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Prehistoric stone hunt under way in Devon salt marsh A team of archaeologists is braving horse flies, spiky vegetation and murky ditches to hunt for mysterious standing stones lost beneath a West Country salt marsh... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 2nd July 2018ce

Devon archaeological dig reveals "exciting" prehistoric finds Follow up to news story from October. "A Stone age knife, a Bronze age arrow head and a Roman nail are just some of the surprises uncovered by a new archaeological dig in Devon... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thesweetcheat 10th March 2015ce

Devon treasure hunter locates Bronze Age settlement using Google Earth http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Devon-treasure-hunter-locates-Bronze-Age/story-23349132-detail/story... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thesweetcheat 22nd October 2014ce

Ipplepen Iron Age settlement 'one of most significant' finds An Iron Age settlement unearthed in Devon has been described as one of the most important finds of its kind. More Here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-23733741 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by scubi63 17th August 2013ce

William Stukeley: Saviour of Stonehenge exhibition opens in Devon William Stukeley, Saviour of Stonehenge exhibition, opens tomorrow (9 June) at Hartland Abbey, Hartland, Bideford, North Devon and runs until 6 October. Details here - http://www.hartlandabbey.co.uk/exhibition.htm and here - continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Littlestone 8th June 2013ce Edited 14th June 2013ce

Bronze Age shipwreck found off Devon coast One of the world's oldest shipwrecks has been discovered off the coast of Devon after lying on the seabed for almost 3,000 years... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 14th February 2010ce

Volunteers wanted for dig in Stokenham "Keen historians are being invited to help a team of Exeter University archaeologists uncover secrets of an ancient Bronze Age and medieval site.Members of the public are invited to the dig to investigate the remains of a medieval building near an old manor house... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 21st May 2007ce

Wreck divers recover Bronze Age treasures From This is Devon website, 8 March 2005 A Westcountry diving team has uncovered one of the oldest shipwreck sites in the world... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 8th March 2005ce

TV shows spark 'gardening' crime BBC Devon Garden makeover programmes are being blamed for an increase in the theft of ancient artefacts from Dartmoor. Electronic tags are being used to help protect valuable stone crosses and troughs in the area... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by phil 17th April 2004ce

New Resting Place for Grave Hot on the heels of this: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/24862 comes this: http://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/newsdetail... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 17th March 2004ce Edited 25th March 2004ce

Ancient Stone Tomb Returns to Dartmoor Hoorah! A 'good news' story for once! A 4,000 year old grave discovered in Chagford in 1879 is returning to Dartmoor. The prehistoric grave will be relocated to the High Moorland Centre in Princetown early next month from Torquay Museum where it has been for 120 years... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 26th February 2004ce Edited 26th February 2004ce

Ramblers Protest at Tor Ramblers have held a mass trespass on one of Dartmoor's most popular landmarks to protest over its closure. Vixen Tor at Merrivale (Cornwall, England) was shut to the public when a new landowner bought it earlier last year... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Kozmik_Ken 5th January 2004ce Edited 6th January 2004ce

Restoration of Historic Site on Dartmoor Volunteers from Tavistock Conservation Project have been helping to restore the setting of an ancient Scheduled Monument on Dartmoor, almost totally obscured by vegetation... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 17th December 2003ce Edited 18th December 2003ce

Vixen Tor Owner Charged The farmer who closed Dartmoor's (England) Vixen Tor to the public has been charged with carrying out land improvements without an environmental impact assessment. Mary Alford, who owns the site at Merrivale, near Tavistock, Devon, will appear before Plymouth Magistrates in the New Year... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Kozmik_Ken 16th December 2003ce Edited 17th December 2003ce

Farmer builds own burial chamber http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/2985083.stm A Devon farmer has realised his dream by building a Bronze Age burial chamber on his land. He transported four huge pieces of granite from Dartmoor to his estate near Ivybridge to carry out the construction... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 1st May 2003ce Edited 2nd May 2003ce

Bronze Age Ingots Now At Exeter Museum From the Western Morning News (thisisdevon.co.uk) "More than 40 rare Bronze Age ingots from Devon have been given to the Royal Albert Museum in Exeter. The ingots, part of a shipment salvaged in 1991, was handed over by the Receiver of Wreck, Sophia Exelby, at a ceremony yesterday... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Rhiannon 26th July 2002ce

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There is a series of books well worth looking at for the serious antiquarian who is going to visit Dartmoor and look for the many sites there.The books are by Jeremy Butler and are called Dartmoor atlas of Antiquities and come in five volumes.Volumes one to four are the main books dealing with, volume 1, The East. Volume 2 ,The North. Volume 3,The South west and volume 4 The South East.Volume 5 is an over all cover of The Second Millennium B.C. and also contains an index. All the books contain maps and extensive text along with line drawings and the grid references to all the sites mentioned. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Lubin 19th March 2005ce

Any visitors intending to spend more than a day or so on Dartmoor should consider investing in the following publications: Petit, P. (1974/1995) Prehistoric Dartmoor. Forest Publishing, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0951527460 and Crossing, W. (1912/1990) Crossing's Guide to Dartmoor (2e). Peninsula Press, Kingskerswell ISBN 1872640168 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by RedBrickDream 6th August 2004ce

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Wessex Archaeology The final assesment/results of the Time Team Dig at Tottiford Reservoir. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Meic 27th February 2012ce Edited 28th February 2012ce

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. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

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. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by GLADMAN 13th May 2023ce

Kent's Cavern (Cave / Rock Shelter) — News

Kent's Cavern up for sale "Kents Cavern, described as ‘the most important prehistoric cave complex in Britain’, is up for sale for £2.5m It is billed by the estate agent as “Britain’s oldest home” and includes a network of caves featuring stalagmites and stalactites, a collection of full-size (replica) ice age animals, and an acre of woodland trails. Kents Cavern in Devon, which has been open to the public since the 19th century and in the ownership of the same family for 100 years, is up for sale for a very modern-sounding £2m to £2.5m." [Continues at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/11/devon-bolt-hole-caves-for-sale-billed-as-britains-oldest-home] Comments (2)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thesweetcheat 11th 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. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by markj99 12th March 2023ce

Sherberton Stone Circle — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by markj99 21st September 2022ce

Seven Lords' Lands (Cairn(s)) — Miscellaneous

Directions for Seven Lords' Lands Cairn: Take the Bovey Tracey / M'hampstead A382 turn off the A38. Turn left for Bovey Tracey. After c. 1.3 miles take the 2nd exit of the roundabout for Town Centre / Haytor. Take the 1st exit for Haytor / Widecombe B3387 at the next roundabout c. 0.8 miles later. After c. 0.4 miles on the B3387 bear left to stay on the B3387. Continue on the B3387 for c. 5 miles to reach Hemsworthy Gate Car Park (SX 74145 76095) at the B3387 / Ashburton Junction. Seven Lords' Lands Cairn is located c. 140 yards N from here adjacent to a stone wall. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by markj99 19th September 2022ce

Seven Lords' Lands (Cairn(s)) — Links

Seven Lords' Lands on Google Maps Seven Lords' Lands on Google Maps Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by markj99 19th September 2022ce

Historic England List Entry Number: 1003302 Seven Lords' Lands Cairn on Historic England Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by markj99 19th September 2022ce Edited 22nd September 2022ce

Seven Lords' Lands (Cairn(s)) — Images

Posted by markj99 19th September 2022ce