Lubin

This is the only cairn on Ringmoor Down to contain a kist.It lies to the north east of the stone circle and to the east of the cairn circle at the end of the stone row. It is quite unusual as the west end of the kist is made up of two stones instead of the usual one.

The Outcombe kist sits high on the hill above Outcombe inside a newtake field.It can also be reached from the Eylesbarrow kist by walking around one kilometer north west.

The cairn at Grims Lake mire is to the north east of Grimspound,about 400 metres.It is easy to find if you follow the stream, in that direction, from where it touches the wall of the pound keeping to the left side to avoid the boggy ground.It has a nice kist within it that is set to the right side if you are looking north.

The Eylesbarrow cairn and kist lies on open moor between the track from the scout hut to Eylesbarrow and the Eylesbarrow Reave.Around 800 metres up the path from the scout hut you turn left [north] and the kist is around 200 metres into the moor.

There are twenty two cairns spread around the hillside of the complex.Five of these still contain kists two of which are in the centre of quite substantial mounds.The other three are very small to almost nonexistant, as with the one at the north west edge of the Giant’s Basin.
The best way to access the site is to park near the so called scout hut at SX579673.Space here is very limited so an early arrival would be best.From here you walk across the stream ahead of you and head up the hill towards Eyelsbarrow.A s you pass the scout hut[now used by the Royal Navy for training purposes] there is a leat,cross this and then turn right and go in a south easterly direction towards Whittenknowles Rocks.You will come apon a quite well preserved settlement here,well worth spending some time looking at.To the west side of the settlement there are the remains of two medieval long houses built amongst the walls of the prehistoric dwellings.From here you should be able to see the antiquities of Drizzlecombe so you can head down hill towards them.There is however a small amount of wet ground to cross as you come upon the tin workings around the Drizzlecombe.This is not too difficult to cross and can be done, with a little care ,keeping your feet dry.

The kist on the south side of Down Tor sits on a ledge around 600 metres from the summit.There is a small cairn around the kist and what apears to be the capstone sits amongst stones on the down hill side.It is quite difficult kist to find as it is on a small ledge amongst clitter from the rocks of the tor above it.

The kist is in the centre of a small mound which also has a few stones just in view above the grass.These could be from a ring surrounding the kist.

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.

The kist on Crow Tor is best reached by walking up the West Dart from Two Bridges.This way you can visit the settelments on the west side of Littaford and Longaford Tors and Wistmans Wood.After visiting the site if you have time it is only around a mile to the north west to the Beardown Man.

There are ten cairns to the south and west of the tor, five of them having kists, although some of them being very small to non existant. Two can be found to the west of the tor and the others are inside Black Newtake to the south west. The ones in the newtake are difficult to find as they are amongst long grass, one of them is a ring cairn.

As others have said this is an excellent place to visit. It is best approached from the Postbridge end where you can park just inside the forest at SX646788 and walk south over Lakehead Hill taking a look at Krap’s Ring settlement, then on over the top to the Lakehead cairns/kists and stone row. From here you will walk up to Bellever Tor passing the very early settlement as the hill starts to rise. Once on the top of the tor the views are outstanding. I spent some time up here one afternoon when it was so windy you had to lean into the wind to stand up, but it was well worth it. From here you can go west to the first of the Bellever kists then south to the newtake to see the others. All in all an enjoyable day out whatever the weather.