.86km SW

1

1
Thorn Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.88km NW

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 16.94km ESE

9

2
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 16.96km ESE

12

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 16.97km E

3
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 17.02km ESE

2
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 17.02km E

1

1
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 17.08km ENE

14

1

1

1
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.1km ESE

3
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.1km SE

4

4
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 17.11km ESE

3

1
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 17.25km E

10

1
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 17.27km ESE

57

1

8

1
Chittaford Down

Cist • 17.34km ENE

9

2
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 17.35km E

24
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.35km ESE

8

1
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 17.4km ESE

15

3
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 17.41km ENE

8

2
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 17.55km E

1

1

2
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 17.62km ESE

7

1
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.64km ENE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 17.64km ENE

16

2
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 17.73km SE

9
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 17.81km ESE

5

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 17.85km ESE

116

8

1
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.9km ESE

3
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.91km ENE

3
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 17.97km E

4

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 17.98km E

9

1
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 18.02km ENE

63

4

11

3
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 18.06km E

8

1
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 18.06km ESE

3

1
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 18.18km E

4

1

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.21km E

43

2
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 18.23km E

2
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 18.24km ESE

1

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 18.26km E

1
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 18.27km ESE

1

1
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 18.35km E

3

1
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 18.38km SE

5

2
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.43km SE

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.43km SE

19

3
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 18.44km ESE

5
Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.46km ESE

10
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.46km E

26

7

1
Ter Hill

Cist • 18.5km E

2

1
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 18.53km E

5

2
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 18.55km ESE

2
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.66km SE

9

1
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 18.69km E

26

4

1
Trowlesworthy

18.79km ESE
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.79km ESE

2
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 18.79km ESE

2

1
Saddlesborough

18.8km SE
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 18.81km ESE

3

1
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 18.84km ESE

7

1
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.95km E

4

2
Higher Tor

Round Cairn • 19.06km NE

7
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.07km ESE

20

3

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 19.16km ESE

35

1
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 19.17km ESE

2

1

1
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 19.18km ESE

24

2

2
Cullever Steps

Cairn circle • 19.2km NE

6
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 19.2km ENE

1

1
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.2km ESE

17

3

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.23km ESE

1

1
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 19.33km ESE

1

1
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.33km E

7

4
Spanish Lake

Cist • 19.36km ESE

1
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 19.78km ENE

54

6

2
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 19.8km ENE

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.8km ENE

7

2
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 19.8km ESE

14

1
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.83km SE

11

1
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.85km ENE

15

1

3

1
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 19.89km ENE

5

2
White Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 19.94km ENE

35

1

11
White Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.97km NE

20

1