Guide to the Monuments on Hingston Hill

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Hingston Hill

Table of Round Houses on Hingston Hill

Hingston Hill Guide Map

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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Hingston Hill

Hingston Hill (Down Tor) Standing Stone

OS Map: SX 58702 69276
NMR record: SX 56 NE 29
HER record: MDV3502
Megalithic Portal: 1901
PMD: Down Tor Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Down Tor
Butler map: 47.12
DPD page: 29
Notes: "A stone alignment and cairn, situated on a saddle 620 metres east of Down Tor. The alignment is orientated east-north-east to west-south-west, running for 316 metres and containing at least 174 stones, with the tallest at either end. The westernmost stone stands 2.8 metre high, the easternmost stone stands 1.6 metres high, and the remainder vary between 1 metre and 0.2 metres in height. The westernmost stone, and an unknown number of others, were re-erected by Baring-Gould and Burnard in 1890."
Nearby sites: SX58706928

Hemery's Rows Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 59100 69300
NMR record: SX 56 NE 204
HER record: MDV56216
PMD: Hemery's Rows
ShortName: CT?Hemery's 1
Notes: "Aligned with the row and two hundred yards beyond its termination is a cairn, and near this a pear-shaped pound having one good entrance-jamb standing; a little to the south there stands a much overgrown single row (of only nine stones) leading to the (probable) remains of a kistvaen, and yet another single row, fallen and overgrown leading north-east to a ruined cairn". Hemery High Dartmoor p.147
Nearby sites: SX59106930

Newleycombe Lake Cairn

OS Map: SX 59630 69830
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV52393
ShortName: CN:Newleycombe
Nearby sites: SX59636983

Hingston Hill Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 59118 69477
NMR record: SX 56 NE 30
HER record: MDV3435
Megalithic Portal: 27901
ShortName: ES Down Tor
Butler map: 47.7
DPD page: 29
Notes: "Hingston hill pound, east of down tor, is a circular enclosure whose wall consists of large stones. Entrance is marked by a slab like stone which extends through the thickness of a wall. About 100m from the pound in a direction 15 s of e lies the centre of a cairn, c.18m in diameter at the base. The down tor stone row points to this cairn (Worth)". Lethbridge pp.27-29, diagram p.27. Listed as Narrator Brookhead Enclosure on Megalithic Portal.
Nearby sites: SX59126948

Down Tor Cairn

OS Map: SX 58642 69315
NMR record: SX 56 NE 28
HER record: MDV3440
Megalithic Portal: 27903
Alternate name: Hingston Hill Summit 1 Cairn
ShortName: CN DownTor
Butler map: 47.12.1
Grinsell: WAL 30
Notes: "cairn mound measures 15.5m in diam and stands up to 1.5m high. A t-shaped trench cutting into the centre of the mound suggests partial early excavation, though the results of the investigation are not known. This cairn forms part of a ritual complex of monuments including 3 cairns, a stone alignment and enclosure". Approx 70 m NW of the cairn circle at the end of the Down Tor stone row.
Nearby sites: SX58646932

Cuckoo Rock Cup Stone

OS Map: SX 58463 68712
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV133689
ShortName: CS:Cuckoo Rock
Notes: "There appear to be eight circular cupmarks on the south-west corner of Cuckoo Rock in the Deancombe valley; apparently in pairs. Three pairs are arranged horizontally with a smaller pair just above them arranged vertically. Six of the marks measure approximately 5cm diameter by 2cm deep. The remaining two marks measure approximately 2cm diameter by 1cm deep. The carver likely stood on a boulder situated below to mark the rock. Reported to archaeologist at Dartmoor National Park authority who has visited the site (21/11/2022) and agrees with potential interpretation."
Nearby sites: SX58466871

SW of Down Tor Stone Row Cup Stone

OS Map: SX 58595 69204
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV133690
ShortName: CS:Down Tor
Notes: "A flattish boulder recorded at SX 58595 69204, a short distance west of the north-south reave which lies west of the Down Tor stone row. The upper surface of this boulder is pitted over an area of at least 1m by 1m with numerous possible cupmarks. It is unlike any other boulder in the near vicinity. Stone photographed."
Nearby sites: SX58606920

Deancombe Valley Cup Stone

OS Map: SX 57638 69264
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV133691
ShortName: CS:Deancombe
Notes: "SX 57638 69264 Two discreet circular cupmarks of ‘classic’ type are visible on the top surface of a small granite rock which is situated close to the base of the vertical west face of a massive boulder (one of the largest in the Deancombe valley)."
Nearby sites: SX57646926

Hingston Hill Chambered Cairn

OS Map: SX 59201 69453
NMR record: SX 56 NE 31
HER record: MDV3375
Megalithic Portal: 27900
PMD: Narrator Brookhead N.
Alternate name: Narrator Brookhead 1 Chambered Cairn
ShortName: CN Hingston
Butler map: 47.7.1
Butler Vol 5: p.158
Grinsell: WAL 32
Notes: The large cairn to NW of Down Tor (Hingston Hill) stone row has been claimed to contain a cist or "elements of chambering" (Burnard via PMD). A stony round cairn located on the flatish sadle of Hingston Hill. The cairn mound measures 17 metres in diameter and stands up to 1.5 metres high. A hollow in the centre of the mound measures 4 metres long, 3 metres wide and 1.2 metres deep, and is probably the result of partial robbing or early excavation. The edges of the mound are steep-sided, indicating the existence of a kerb, which now survives mainly as a buried feature. A quarry ditch surrounds the mound, visible as a 1.5 metre wide band of rushes on the northern side of the mound, the result of increased moisture in the buried ditch. This cairn is in direct line with the two terminal stones at either end of a stone alignment to the south-west.
Nearby sites: SX59206945

Outholme Newtake Cist

OS Map: SX 57993 68278
NMR record: SX 56 NE 32
HER record: MDV4024
Megalithic Portal: 45730
PMD: Outcombe
ShortName: CT OutholmeNew
Butler map: 47.10
DPD page: 30
Grinsell: SHE 2
Barrow Report: 52
Notes: "Located in an isolated pocket of closely cropped grass and surounded by tinners pits. Only three slabs survive in place surrounding a hollow and forming the sides of the cist. The fourth side is missing as is the capstone and any trace of a mound." Lethbridge Outcombe (note different spelling) Cist p.30. Butler Vol. 3. Map 47.10 (diagram p.70).
Nearby sites: SX57996828

Down Tor, SE of, Tor cairn Cairn

OS Map: SX 58105 69391
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV61957
ShortName: CN:DownTor1
Notes: "6m by 5.8m by 0.4m high. Two parallel lines of edge set stones form the n side of the cairn. They lead from a large granite outcrop situated to the w. The inner line of stones survives as a 4.3m long by 0.8m wide line of at least 10 stones. The outer is 4m long and also includes at least 10 stones. The s side is denoted by 9 stones set on top of a large granite boulder. The e side includes a jumble of large stones, with others lying on the slope directly below. The w side is formed by the tor. The area enclosed by these features measures 6m wide at the w end, 2.8m wide at the e end and up to 4.3m long e-w."
Nearby sites: SX58116939

Cuckoo Rock E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59090 68810
NMR record: SX 56 NE 27
HER record: MDV3477
ShortName: CN:Cuckoo ro1
Notes: UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. The old NMR record has this entry:

Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank.

Centred at SX 590 687 are seven stony mounds in a boulder-free area some 90.0m by 130.0m. They average 3.0m in diameter and 0.7m high. Also visible is the fragmentary remains of a field
25.0m by 38.0m with rubble walling 0.8m wide and 0.3m high. It is fairly certain these are the mounds referred to by Breton. The general situation, construction and appearance of the mounds suggests that they are clearance. The period of the clearance is uncertain though the apparently prehistoric field wall has also been partly stripped out suggesting a late (19th century) date.

The mounds are at, SX 59096881, SX 59146880, SX 59136879, SX 59096879, SX 59096875, SX 59106874 and SX 59106873.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD. (2)

SX 59106878. Remains of a Bronze Age cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least nine circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. A large stone set through the southern bank may represent the site of an original entrance. Scheduled. (3)

Sixteen small turf covered mounds, and a short length of bank have been recorded. The largest of the cairns is 3m diameter by 0.4m high. The bank is less than 1m wide by 0.2m high. There can be no certainty as to date for any of these features, though the existence of a nearby settlement suggests a prehistoric origin. (4)
Nearby sites: SX59096881

Cuckoo Rock E.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59120 68810
NMR record: SX 56 NE 27
HER record: MDV3477
ShortName: CN:Cuckoo ro2
Notes: UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. NB. See first of these records for further details.
Nearby sites: SX59126881

Cuckoo Rock E.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59080 68780
NMR record: SX 56 NE 27
HER record: MDV3477
ShortName: CN:Cuckoo ro3
Notes: UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. NB. See first of these records for further details.
Nearby sites: SX59086878

Cuckoo Rock E.4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59090 68750
NMR record: SX 56 NE 27
HER record: MDV3477
ShortName: CN:Cuckoo ro4
Notes: UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. NB. See first of these records for further details.
Nearby sites: SX59096875

Cuckoo Rock E.5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59100 68740
NMR record: SX 56 NE 27
HER record: MDV3477
ShortName: CN:Cuckoo ro5
Notes: UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. NB. See first of these records for further details.
Nearby sites: SX59106874

Cuckoo Rock E.6 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59100 68730
NMR record: SX 56 NE 27
HER record: MDV3477
ShortName: CN:Cuckoo ro6
Notes: UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. NB. See first of these records for further details.
Nearby sites: SX59106873

Hingston Hill (Down Tor) Stone Row

OS Map: SX 58697 69267
NMR record: SX 56 NE 29
HER record: MDV3502
Megalithic Portal: 1901
The Stone Rows of GB: Hingston Hill
PMD: Down Tor Stone Row
Alternate name: Hingston Hill Stone Row
ShortName: SR Down Tor
Butler map: 47.12
DPD page: 28
Barrow Report: 66
Notes: "A stone alignment and cairn, situated on a saddle 620 metres east of Down Tor. The alignment is orientated east-north-east to west-south-west, running for 316 metres and containing at least 174 stones, with the tallest at either end. The westernmost stone stands 2.8 metre high, the easternmost stone stands 1.6 metres high, and the remainder vary between 1 metre and 0.2 metres in height. The westernmost stone, and an unknown number of others, were re-erected by Baring-Gould and Burnard in 1894. The cairn lies 4 metres west of the western end of the alignment. The cairn mound measures 8 metres in diameter and 0.7 metres high. It is surrounded by a kerb made up of 24 orthostats, standing between 0.3 and 1 metre high, forming a ring with a diameter of 11.5 metres. A hollow in the centre of the mound suggests partial early excavation or robbing. Two tin prospecting pits lie immediately against the edge of the kerb. The alignment is in direct line with another cairn to the north-east (438589)". Lethbridge pp.27-29, diagram p.27. See also: Sea Views at Hingston Hill
Nearby sites: SX58706927

Cuckoo Rock E.7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59120 68780
NMR record: SX 56 NE 27
HER record: MDV3477
ShortName: CN:Cuckoo ro7
Notes: UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. NB. See first of these records for further details.
Nearby sites: SX59126878

Cuckoo Rock E.8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59150 68790
NMR record: SX 56 NE 27
HER record: MDV3477
ShortName: CN:Cuckoo ro8
Notes: UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. NB. See first of these records for further details.
Nearby sites: SX59156879

Down Tor Cist

OS Map: SX 58037 69293
NMR record: SX 56 NE 14
HER record: MDV3423
Megalithic Portal: 45757
PMD: Down Tor S.
Alternate name: Down Tor S. Cist
ShortName: CT Down Tor
Butler map: 47.5
DPD page: 28
Grinsell: WAL 26
Barrow Report: 67
Notes: Butler Down Tor S. Vol. 3. Map 47.5 (diagram p.67).
Nearby sites: SX58046929

Down Tor N.E. (Western) Cist

OS Map: SX 58386 69565
NMR record: SX 56 NE 127
HER record: MDV3497
Megalithic Portal: 45766
PMD: Down Tor N 2
Alternate name: Hingston Hill N.2 Cist
ShortName: CT DownTorNE W
Butler map: 47.13.2
DPD page: 27
Grinsell: WAL 27
Barrow Report: 73
Notes: Butler Hingston Hill N.2. - Vol. 3. Map 47.13.2 (diagram p.73, OS SX58376955). Grinsell (OS SX58246950 approx - same as the HER record MDV12715). Lethbridge p.27 Cist No.2.

Copyright for photos and plans from Barrow Reports 71-73 belong to the Dixon estate. Reproduced here with kind permission.
Nearby sites: SX58396957

Down Tor N.E. (Northern) Cist

OS Map: SX 58388 69568
NMR record: SX 56 NE 127
HER record: MDV3498
Megalithic Portal: 52348
PMD: Down Tor N 1
Alternate name: Hingston Hill N.1 Cist
ShortName: CT DownTorNE N
Butler map: 47.13.1
DPD page: 27
Grinsell: WAL 28
Barrow Report: 73
Notes: Butler Hingston Hill N. 1. - Vol. 3. Map 47.13.1 (diagram p.73 OS SX58386956). Grinsell (OS SX58256951 approx same as HER record MDV3498). Lethbridge p.27 Cist No.3.

Copyright for photos and plans from Barrow Reports 71-73 belongs to the Dixon estate. Reproduced here with kind permission.
Nearby sites: SX58396957

Down Tor N.E. (Eastern) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 58397 69562
NMR record: SX 56 NE 127
HER record: MDV3499
Megalithic Portal: 52347
PMD: Down Tor N 3
Alternate name: Hingston Hill N.3 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT DownTorNE E
Butler map: 47.13.3
DPD page: 27
Grinsell: WAL 29
Turner: E34
Barrow Report: 73
Notes: Butler Hingston Hill N. 3. - Vol. 3. Map 47.13.3 (diagram p.73 OS SX58396955). Grinsell WALKHAMPTON 29 (OS 58276949 approx - same as HER MDV3499). Lethbridge p.27 Cist No.1.

Copyright for photos and plans from Barrow Reports 71-73 belongs to the Dixon estate. Reproduced here with kind permission.
Nearby sites: SX58406956

Narrator Brookhead 2, 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 58640 69310
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN:Narrator 2
Butler map: 47.7.2,3
Notes: Butler: AT the base of Narrator Brookhead 1 "on the west side are two tiny mounds nomore than 2.5m across containing upended slabs, miniature cairns like those at the foot of Giant's Basin". No entry in NMR or HER.
Nearby sites: SX58646931

Narrator Brookhead 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59100 69370
NMR record: SX 56 SE 261
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN?Narrator 3
Butler map: 47.7.4
Notes: Buler lists this as a small cairn. An entry appears in the NMR but not in te HER.
Nearby sites: SX59106937

Narrator Brookhead 5 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59260 69440
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN:Narrator 4
Butler map: 47.7.5
Notes: Butler: "the overgrown remains of another [cairn] with two inner rings but no apparent retaining circle". No entry in NMR or HER.
Nearby sites: SX59266944

Hingston Hill Summit 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 58753 69483
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN-Hingston 9
Butler map: 47.12.2
Notes: Butler: "Another burial mound lies just over the crest 220 m to the north [of te Down Tor cairn and row], an inconspicuous mound at the centre close to a line of tinners' pits". No entry in NMR or HER.
Nearby sites: SX58756948

Eylesbarrow Cairn

OS Map: SX 59971 68587
NMR record: SX 56 NE 84
HER record: MDV4014
ShortName: CN Eylesbarr1
Butler map: 47.15
Grinsell: SHE 3
Barrow Report: 12
Notes: Southern of the 2 large cairns. Butler had SHE 2 - typo!
Nearby sites: SX59976859

Eylesbarrow 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 59958 68627
NMR record: SX 56 NE 84
HER record: MDV4031
ShortName: CN Eylesbarr3
Butler map: 47.15.1
Grinsell: WAL 33
Barrow Report: 12
Notes: Northern of the 2 large cairns
Nearby sites: SX59966863

Eylesbarrow 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59980 68580
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN?Eylesbarr4
Butler map: 47.15.2
Notes: Butler: "Not unusually smaller cairns share the peaks withhe giants and two can be found east of th larger cairn (HER 4014) approcimately in line with the reave. Neither listed on HER.
Nearby sites: SX59986858

Eylesbarrow 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 60050 68580
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN?Eylesbarr5
Butler map: 47.15.3
Notes: Butler: "Not unusually smaller cairns share the peaks withhe giants and two can be found east of th larger cairn (HER 4014) approcimately in line with the reave. Neither listed on HER.
Nearby sites: SX60056858

Hingston Hill (Down Tor) Encircled Cairn

OS Map: SX 58693 69270
NMR record: SX 56 NE 29
HER record: MDV3439
Megalithic Portal: 541
PMD: Down Tor Cairn Circle
Alternate name: Hingston Hill stone row Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC Down Tor
Butler map: 47.12
DPD page: 28
Grinsell: WAL 31
Turner: F6
Barrow Report: 14
Notes: "The cairn circle consists of 26 upright stones and possibly two more now recumbent; it has an internal diameter of 11.5m. Within the circle is a cairn of 8.5m diameter and 0.6m height with a small depression in the centre which may be the site of a cist". Lethbridge pp.27-29, diagram p.27.
Nearby sites: SX58696927

Eylesbarrow (reported cist) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59733 68119
NMR record: SX 56 NE 229
HER record: MDV66398
PMD: Narrator Brookhead S
ShortName: CT?Eylesbarr2
Notes: Doubtful. SX 59406820. The site of a possible cist lies on the lower SW flank of Eylesbarrow some 400m W of Eylesbarrow Mine.The feature is marked by a single upright slab 1.1m long 0.2m wide and 0.3m high resembling a sidestone adjacent to a second slab 1.4m long and 0.9m wide perhaps representing the coverstone.Both stones are earthfast and are surrounded by a cluster of smaller stones which could represent the remains of a cairn. The area surrounding these stones has been disturbed by later tin extraction activity and it is also possible that they are products of this activity.
Nearby sites: SX59736812