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Guide to the Monuments on Buckfastleigh

Buckfastleigh

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Buckfastleigh


Guide #ButlerSiteIDSite NameOSXLatLonNMRHERBarrow
Report		Photo
58.91808Puper's Hill E Reported CairnSX678006738050.49120000-3.86512000SX 66 NE 65MDV13190 N
58.10.11809Snowdon 1 CairnSX668986817150.49811172-3.87810993SX 66 NE 11MDV5221 N
58.10.21810Snowdon 2 CairnSX668716828150.49908829-3.87853003SX 66 NE 11MDV5220 N
58.10.31811Snowdon 3 CairnSX668466839550.50011063-3.87893009SX 66 NE 12MDV5222 N
58.11.7532Holne Lee 7 Stone Ring Cairn Circle SX686566991950.51422119-3.85396004SX 66 NE 1MDV5199 Y
58.10.41812Snowdon 4 CairnSX668606856050.50159836-3.87878990SX 66 NE 73MDV13203 N
58.11.11813Holne Lee 1 CairnSX678476957550.51094055-3.86524010SX 66 NE 2MDV5200 N
58.11.21814Holne Lee 2 CairnSX678846958350.51102066-3.86472011SX 66 NE 124MDV13208 N
58.11.31815Holne Lee 3 CairnSX679216959950.51118088-3.86420012SX 66 NE 2MDV5201 N
58.11.41816Holne Lee 4 CairnSX679926964150.51156998-3.86321998SX 66 NE 2MDV5202 N
58.11.51817Holne Lee 5 CairnSX684956980550.51316071-3.85618997SX 66 NE 1MDV5198 N
58.11.61818Holne Lee 6 CairnSX684906982050.51329041-3.85626006SX 66 NE 78MDV13209 N
58.11.81820Holne Lee 8 CairnSX686906993050.51432000-3.85348000SX 66 NE 72MDV13198 N
58.12.21822Mardle Valley 2 CairnSX676106922050.50770187-3.86844993SX 66 NE 3MDV5203 N
58.12.31823Mardle Valley 3 CairnSX677206903050.50601959-3.86683989SX 66 NE 3MDV5204 N
58.12.41824Mardle Valley 4 CairnSX676106895050.50527000-3.86836000SX 66 NE 3MDV24792 N
58.12.51825Mardle Valley 5 CairnSX677906889050.50477000-3.86580000SX 66 NE 3MDV62034 N
58.12.61826Mardle Valley 6 Cairn CircleSX678106872050.50325012-3.86545992SX 66 NE 50MDV5307 N
58.12.71827Mardle Valley 7 CairnSX679206855050.50175095-3.86385012SX 66 NE 5MDV5214 N
58.131828Ryder's Hill CairnSX659826906850.50595856-3.89135003SX 66 NE 13MDV5223 N
58.1440Heap of Sinners CairnSX662176691250.48664093-3.88725996SX 66 NE 22MDV523565 N
58.9558Puper's Hill Summit Stone Ring Cairn Circle SX672816737650.49105072-3.87243009SX 66 NE 10MDV5219 N
58.9560Inner Puper's Stone Ring Cairn Circle SX675666742150.49151993-3.86843991SX 66 NE 63MDV13205 N
4190Holne Lee 11 CairnSX677676949750.51022000-3.86634000 n/a MDV61446 N
4201Mardle Valley 6 (W of) CairnSX677806876050.50360107-3.86589003 n/a MDV62033 N
4218Puper's Hill 2 CairnSX677756705550.48828125-3.86536002 n/a MDV67607 N
648Hembury Castle FortSX725566843750.50193000-3.79774000SX 76 NW 7MDV7776 Y
4057Puper's Hill 1 CairnSX673646742550.49150848-3.87127995 n/a MDV13191 N
58.12.1237Mardle Valley 1 Embanked Cairn CircleSX675266935950.50893021-3.86968994SX 66 NE 66MDV5308 Y

Table of Round Houses on Buckfastleigh


Guide #ButlerSiteIDSite NameOSXLatLonNMRHERBarrow
Report		Photo
5257Broad Falls S Round HouseSX653006683050.48569107-3.90015006 n/a MDV24771 N
5258Broad Falls S Round HouseSX652856680550.48545837-3.90035009 n/a MDV24771 N
5388Buckfastleigh Moor Round HouseSX673716777250.49462891-3.87131000 n/a n/a N
6438Hickaton Hill Round HouseSX672506650850.48323822-3.87256002 n/a MDV5294 N
6440Hickaton Hill Round HouseSX672546652150.48336029-3.87250996 n/a MDV5294 N
6441Hickaton Hill Round HouseSX672456650950.48324966-3.87262988 n/a MDV5294 N
6442Hickaton Hill Round HouseSX672486651950.48334122-3.87260008 n/a MDV5294 N
6443Hickaton Hill Round HouseSX672356651050.48326111-3.87278008 n/a MDV5294 N
6444Hickaton Hill E Round HouseSX682706685050.48654938-3.85830998 n/a MDV24781 N
6445Hickaton Hill E Round HouseSX680206667150.48487854-3.86176991 n/a n/a N
6446Hickaton Hill E Round HouseSX683216677850.48590851-3.85756993 n/a MDV24768 N
6447Hickaton Hill E Round HouseSX681706670050.48516846-3.85966992 n/a MDV24780 N
6640Holy Brook Round HouseSX684906880050.50411987-3.85590005 n/a MDV62030 N
6641Holy Brook Round HouseSX681106880050.50403976-3.86125994 n/a MDV62031 N
6642Holy Brook Round HouseSX680206884050.50437927-3.86254001 n/a MDV62029 N
7447Mardle Ring Round HouseSX674736865650.50260162-3.87017989 n/a MDV5208 N
7448Mardle Ring Round HouseSX675286866650.50270081-3.86941004 n/a MDV5206 N
8039River Mardle Round HouseSX677906863050.50244141-3.86571002 n/a MDV62026 N
8040River Mardle Round HouseSX677006871050.50313950-3.86700010 n/a MDV62028 N
8041River Mardle Round HouseSX677506868050.50288010-3.86629009 n/a MDV62027 N
8042River Mardle Round HouseSX679706849050.50122070-3.86312008 n/a MDV24779 N
8043River Mardle Round HouseSX677906853050.50154114-3.86566997 n/a MDV24776 N
8044River Mardle Round HouseSX678646856950.50189972-3.86464000 n/a MDV5215 N
8522Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX676346838850.50022888-3.86782002 n/a MDV5306 N
8523Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX676256837750.50011826-3.86793995 n/a MDV5306 N
8524Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX676566838650.50020981-3.86751008 n/a MDV5306 N
8525Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX676196834650.49983978-3.86802006 n/a MDV5306 N
8526Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX678116829850.49945831-3.86528993 n/a MDV5216 N
8527Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX676006849050.50114059-3.86834002 n/a MDV24778 N
8528Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX677946828150.49929810-3.86553001 n/a MDV5216 N
8529Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX679606827450.49927139-3.86318994 n/a MDV24777 N
8530Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX676556832250.49964142-3.86750007 n/a MDV5306 N
8531Snowdon Brook North Round HouseSX675976848750.50111008-3.86838007 n/a MDV24778 N
8532Snowdon Brook S Round HouseSX682016805450.49734879-3.85970998 n/a MDV24770 N
8533Snowdon Brook S Round HouseSX682436774050.49454117-3.85900998 n/a n/a N
8534Snowdon Brook S Round HouseSX680956780150.49504852-3.86111999 n/a MDV24769 N
8535Snowdon Brook S Round HouseSX681826808050.49758148-3.85998988 n/a MDV24770 N

Buckfastleigh 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 Buckfastleigh

Puper's Hill E Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 67800 67380
NMR record: SX 66 NE 65
HER record: MDV13190
ShortName: CN?Puper's H3
Butler map: 58.9
Nearby sites: SX67806738

Snowdon 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66898 68171
NMR record: SX 66 NE 11
HER record: MDV5221
ShortName: CN:Snowdon 11
Butler map: 58.10.1
Grinsell: BUC 4
Notes: NMR B Large cairn on Snowdon; the most southerly of a line of four cairns. Visible on Google earth.
Nearby sites: SX66906817

Snowdon 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66871 68281
NMR record: SX 66 NE 11
HER record: MDV5220
ShortName: CN:Snowdon 21
Butler map: 58.10.2
Grinsell: BUC 3
Notes: One of a line of four cairns. Visible on Google earth.
Nearby sites: SX66876828

Snowdon 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66846 68395
NMR record: SX 66 NE 12
HER record: MDV5222
ShortName: CN:Snowdon 31
Butler map: 58.10.3
Grinsell: BUC 2
Notes: One of a line of four cairns. Visible on Google Earth.
Nearby sites: SX66856840

Holne Lee Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Holne Lee Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 68656 69919
NMR record: SX 66 NE 1
HER record: MDV5199
Megalithic Portal: 45836
Alternate name: Holne Lee 7 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC Holne Lee7
Butler map: 58.11.7
Grinsell: HOL 17
Turner: A32
Notes: "One of four cairns on Holne Lee 1140 metres north-west of Greatcombe. Cairn diameter 20.5 metres, height 0.8 metres. Has a 4 metre wide circular bank surrounding a circular area measuring 12.5 metres in diameter. Location" NMR B
Nearby sites: SX68666992

Snowdon 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66860 68560
NMR record: SX 66 NE 73
HER record: MDV13203
ShortName: CN:Snowdon 41
Butler map: 58.10.4
Grinsell: BUC 1
Notes: One of a line of four cairns.
Nearby sites: SX66866856

Holne Lee 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67847 69575
NMR record: SX 66 NE 2
HER record: MDV5200
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee1
Butler map: 58.11.1
Grinsell: HOL 9
Notes: NMR A
Nearby sites: SX67856958

Holne Lee 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67884 69583
NMR record: SX 66 NE 124
HER record: MDV13208
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee2
Butler map: 58.11.2
Grinsell: HOL 10
Notes: ?
Nearby sites: SX67886958

Holne Lee 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67921 69599
NMR record: SX 66 NE 2
HER record: MDV5201
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee3
Butler map: 58.11.3
Grinsell: HOL 11
Notes: NMR B
Nearby sites: SX67926960

Holne Lee 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67992 69641
NMR record: SX 66 NE 2
HER record: MDV5202
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee4
Butler map: 58.11.4
Grinsell: HOL 12
Notes: NMR C
Nearby sites: SX67996964

Holne Lee 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68495 69805
NMR record: SX 66 NE 1
HER record: MDV5198
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee5
Butler map: 58.11.5
Grinsell: HOL 16
Notes: NMR A
Nearby sites: SX68506981

Holne Lee 6 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68490 69820
NMR record: SX 66 NE 78
HER record: MDV13209
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee6
Butler map: 58.11.6
Grinsell: HOL 16a
Nearby sites: SX68496982

Holne Lee 8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68690 69930
NMR record: SX 66 NE 72
HER record: MDV13198
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee8
Butler map: 58.11.8
Grinsell: HOL 18
Nearby sites: SX68696993

Mardle Valley 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67610 69220
NMR record: SX 66 NE 3
HER record: MDV5203
ShortName: CN:Mardle Va2
Butler map: 58.12.2
Grinsell: HOL 13
Notes: NMR A
Nearby sites: SX67616922

Mardle Valley 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67720 69030
NMR record: SX 66 NE 3
HER record: MDV5204
ShortName: CN:Mardle Va3
Butler map: 58.12.3
Grinsell: HOL 14
Notes: NMR B
Nearby sites: SX67726903

Mardle Valley 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67610 68950
NMR record: SX 66 NE 3
HER record: MDV24792
ShortName: CN:Mardle Va4
Butler map: 58.12.4
Grinsell: HOL 15
Notes: NMR C
Nearby sites: SX67616895

Mardle Valley 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67790 68890
NMR record: SX 66 NE 3
HER record: MDV62034
ShortName: CN:Mardle Va5
Butler map: 58.12.5
Notes: NMR D
Nearby sites: SX67796889

Mardle Valley 6 Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 67810 68720
NMR record: SX 66 NE 50
HER record: MDV5307
ShortName: CN:Mardle Va6
Butler map: 58.12.6
Nearby sites: SX67816872

Mardle Valley 7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67920 68550
NMR record: SX 66 NE 5
HER record: MDV5214
ShortName: CN:Mardle Va8
Butler map: 58.12.7
Grinsell: BUC 5
Nearby sites: SX67926855

Ryder's Hill Cairn

OS Map: SX 65982 69068
NMR record: SX 66 NE 13
HER record: MDV5223
ShortName: CN:Ryder's H1
Butler map: 58.13
Butler Vol 5: p.162 & Fig.101
Grinsell: HOL 8
Nearby sites: SX65986907

Huntingdon Barrow Cairn

OS Map: SX 66217 66912
NMR record: SX 66 NE 22
HER record: MDV5235
Megalithic Portal: 45571
Alternate name: Heap of Sinners Cairn
ShortName: CN:Huntingdon
Butler map: 58.14
DPD page: 87
Grinsell: LYD 103
Barrow Report: 65
Notes: On the highest part of Huntingdon Hill is a fine cairn 76 yards (approximately 70 meters) in circumference usually known as Huntingdon barrow but sometimes referred to as the Heap O' Sinners.
Nearby sites: SX66226691

Pupers Rock Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 67281 67376
NMR record: SX 66 NE 10
HER record: MDV5219
Megalithic Portal: 45845
Alternate name: Puper's Hill Summit Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:Pupers Rock
Butler map: 58.9
DPD page: 89
Grinsell: DEA 1
Turner: A58
Notes: "Ring cairn incorporating a large flat-topped granite outcrop. The stone ring measures 17 meters in diameter internally with 2.5 meter wide bank 0.6 meters high. There are the remains of a stone circle, around 1.0 meter high within the outcrop."
Nearby sites: SX67286738

Inner Pupers Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 67566 67421
NMR record: SX 66 NE 63
HER record: MDV13205
Megalithic Portal: 45847
PMD: Inner Pupers
Alternate name: Inner Puper's Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:InnerPupers
Butler map: 58.9
DPD page: 89
Grinsell: BUC 6
Turner: A60
Notes: "The rock outcrop known as Inner Pupers is encompassed by a cairn of 13.0 meters overall diameter. It takes the shape of a platform 0.4 meters high around the rock, with a rim 1.5 meters wide and a further 0.4 meters high. Of small stones, with further 'natural' slabs protrude through."
Nearby sites: SX67576742

Holne Lee 11 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67767 69497
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV61446
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee11
Nearby sites: SX67776950

Mardle Valley 6 (W of) Cairn

OS Map: SX 67780 68760
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV62033
ShortName: CN:Mardle Va7
Nearby sites: SX67786876

Puper's Hill 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67775 67055
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV67607
ShortName: CN:Puper's H2
Nearby sites: SX67786706

Hembury Castle (Buckfast) Fort

Hembury Castle (Buckfast) Fort

OS Map: SX 72556 68437
NMR record: SX 76 NW 7
HER record: MDV7776
Megalithic Portal: 34692
Alternate name: Hembury Castle Fort
ShortName: FT Hembury
Notes: "Hembury castle. Ia hill fort with medieval castle within. Hill fort in hembury woods, south east of holne. A camp situated on the summit with a good view to the south and east. The main camp consists of an irregular area surrounded by a fosse and vallum with a small rampart on the outer side of the fosse. The height from the top of the vallum to the bottom of the fosse is between 25-30 feet, and the area is about 7 acres. On the west side near the ditch is a mound about 30m in diameter and about 20 feet high. This is surrounded by a level platform with a scarped edge descending to the level of the interior of the camp. This may be of a later date than the main ramparts. A bronze celt and some sling stones have been found within the area of the camp. The whole is on an enclosed moor with some trees growing on the area of the mound (ancient monuments)."
Nearby sites: SX72636845

Puper's Hill 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67364 67425
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV13191
ShortName: CN:Puper's H1
Nearby sites: SX67366743

Mardle Embanked Cairn Circle

Mardle Embanked Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 67526 69359
NMR record: SX 66 NE 66
HER record: MDV5308
Megalithic Portal: 3374
Alternate name: Mardle Valley 1 Embanked Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Mardle
Butler map: 58.12.1
Turner: B11
Notes: Embanked stone circle; an annular bank of earth and/or stone with an inner edge of orthostats. Much disturbed. Internal diam 6.5m with bank 1.2m wide and 0.4m high (turner). This cairn has a very interesting structure appearing to be multiple circles of stones similar to the cairns at Corringdon Ball. This structure is difficult to capture in a photograph as the stones are small and the site much disturbed.
Nearby sites: SX67536936

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