Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
SX673825

Nearest town:

Ashburton (14km ESE)

OS reference:

SX673825

OS sheet:

191

Latitude:

50° 37' 35.27 N

Longitude:

3° 52' 34.88 W

Added to TMA by

Lubin

Images (3)

Images

Image of Hurston Ridge (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Lubin

One of the round houses in the settlement. This one is built on to the south wall.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©

Lubin Sep 11, 2005

Image of Hurston Ridge (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Lubin

Looking west along the southern wall of the settlement where it cuts through the row. This also happens at the Assycombe Row. The Hurston Row can be seen running left to right in the photo.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©

Lubin Sep 11, 2005

Image of Hurston Ridge (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Lubin

Part of the eastern wall of the settlement.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©

Lubin Sep 11, 2005

Sites within 20km of Hurston Ridge

Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 0.1km SSE

17

1

2

1
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 0.28km NE

2
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 1.2km W

33

3
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.2km S

1
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 1.22km NNW

1

1
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 1.31km S

2
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.39km WNW

17

1
Fernworthy Round House

1.41km WNW

19

1
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.55km N

3
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 1.58km ESE

13

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.58km NW

12

2
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 1.9km NW

12

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.1km E

14

1
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 2.26km ESE

19

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 2.33km WNW

5

2
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 2.4km WNW

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.4km WNW

7

2
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 2.41km ENE

12
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 2.41km SW

1

1
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 2.43km WNW

54

6

2
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.54km WNW

15

1

3

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 2.64km E

6
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 2.92km SSE

2
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

3.21km E

49

8

1
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.39km WSW

3
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 3.39km E

10

1
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 3.44km W

63

4

11

3
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 3.53km NW

62

1

7

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 3.6km E

6
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 3.75km E

8

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 3.76km NW

2

1
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 3.9km SSE

23

8

2
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 4.3km W

14

1

1

1
Kes Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.37km NNW

6

1
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.39km SW

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 4.39km SW

16

2
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 4.5km SSE

3

1
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 4.71km SW

8

2
Chittaford Down

Cist • 4.82km SW

9

2
Tolmen Stone

Holed Stone • 4.93km NW

4
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 5.08km SW

1

1

2
Scorhill

Stone Circle • 5.21km NW

69

3

12
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 5.26km SSW

4

1

1
Puggie Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 5.33km N

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.6km SSW

43

2
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 5.74km WSW

2

1
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 6.02km SW

16

1
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.11km S

3

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 6.22km SW

3
Buttern Hill Chambered Cairn.

Chambered Cairn • 6.23km NW

8

2
Buttern Hill

6.26km NW

1

1
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 6.3km W

1

6

1
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 6.32km S

5
Buttern Hill Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.45km NW

28

4
Throwleigh (b) circle

Stone Circle • 6.58km NW

1
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.61km SSW

26

7

1
Stennen Hill

Cist • 6.7km SW

9

1
Meacombe Burial Chamber

Burial Chamber • 6.8km NE

10

4
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 6.82km SSW

8

1
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.82km SW

8

1

1
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 7.19km E

11

5
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.3km SSW

7

4
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.38km W

12

4
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 7.44km SSW

9

1
Hound Tor

Cist • 7.73km E

24

2
Crow Tor

Cist • 7.82km WSW

2

1
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.82km SW

1
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.9km SSE

1
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 7.95km ESE

1

1
White Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 8.09km NW

35

1

11
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.2km WSW

13

2
Wistman’s Wood

8.2km SW

2

2
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.34km SSW

4

2
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 8.37km SSE

33

1
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 8.58km SSE

9

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.63km SSE

20

1

1
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 8.67km ESE

7
The Spinsters’ Rock

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 8.73km NNE

40

10

1
Hunter’s Tor

Hillfort • 8.83km ENE

10

1
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.9km ESE

1
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.09km SSE

6
Cranbrook Castle

Hillfort • 9.17km NE

11

1
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 9.2km SSE

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.21km ESE

9
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 9.24km ESE

7

2

2
White Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.25km NW

20

1
Blackslade Down

Cist • 9.27km ESE

7

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 9.31km WSW

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 9.45km ESE

11
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.55km E

15

1
Cosdon Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.67km NW

32

5

1
Cosdon Beacon

Cairn(s) • 9.72km NW

4
Black Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.84km E

9

2
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.89km SSW

26

4

1
Sharpitor Nutcrackers

Rocking Stone • 9.91km E

1
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 10.01km E

1

1
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 10.02km ESE

22

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 10.14km SW

1

1

1

1
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 10.18km ESE

1

1
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 10.18km SW

8
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 10.39km SSW

2
Giant’s Grave (Dartmoor)

Long Barrow • 10.44km ENE

13

1

2
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 10.46km S

12

2
Mardon Down Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 10.48km ENE

25

4
Prestonbury Castle

Hillfort • 10.52km NE

16

1
Mardon Down Cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.57km ENE

10

2
Blakey Tor

Cist • 10.61km SW

5

1
Mardon Down Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 10.71km ENE

25

3
Higher Tor

Round Cairn • 10.79km WNW

7
Aller Brook

Cist • 10.9km SSE

1

1
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 10.98km ESE

3
Mardon Down

11.02km ENE

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 11.15km SSW

1
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 11.18km SSW

4

1

3
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 11.2km SSW

3

1
Oxenham Arms

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.21km NNW

4

1

2

1
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 11.23km ESE

8
Fordsland Ledge

Cairn(s) • 11.35km W

18

4
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.39km SSE

2
Holne Moor

Cist • 11.41km S

1

2
Cullever Steps

Cairn circle • 11.48km WNW

6
Royal Hill

11.49km SSW
High Willhays

Cairn(s) • 11.56km WNW

11

3
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 11.66km SSW

24
Wooston Castle

Hillfort • 11.67km NE

13

1

1
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 11.89km SSW

10

1
Nine Stones

Cairn(s) • 11.95km NW

27

1

5

1
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 11.99km S

1
Yes Tor

Cairn(s) • 12.04km WNW

23

2

1
Watchet Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.06km NW

6
Ter Hill

Cist • 12.24km SSW

2

1
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 12.31km WSW

4

1
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 12.33km WSW

18

1

4
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 12.59km WSW

3
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.66km S

2

1
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.8km WSW

10

1
Bude Farm Sticklepath

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.89km NW

1
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 12.96km W

10

1

1
Longstone Hill

Cairn(s) • 13.11km WNW

5

1
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.11km WSW

8
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 13.13km SSW

5

2
Doe Tor

Cist • 13.16km W

5

1
White Tor East

Cist • 13.24km WSW

6

1
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.29km SW

8
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 13.32km WSW

1
East Hill

Hillfort • 13.48km NW

11

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 13.5km SSW

4

1
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.54km WSW

17
Yellowmeade

Cist • 13.63km SW

2

1
Corn Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.74km W

19

1

1

1
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 13.76km SSW

1

1
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 13.8km SSE

1

1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 14.1km SW

105

19

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.14km WSW

8

1

1
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.27km WSW

1

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 14.33km SW

39

3
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.34km SW

1

1
Great Nodden

Cairn(s) • 14.35km W

4
Sourton Tors Circle

Stone Circle • 14.42km W

3

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.42km SW

45

1

3
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 14.55km SW

8

1
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 14.95km SE

19

5

1
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 14.97km SW

17
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.14km SW

17
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.14km S

12

2
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.19km SSE

11

1

3
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 15.21km SW

1

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.35km SSW

10

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 15.37km SSW

9

2
Vixen Tor

Cist • 15.41km SW

14

4

1
Ingra Tor

Cist • 15.54km SW

1

1
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 15.62km WSW

2

1
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 15.63km S

11

1

2
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 15.66km SSW

2

1

1
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 15.73km SSW

15

3
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 15.75km SSW

1
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.75km SSW

69

1

7

1
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 15.79km SW

3
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 15.96km SW

1

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 16.08km WSW

1

2
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 16.19km S

6

1
Down Tor South

Cist • 16.2km SW

2

1
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.22km S

1

1
Gallows Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 16.27km W

1

1
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.33km SSW

2

1
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.34km SSW

2

1
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.4km S

2

1
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 16.41km SW

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 16.44km SW

16

2
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 16.51km SSE

8

1

1
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 16.52km S

10
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 16.58km SW

10

5
Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.72km SSW

10
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.76km SSE

1
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 16.77km SSW

5
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 16.89km SSE

2
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 16.97km SSW

3

1
Leather Tor South

Cist • 17km SW

2
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.01km SW

4

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 17.01km SSW

35

1
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 17.04km SSE

13

1

1
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 17.04km SSW

7

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 17.06km SSW

9

2
Outcombe

Cist • 17.09km SSW

1

1
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.09km SSE

9

1
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 17.16km SW

1

1
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.17km S

4

1
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 17.2km SSW

14

1
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 17.2km S

9

3
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 17.38km SSW

116

8

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 17.4km S

9

1

1
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 17.49km SSE

2

1
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 17.53km SSW

3

2
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 17.63km S

4

1
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.63km SSE

5

1
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 17.64km SSW

52

3

11

3
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.69km S

3

1
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.71km SSW

8

1
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.97km S

1
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 17.99km S

5

2
Higher Bury Camp

Hillfort • 18.14km NE

1
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.19km SSE
Burley Camp

Hillfort • 18.23km W

1

1
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 18.24km SSW

2
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 18.33km SSW

6
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 18.43km SSW

12

1
Gutter Tor settlement

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

3
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 18.48km S

15

6

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 18.61km SW

2

2
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 18.63km SSW

7

1
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.83km S

3
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 19.03km SSW

1

1
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.14km SSW

3
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 19.38km SSW

3
Bow Henge

Henge • 19.39km N

1
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 19.52km SSW

2
Chudleigh Rocks

Cave / Rock Shelter • 19.53km E

2

4
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.61km S

3

1
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 19.64km SSW

5

1
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.88km SSW

52

7

3
Cotley Castle

Hillfort • 19.89km ENE
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 19.91km SW

6
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 19.94km SSW

3

1
Denbury Hillfort round barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 19.97km ESE

4

2
Denbury

Hillfort • 19.97km ESE

5

1

3

1