Harford Moor

Nearest town:
Rattery (9km ENE)
OS reference:
SX645602
OS sheet:
202
Latitude:
50° 25' 31.33 N
Longitude:
3° 54' 28.15 W
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Images

Image of Harford Moor (Cist) by GLADMAN

Toward Stalldown Barrow with its wondrous stone row/cairns.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 27, 2016
Image of Harford Moor (Cist) by GLADMAN

Sharp Tor can be seen top left of image. A hauntingly evocative location, in my opinion.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Mar 27, 2016
Image of Harford Moor (Cist) by GLADMAN

The central cist... the grave goods – featuring trekking pole – were thought to be unprecedented upon Dartmoor. However I found a couple of other examples that week. Funny, that :-)

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 27, 2016
Image of Harford Moor (Cist) by GLADMAN

Looking across to Burford Down, the left hand section of which possesses a pretty good stone row and cairn-circle/cairn-and-cist. PLEASE NOTE: the River Erme bars the way below and will need to be forded... I wasn’t aware of any foot bridges.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 27, 2016
Image of Harford Moor (Cist) by GLADMAN

In my opinion a first-class monument... looking across a settlement to the ridge graced by the wondrous Stalldown stone row. Sharp Tor, bearing a large summit cairn, can be seen top right.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 27, 2016
Image of Harford Moor (Cist) by Lubin

Looking from the southwest showing what is left of the cairn.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Sep 11, 2005
Image of Harford Moor (Cist) by Lubin

This cairn is one of many near Harford Moor Gate. It is at SX648597

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Sep 11, 2005
Image of Harford Moor (Cist) by Lubin

This is a Kist with ring Cairn. It is reached from Harford Gate north of Ivybridge. From the gate walk north until you pass a reave the Cairn/Kist lies on the side of Piles Hill in open groundabout 200 metres past the reave. There are 15 other Cairns in the area all worth checking out.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Feb 6, 2005

Articles

Harford Moor

Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead Sep 28, 2005

With so much to see in this area, I missed this the first time around. My second visit this year was with the owners of the land and with their guidance I was led to this site. As Lubin says it can be found by heading north from Harford gate (Not a place to leave valubles in your car) and following the highest edge of the field walls. A track runs to a gate in the field system and then on wards towards Piles Wood. The cist lies on the hillside above the track just before the gate.
No sign of the capstone unless it is the stone a little further up the hillside.

Harford Moor

Lubin
Lubin Feb 7, 2005

The Kist is situated on Piles Hill amongst 15 other Cairns.A reave runs through them and a Stone Row is close by at the head of the Butter Brook.The photo was taken looking north west with the valley of the Erme in the background.A very pleasant place to spend a warm summer evening.

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