Ditsworthy Cairn Circle — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Ditsworthy Cairn Circle by Lubin

The Cairn Circle is amongst the Lower Hentor Brook settlement.It is said that it once contained two kists but these are no longer to be seen.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©

Lubin Mar 6, 2005

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Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle

Lubin Mar 7, 2005

The Ditsworthy cairn circle is actually across the Plym to the south of Ditsworthy Warren house, amongst the buildings of the Lower Hentor Brook settlement. It was once supposed to have surrounded two kists although there is now no sign of either.

Sites within 20km of Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 0.41km W

3
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 0.51km S

2
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 0.9km ENE

7

1
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 0.92km WSW

5

1
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.16km WNW

3
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 1.3km NW

2
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 1.3km WNW

12

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.3km SSE

1

1
Spanish Lake

Cist • 1.32km SSE

1
Trowlesworthy

1.34km SSW
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.34km SSW

2
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.41km N

8

1
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 1.56km SW

1

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 1.66km NNE

116

8

1
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 1.72km WNW

6
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 1.79km WSW

3

1
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 1.8km W

3
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 1.8km SSW

24

2

2
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 1.8km WSW

57

1

8

1
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 1.88km SSW

20

3

1
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 1.93km SSW

17

3

1
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 1.99km NNE

7

1
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 2km W

52

7

3
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 2.11km NW

3

2
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 2.12km NE

3

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 2.12km N

9

2
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 2.21km W

6
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 2.22km SSE
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 2.24km NW

52

3

11

3
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 2.36km ESE

3
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 2.41km SSE

7
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 2.45km NE

5
Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.52km NE

10
Outcombe

Cist • 2.53km NNW

1

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 2.63km ENE

35

1
Ringmoor Down Reave

2.8km WSW

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 2.9km WNW

2

2
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 2.91km SSW

1

1
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 2.97km ENE

14

1
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3km N

2

1
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 3.07km NE

2

1
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 3.22km SE

2
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 3.31km NNE

15

3
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.4km SSE

1

2
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 3.42km SW

3

1
Down Tor South

Cist • 3.51km NNW

2

1
Saddlesborough

3.53km SW
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.53km SW

9

1
Penn Beacon South

3.57km SE

3
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.59km N

69

1

7

1
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 3.63km N

1
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.69km SW

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.69km SW

19

3
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 3.75km WSW

11

1
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 3.77km SW

5

2
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 3.8km NNW

3
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 3.84km N

10

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 3.84km N

9

2
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 3.95km NE

2

1

1
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.12km WSW

2
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.24km E

3

1
Leather Tor South

Cist • 4.29km NW

2
Dendles Waste

Cist • 4.38km ESE

1

1
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.41km SSW

11

1
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.67km WSW

4

4
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 4.95km WSW

9
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 4.98km WNW

1

1
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 5.13km ESE

1

1
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 5.22km NNW

17
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 5.24km E

5

2
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 5.27km NNE

1

1
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.34km E

1
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 5.34km E

15

6

1
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 5.38km ESE

1

1
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.38km ENE

4

1
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 5.43km NW

1

1
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 5.54km NW

10

5
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 5.57km NW

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.58km NW

16

2
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.63km ESE

6

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 5.63km NE

4

1
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.64km E

3
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.68km ENE

12

2
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.71km E

3

1
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 5.76km E

4

1
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.81km NNW

17
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.85km E

4

2

1
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 5.89km E

5
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 5.92km E

4

2
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.95km ESE

40

1

6

2
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.98km WNW

4

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.02km NNW

45

1

3
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 6.15km NE

5

2
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 6.16km NNW

8

1
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 6.23km ESE

3

2

1
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 6.45km E

5

2

1
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.74km N

8
Ingra Tor

Cist • 6.77km NW

1

1
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 6.98km E

9

3
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.01km ESE

8

2
Ter Hill

Cist • 7.01km NE

2

1
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 7.15km NNE

10

1
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 7.23km SSW

13

1
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.27km NNW

1

1
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 7.38km NNE

24
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 7.42km ENE

10
Royal Hill

7.55km NNE
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 7.67km E

10
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 7.73km E

5

1
Burford Down

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.76km ESE

18

5
Burford Down cairn and cist

Cairn(s) • 7.78km ESE

8

1
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 7.88km WSW

8

2
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 7.93km NNE

4

1

3
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 7.96km ENE

11

1

2
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 7.98km NE

3

1
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.99km ENE

1

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 8.01km NE

1
Piles Hill stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.11km E

3

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 8.19km E

9

1

1
Harford Moor

Cist • 8.27km ESE

15

2
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.28km ENE

2

1
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 8.42km NE

1
Piles Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.46km E

8

2
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 8.49km ENE

6

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 8.59km NNE

5

1
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 8.66km ENE

2

1
Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.66km ESE

12

2
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 8.75km NE

2
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 8.84km NW

1

1
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 8.87km WSW
Yellowmeade

Cist • 8.92km NNW

2

1
Butter Brook Ford

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.97km ESE

5

1
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 9.01km ENE

11

1

3
Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 9.08km ESE

3

2
Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.09km ESE

1
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 9.13km NNE

8
Butterdon stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.16km ESE

16

1

3
Glasscombe Corner

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.19km E

11

2
Corringdon Ball Stone Row

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 9.28km E

15

1
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.34km NE

26

4

1
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.37km E

9

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.38km NW

39

3
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.47km ENE

1
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 9.47km ENE

2
Vixen Tor

Cist • 9.51km NW

14

4

1
Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.52km ESE

6

2
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 9.52km NW

105

19

1
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 9.53km ESE

2

1
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.57km E
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 9.59km E

14

1
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 9.6km E

3

1
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 9.66km NE

12

2
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

Round Cairn • 9.66km ESE

3

1
Holne Moor

Cist • 9.87km NE

1

2
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.88km NW

8

1

1
Addicombe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.9km ESE
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 9.93km ENE

1

1
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 9.97km ENE

8

1

1
Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.02km ESE

21

2
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 10.04km ESE

4

2
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 10.1km NW

1

2
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 10.27km ENE

13

1

1
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb

Chambered Tomb • 10.52km ESE

8

2
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.64km ENE

2
Cuckoo Ball

Chambered Tomb • 10.73km ESE

13

2
Western Beacon

Cairn(s) • 10.82km ESE

19

5
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 10.82km N

1

1

1

1
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.88km E

2

1
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.88km NE

4

2
Little Mis Tor

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

8
Aish Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.97km E

2

2
Aller Brook

Cist • 11.15km NE

1

1
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.28km E

5

1
Cantrell Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.32km ESE

3

2
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.5km NW

1

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 11.59km NNE

9

1
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 11.66km NW

2

1
Wistman’s Wood

11.73km N

2

2
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.89km NE

6
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.96km NE

7

4
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 12.06km NE

1
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 12.21km NNE

8

1
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.31km N

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 12.42km NW

1
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.43km NNE

26

7

1
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.58km NE

9

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 12.6km NNW

3
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 12.66km NNW

4

1
Brent Hill

Hillfort • 12.7km E

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.75km NE

20

1

1
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 12.75km NNW

18

1

4
Stennen Hill

Cist • 12.79km NNE

9

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 13.06km NNE

3
Crow Tor

Cist • 13.07km N

2

1
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.09km N

8

1

1
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.3km NE

3

1
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.32km NE

33

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 13.39km NNW

1
White Tor East

Cist • 13.4km NW

6

1
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 13.42km NE

5
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.44km NNE

43

2
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.49km NW

10

1
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.53km NW

17
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 13.61km NNE

16

1
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.65km NE

1
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 13.8km NNE

4

1

1
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.95km N

13

2
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 14.19km NNE

1

1

2
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 14.52km ENE

19

5

1
Chittaford Down

Cist • 14.67km NNE

9

2
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 14.77km NNE

8

2
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.06km NNE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 15.06km NNE

16

2
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.28km NE

3

1
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.48km N

2

1
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 15.82km NE

23

8

2
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 16.66km NE

1

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 16.75km NE

2
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 16.84km NNE

1

1
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.06km N

12

4
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.69km NNE

3
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 17.72km N

14

1

1

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 17.75km NE

11
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 17.8km NNE

2
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.93km NE

1
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.93km NNE

1
Blackslade Down

Cist • 17.95km NE

7

1
Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s) • 18.24km WNW

2
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 18.26km NNE

63

4

11

3
Foale’s Arrishes

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

9
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 18.5km NE

19

2
Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.52km WNW

22

7
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.59km NNE

33

3
Mount Edgcumbe Barrow

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.63km SW

1

1
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 18.67km NE

7
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 18.7km ENE

1

1
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 18.91km NNE

13

1
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.94km NNE

17

1

2

1
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 18.95km NE

7

2

2
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 19.02km NE

6
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.02km ENE

22

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.03km NNE

3
Blackdown Rings

Hillfort • 19.19km ESE

1

1
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

19.21km NE

49

8

1
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 19.3km NNE

2
Fernworthy Round House

19.49km NNE

19

1
Doe Tor

Cist • 19.49km NNW

5

1
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 19.52km ENE

3
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 19.55km NE

10

1
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 19.59km ENE

8
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 19.73km NNE

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.74km NNE

7

2
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.74km NNE

17

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.74km NE

6
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 19.75km NNE

54

6

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 19.77km NNE

5

2
Hingston Down East

Round Barrow(s) • 19.85km W

1
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.92km NNE

15

1

3

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.94km NNE

14

1