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Dartmoor Guide: Cripdon Down and Hayne Down

Guide to the Monuments on Cripdon Down and Hayne Down

Cripdon Down and Hayne Down

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Cripdon Down and Hayne Down


Guide #ButlerSiteIDSite NameOSXLatLonNMRHERBarrow
Report		Photo
4106Easdon Down 1 Crop MarkSX741408261050.62950134-3.78094006 n/a MDV27974 N
4107Easdon Down 2 Crop MarkSX731908136050.61806107-3.79394007 n/a MDV27977 N
22.3561Easdon Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle SX733508230050.62654114-3.79200006SX 78 SW 4MDV8767 N
20.191095Heatree Down CairnSX724358025550.60795975-3.80422997SX 78 SW 15MDV8764 N
21.1096Hayne Down summit Reported CistSX744008020050.60789108-3.77644992 n/a n/a N
649Hunters Tor FortSX761608241050.62843000-3.75237000SX 78 SE 2MDV8824 Y
4261Hisley Wood 1 Reported CairnSX772268063250.61238098-3.73668003 n/a MDV114521 N
4263Hisley Wood 2 Reported CairnSX773848092850.61507034-3.73453999 n/a MDV114526 N
2558Hunters Tor (SE of) Reported CistSX760808234050.62749100-3.75343990SX 78 SE 29MDV28616 N

Table of Round Houses on Cripdon Down and Hayne Down


Guide #ButlerSiteIDSite NameOSXLatLonNMRHERBarrow
Report		Photo
5240Blissmoor Round HouseSX736598070550.61227036-3.78709006 n/a MDV8802 N
5241Blissmoor Round HouseSX736808075650.61272812-3.78680992 n/a MDV8763 N
5712Cripdon Down Round HouseSX732708057050.61096954-3.79254007 n/a MDV29201 N
5713Cripdon Down Round HouseSX734508031050.60868073-3.78991008 n/a MDV26683 N
5714Cripdon Down Round HouseSX735268038450.60935974-3.78886008 n/a MDV26682 N
5715Cripdon Down Round HouseSX736108093750.61434937-3.78785992 n/a MDV8797 N
5716Cripdon Down Round HouseSX735838095950.61454010-3.78824997 n/a MDV8762 N
5924Easdon Down Round HouseSX725508289050.63167191-3.80350995 n/a MDV26993 N
5925Easdon Down Round HouseSX727308294050.63216019-3.80098009 n/a MDV26994 N
5926Easdon Down Round HouseSX727508203050.62398148-3.80039001 n/a MDV26989 N
5927Easdon Down Round HouseSX729908287050.63159180-3.79728007 n/a MDV26995 N
5928Easdon Down Round HouseSX730808269050.62998962-3.79594994 n/a MDV8757 N
5929Easdon Down Round HouseSX731508297050.63251877-3.79505992 n/a MDV26996 N
5930Easdon Down Round HouseSX732048288150.63172913-3.79426003 n/a MDV8756 N
5931Easdon Down Round HouseSX732198287950.63172150-3.79404998 n/a MDV8756 N
5933Easdon Down Round HouseSX734308274050.63050842-3.79101992 n/a MDV27001 N
5934Easdon Tor E Round HouseSX736008236050.62714005-3.78849006 n/a MDV27002 N
5935Easdon Tor S Round HouseSX730818204450.62417984-3.79571009 n/a MDV8766 N
5936Easdon Tor S Round HouseSX731238208450.62454987-3.79514003 n/a MDV8766 N
5937Easdon Tor S Round HouseSX731308209550.62464905-3.79503989 n/a MDV8766 N
5938Easdon Tor S Round HouseSX731428212450.62490845-3.79487991 n/a MDV8766 N
5939Easdon Tor S Round HouseSX731408210750.62475967-3.79489994 n/a MDV8766 N
6163Gratnor Round HouseSX740707968050.60314941-3.78094006 n/a MDV7549 N
6164Great Houndtor Round HouseSX742627980350.60429001-3.77827001 n/a MDV7429 N
6165Great Houndtor Round HouseSX742487979850.60425186-3.77846003 n/a MDV7431 N
6166Great Houndtor Round HouseSX742737979050.60417938-3.77811003 n/a MDV7432 N
6393Hayne Down Round HouseSX739648057850.61119843-3.78274012 n/a MDV8815 N
6394Hayne Down Round HouseSX739988060650.61146164-3.78226995 n/a MDV8815 N
6395Hayne Down Round HouseSX741187993650.60546112-3.78034997 n/a n/a N
6396Hayne Down Round HouseSX741708018050.60765839-3.77969003 n/a MDV26984 N
6397Hayne Down Round HouseSX742098013850.60728836-3.77912998 n/a n/a N
6398Hayne Down Round HouseSX743008031050.60886002-3.77789998 n/a MDV26985 N
6399Hayne Down Round HouseSX744118032650.60903168-3.77634001 n/a n/a N
6400Hayne Down Round HouseSX744908040050.60971069-3.77524996 n/a MDV26986 N
6401Hayne Down Round HouseSX739738058350.61124039-3.78260994 n/a MDV8815 N
6402Hayne Down Round HouseSX746278001950.60631180-3.77318001 n/a MDV26987 N
6403Hayne Down Round HouseSX744328033850.60913849-3.77605009 n/a n/a N
6412Heatree Down Round HouseSX722308071250.61201859-3.80728006 n/a MDV8721 N
6413Heatree Down Round HouseSX722448070850.61199188-3.80708003 n/a MDV8721 N
6414Heatree Down Round HouseSX722278074150.61228180-3.80732989 n/a MDV8721 N
6415Heatree Down Round HouseSX722208078850.61270142-3.80745006 n/a MDV8721 N
6416Heatree Down Round HouseSX722148055250.61058044-3.80745006 n/a MDV55528 N
6417Heatree Down Round HouseSX722208057050.61074066-3.80736995 n/a MDV55529 N
6418Heatree Down Round HouseSX722148077050.61254120-3.80752993 n/a MDV8721 N
6419Heatree Down Round HouseSX722128069950.61190033-3.80752993 n/a MDV8721 N
6420Heatree Down Round HouseSX722028060050.61101151-3.80764008 n/a MDV55531 N
6421Heatree Down Round HouseSX722368058550.61088181-3.80714989 n/a MDV55530 N
6422Heatree Down Round HouseSX722018073850.61225128-3.80769992 n/a MDV8721 N
6423Heatree Down Round HouseSX722448072750.61215973-3.80709004 n/a MDV8721 N
6424Heatree Down Round HouseSX722268069150.61183167-3.80732989 n/a MDV8721 N
6700Hunters Tor NW Round HouseSX757608268050.63048172-3.75806999 n/a MDV19911 N
7441Manaton Rocks Round HouseSX745708160050.62051010-3.77451992 n/a MDV26680 N
7442Manaton Rocks Round HouseSX747508167050.62118149-3.77200007 n/a MDV26679 N
7443Manaton Rocks Round HouseSX748008170050.62145996-3.77131009 n/a MDV26678 N
9223Vogwell Round HouseSX722928149450.61906815-3.80666995 n/a MDV27871 N
9224Vogwell Down Round HouseSX722208138050.61803055-3.80765009 n/a MDV8719 N
9225Vogwell Down Round HouseSX722008136050.61783981-3.80792999 n/a MDV8718 N
9226Vogwell Down Round HouseSX721908134050.61766052-3.80805993 n/a MDV8720 N

Cripdon Down and Hayne Down Guide Map

Guidance for walkers: The monuments featured in this database are archaeological treasures and need to be protected and preserved - please do not disturb any sites. Please check access and firing times before visiting sites, not all sites listed are on open access land. Firing ranges and boundaries of open access areas are marked on the OL28 OS Dartmoor Explorer map. Please stick to the country code and consider giving support to the numerous agencies that help to keep Dartmoor a fabulous natural and historic environment!



List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Cripdon Down and Hayne Down

Easdon Down 1 Crop Mark

OS Map: SX 74140 82610
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV27974
ShortName: CNxEasdon Do1
Notes: Aerial Photograph
Nearby sites: SX74148261

Easdon Down 2 Crop Mark

OS Map: SX 73190 81360
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV27977
ShortName: CNxEasdon Do2
Notes: Aerial Photograph
Nearby sites: SX73198136

Easdon Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 73350 82300
NMR record: SX 78 SW 4
HER record: MDV8767
Megalithic Portal: 45848
PMD: Easdon Tor
ShortName: RC:Easdon Hill
Butler map: 22.3
Grinsell: MAN 1
Turner: A61
Notes: "A cairn with a large centrally placed rock which is possibly the capstone of a kist. Robbers have excavated around and about this giving a rock strewn central hollow to the cairn. There is no encircling ditch. The capstone is approximately square. Touching its base at the east is a triangular shaped orthostat. The cairn is situated on the very summit of a hill."
Nearby sites: SX73358230

Heatree Down Cairn

OS Map: SX 72435 80255
NMR record: SX 78 SW 15
HER record: MDV8764
ShortName: CN:Heatree D1
Butler map: 20.19
Grinsell: MAN 3
Notes: Cairn on Heatree Down, measuring 14.5 meters in diameter, and 0.6 meters high. The cairn itself has been disturbed by looting and is bumpy.
Nearby sites: SX72448026

Hayne Down summit Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 74400 80200
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
PMD: Hayne Down
ShortName: CT?Hayne Dow1
Butler map: 21.
Grinsell: MAN 3a
Notes: No HER or NMR rcords. Grinsell: LVG and GMS have searched in vain for cist near reave connecting Bowerman's Nose with tor to SE, mentioned by Crossing 1912/1965, 294
Nearby sites: SX74408020

Hunters Tor Fort

Hunters Tor Fort

OS Map: SX 76160 82410
NMR record: SX 78 SE 2
HER record: MDV8824
Megalithic Portal: 7759
ShortName: FT HuntersTor
Notes: "Iron Age hill-fort at Hunters' Tor: 'Three concentric enclosures, defences stone built and partly robbed for field walls. Inner entrance knobbed with embanked approach-road across second enclosure. Hill-top site.'"
Nearby sites: SX76168241

Hisley Wood 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 77226 80632
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV114521
ShortName: CN:Hisley Wo1
Notes: "Stone piles or possible cairns noted in the wood. Few details given; may be related to clearance."
Nearby sites: SX77238063

Hisley Wood 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 77384 80928
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV114526
ShortName: CN:Hisley Wo2
Notes: "Stone mound noted below path from Bovey Combe to Clam Bridge. No measurements provided. Unlikely to be related to field clearance due to steepness of slope."
Nearby sites: SX77388093

Hunters Tor (SE of) Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 76080 82340
NMR record: SX 78 SE 29
HER record: MDV28616
PMD: Hunter's Tor
ShortName: CT?Hunter's 1
Grinsell: LUS 1
Notes: Possibly natural feature
Nearby sites: SX76088234

Page last updated 28/05/23