Guide to the Monuments on Burrator

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Burrator

Table of Round Houses on Burrator

Burrator 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 Burrator

Peek Hill E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55760 69950
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV28525
ShortName: CN:Peek Hill1
Nearby sites: SX55766995

Yellowmead Fourfold Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 57488 67846
NMR record: SX 56 NE 18
HER record: MDV3338
Megalithic Portal: 1371
PMD: Yellowmead Stone Circles
Alternate name: Yellowmead fourfold circle Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Fourfold
Butler map: 47.14
DPD page: 31
Grinsell: SHE 4
Turner: G30
Barrow Report: 41 56
Notes: "A group of four concentric stone circles of which the innermost one is considered to be a cairn circle. Three stones were standing in 1921 when all the fallen stones were raised during restoration. There also appears to have been a stone row leading away from the stone circles." See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Yellowmead Stone Circle.
Nearby sites: SX57496785

Yennadon Down (MEA 1) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54510 69120
NMR record: SX 56 NW 35
HER record: MDV22762
ShortName: CN?Yennadon 1
Grinsell: MEA 1
Notes: Disturbed cairn on Yennadon Down, covered in gorse. Location unconfirmed.
Nearby sites: SX54516912

Leather Tor Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 56325 69524
NMR record: SX 56 NE 8
HER record: MDV3434
Megalithic Portal: 34457
PMD: Cross Gate
Alternate name: Leather Tor S. Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Leather Tor
Butler map: 45.17
DPD page: 23
Grinsell: WAL 25
Turner: E20
Barrow Report: 54
Notes: "A cist, consisting of two side stones and an end stone, contained within a barrow surrounded by a 16ft 6 ins diameter Kerb circle." Butler Leather Tor S. - Vol. 3. Map 45.17 (diagram p.52).
Nearby sites: SX56336952

Roborough Down 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 50900 68600
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV63828
ShortName: CN?Roborough3
Nearby sites: SX50906860

Peek Hill Summit 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55650 69959
NMR record: SX 56 NE 186
HER record: MDV63628
ShortName: CN:Peek Hill3
Butler map: 45.5.1
Notes: Two cairns - one not included by Butler
Nearby sites: SX55656996

Peek Hill Summit 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55623 69942
NMR record: SX 56 NE 179
HER record: MDV28529
ShortName: CN:Peek Hill4
Butler map: 45.5.2
Nearby sites: SX55626994

Yellowmead Stone Row

OS Map: SX 57482 67842
NMR record: SX 56 NE 18
HER record: MDV80769
Megalithic Portal: 2202
The Stone Rows of GB: Yellowmead Down
PMD: Yellowmead Stone Row
Alternate name: Yellowmead Down Stone Row
ShortName: SR Yellowmead
Butler map: 47.14
DPD page: 31
Barrow Report: 41 56
Notes: "A group of four concentric stone circles of which the innermost one is considered to be a cairn circle. Three stones were standing in 1921 when all the fallen stones were raised during restoration. There also appears to have been a stone row leading away from the stone circles." and "The double row as planned by Worth except that one stone is now missing. It is 6.9m long with mostly small line slabs, set on edge. They are about 0.3m long and 0.3m high, the intervals between stones and between the rows being 0.8m".
Nearby sites: SX57486784

Yellowmead Down 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 57480 68130
NMR record: SX 56 NE 143
HER record: MDV20141
ShortName: CN:Yellowmead3
Butler map: 47.14.3
Grinsell: SHE 1
Nearby sites: SX57486813

Gutter Tor 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 57386 67189
NMR record: SX 56 NE 36
HER record: MDV3988
ShortName: CN:Gutter To6
Butler map: 49.5.4
Grinsell: SHE 8
Notes: Mutilated cairn just s. Of road. Previously identified wrongly as a hut circle. Almost destroyed by road works in 1925. Os 6" cxii se (ancient monuments). One of two cairns north of gutter tor. Ruined cairn, one with cist exposed. On moorland.
Nearby sites: SX57396719

Yellowmead Down Encircled Cairn

OS Map: SX 57535 67861
NMR record: SX 56 NE 19
HER record: MDV4025
Megalithic Portal: 31040
Alternate name: Yellowmead Down 1 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC Yellowmead1
Butler map: 47.14.1
DPD page: 31
Grinsell: SHE 5
Turner: F21
Barrow Report: 41
Notes: Cairn around 50 meters north-east of the Yellowmead stone circles, consisting of an earth and stone mound approximately 4 meters in diameter and up to 0.3 meters high. Four stones of a retaining kerb on its west and south sides. Turner F21.
Nearby sites: SX57546786

Roborough Down 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 50920 68280
NMR record: SX 56 NW 7
HER record: MDV2315
ShortName: CN:Roborough1
Grinsell: MON 1
Barrow Report: 68 69
Notes: Destroyed by airfield construction during war.
Nearby sites: SX50926828

Roborough Down 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 51090 68110
NMR record: SX 56 NW 8
HER record: MDV2316
ShortName: CN:Roborough2
Grinsell: MON 2
Barrow Report: 68 69
Notes: Destroyed by airfield construction during war.
Nearby sites: SX51096811