Dartmoor Resource: Search for Sites Nearby

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, walking the Stone Rows and Stone Circles of Dartmoor

Prehistoric sites within 2km of SX 53053 76495

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!

About the database listings: In all listings clicking on the photo or the site name will open a page for the site with a larger photo and further details from the database. The database now has over 6680 records covering nearly all publicly listed sites on Dartmoor including around 4800 round houses. This level of detail is of interest to archaeologists but tends to swamp listings of sites more likely to be of interest for walkers. For this reason, the listings default to around 550 core sites only. These are the stone circles, stone rows and the ring cairns listed by Turner. The default search radius is 2 km. The controls below the map can be used to start a new search by entering a 6- or 8-digit reference (without the prefix "SX"). The search radius can be specified and you can add incremental Display layers of detail on top of the core sites. If using a more detailed layer you will need to decrease the search radius to avoid getting hundreds of search results.

Core sites Default listing of core sites consisting of stone circles & rows and some of the major ring cairns.
Plus cairns adds approx. 1000 cairns and other minor sites not included in the core listings but excluding round houses.
Plus round houses adds approx. 4800 round houses.
Plus non-sites adds in the records for sites that no longer exist or are not prehistoric sites.
Plus duplicates adds records excluded as duplicates. Those maybe duplicate records in external listings (e.g. the Historic Environment Records). For example, some sites have been identified as cairns in some listings and interpreted as round houses in other listings and both records appear.

These listings have incorporated, matched up and merged all of the records from all of the major archaeological listings including: Worth, Grinsell, Turner, Butler, Bill Radcliffe, Sandy Gerrard, Megalithic Portal, the National Monument Records and the Historic Environment Records. The author would like to thank Bill, Sandy, the lovely people both at Megalithic Portal (especially Anne Tate who did an amazing job to link listings) and at ACE Archaeology for collaborative work over the years to synchronise and correct listings across the various websites which now interlink. A culmination of years of work the final merger of cairn records took 3 months of cross referencing in 2017 the result being a snapshot of the records at that time. This data has in turn been refined since by field work and research. The round house data was supplied by Sandy Gerrard. Grid references are in order of accuracy: from Google Earth satellite, if visible and found, from a Garmin GPS reading, if visited by the author and from the literature otherwise. Individual site pages will state the source of the grid reference and provide satellite imagery. If a site listing lacks a photo it has not yet been visited by the author in which case the grid reference is from the literature.

Currently the database only includes sites which can be represented by a grid reference. Reaves are not included as they require GIS shape technology which is beyond the current capability of this system. To see the sources for the records, look at the tables on the resources menu. The database listings can also be viewed on a Google map and downloaded as GPS datasets for Garmin devices.

Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the site. You can zoom in and out and drag the map around.

List of sites within 2km of SX 53053 76495

Whitchurch Common S. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 53032 74954
HER: MDV48865
ShortName: CN?Whitchurch6
Grinsell: WHI 1
Turner: A19
Barrow Report: 39
Notes: Hut Circle or ring cairn? This is probably the cairn referred to by Worth in Barrow Report 39 (not the cist on the southern slope of barn Hill).

It has been difficult to match up these three sites. The listings on this website can be matched in a coherent fashion to those on the HER and there is no doubt on those matches. However, matching records to the actual features is proving difficult. On 09/09/23 I took photos of 3 features and for the purpose of these listings I will refer to them as "northern", "western" and "southern". That clearly defines what i recorded and photographed. However, I'm not certain I have the right records matched and it may take a further site visit to unentangle this.
1. "northern" provisionally matched to SiteID=541 HER record: 4115
2. "western" provisionally matched to SiteID=2509 HER record: 48866
3. "southern" provisionally matched to SiteID=2563 HER record: 48865
NB. This site is identified as "southern" and grid reference and photo reflect this
Nearby sites: SX 53032 74954
Distance: 1.54km

Wedlake Farm Cairn

OS Map: SX 53893 77408
HER: MDV33612
ShortName: CN WedlakeFarm
Notes: "Small turf covered cairn, 5m diameter, 0.5m high, near centre of field". HER grid reference is 6 digit so location could be more that 100 metres out. UPDATE: The author walked along the bridal path near Wedlake Farm on 14/07/19 and a cairn was seen some distance from the HER grid reference SX 538 774 at SX 53893 77408. It seems very likely that this is the site - see photo. This record now uses the new grid reference. Now listed as "cairn" rather than "reported cairn".
Nearby sites: SX 53893 77408
Distance: 1.24km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5405 7717
HER: MDV48248
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 10
Nearby sites: SX 5405 7717
Distance: 1.20km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5406 7715
HER: MDV48249
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 11
Nearby sites: SX 5406 7715
Distance: 1.20km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5406 7713
HER: MDV48250
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 12
Nearby sites: SX 5406 7713
Distance: 1.19km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 5 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5407 7711
HER: MDV48251
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 13
Nearby sites: SX 5407 7711
Distance: 1.19km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 6 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5408 7711
HER: MDV48252
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 14
Nearby sites: SX 5408 7711
Distance: 1.20km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 7 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5412 7716
HER: MDV48253
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 15
Nearby sites: SX 5412 7716
Distance: 1.26km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 8 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5411 7717
HER: MDV48254
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 16
Nearby sites: SX 5411 7717
Distance: 1.25km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 9 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5412 7720
HER: MDV48255
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 17
Nearby sites: SX 5412 7720
Distance: 1.28km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 10 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5411 7720
HER: MDV48256
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 2
Nearby sites: SX 5411 7720
Distance: 1.27km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 11 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5412 7718
HER: MDV48257
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 3
Nearby sites: SX 5412 7718
Distance: 1.27km

Cox Tor S.E.10 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 531 761
HER: MDV49831
ShortName: CN?Cox Tor 10
Notes: Clearance cairn? "clearance cairn defining ne corner of enclosure. Diam 5.5m, height 0.8m. May have been used as initial marking out point, or may have been built over the corner of an existing enclosure (mpp)." The author could find nothing at SX 531 761 but as it is a 6 digit grid reference it could be over 100 metres out.No sign of enclosure walls at the grid reference - maybe this is some distance to the south.
Nearby sites: SX 531 761
Distance: 0.40km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 12 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5409 7721
HER: MDV48258
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 4
Nearby sites: SX 5409 7721
Distance: 1.26km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 13 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5414 7720
HER: MDV48259
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 5
Nearby sites: SX 5414 7720
Distance: 1.30km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 14 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5411 7711
HER: MDV48260
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 6
Nearby sites: SX 5411 7711
Distance: 1.22km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 15 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5411 7719
HER: MDV48262
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 7
Nearby sites: SX 5411 7719
Distance: 1.27km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 16 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5413 7719
HER: MDV48263
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 8
Nearby sites: SX 5413 7719
Distance: 1.28km

Roos Tor cairn cemetery 17 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5410 7721
HER: MDV48264
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 9
Nearby sites: SX 5410 7721
Distance: 1.27km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 5290 7581
HER: MDV26283
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor1
Nearby sites: SX 5290 7581
Distance: 0.70km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 52875 75828
HER: MDV103658
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor2
Nearby sites: SX 52875 75828
Distance: 0.69km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 53330 76089
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor3
Nearby sites: SX 53330 76089
Distance: 0.49km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 53273 76118
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor4
Nearby sites: SX 53273 76118
Distance: 0.44km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 5322 7607
HER: MDV53078
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor5
Nearby sites: SX 5322 7607
Distance: 0.46km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 5264 7625
HER: MDV28513
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor6
Nearby sites: SX 5264 7625
Distance: 0.48km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 5373 7603
HER: MDV4110
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor7
Nearby sites: SX 5373 7603
Distance: 0.82km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 5282 7590
HER: MDV4131
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor8
Nearby sites: SX 5282 7590
Distance: 0.64km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 531 761
HER: MDV49711
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor9
Nearby sites: SX 531 761
Distance: 0.40km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 5308 7597
HER: MDV28511
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor10
Nearby sites: SX 5308 7597
Distance: 0.53km

Cox Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 5284 7599
HER: MDV49833
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor11
Nearby sites: SX 5284 7599
Distance: 0.55km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53624 76462
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N1
Nearby sites: SX 53624 76462
Distance: 0.57km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53530 76389
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N2
Nearby sites: SX 53530 76389
Distance: 0.49km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53497 76810
HER: MDV4124
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N3
Nearby sites: SX 53497 76810
Distance: 0.54km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53563 76486
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N4
Nearby sites: SX 53563 76486
Distance: 0.51km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53537 76363
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N5
Nearby sites: SX 53537 76363
Distance: 0.50km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 5351 7673
HER: MDV4124
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N6
Nearby sites: SX 5351 7673
Distance: 0.51km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53515 76843
HER: MDV4124
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N7
Nearby sites: SX 53515 76843
Distance: 0.58km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53580 76543
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N8
Nearby sites: SX 53580 76543
Distance: 0.53km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53528 76430
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N9
Nearby sites: SX 53528 76430
Distance: 0.48km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53589 76605
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N10
Nearby sites: SX 53589 76605
Distance: 0.55km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53603 76436
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N11
Nearby sites: SX 53603 76436
Distance: 0.55km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53540 76791
HER: MDV4124
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N12
Nearby sites: SX 53540 76791
Distance: 0.57km

Cox Tor 11 (PET 37b) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 530 761
HER: MDV4108
ShortName: CN?Cox Tor 11
Grinsell: PET 37b
Notes: Mentioned by Breton 1912. NMR refers to clearance cairns SE of Cox Tor and cites Grinsell who is referring back to Baring-Gould. "Cox tor. On southern slope of tor is a cluster of cairns, sepulchral. Five definitely cairns and a number of other doubtful mounds. Two examined. Originally circular, composed of earth and stones. Nothing found.(baring-gould)." This very much sounds like a description of cairns 8 & 9 which are to the SE of cox tor and were excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. This grid reference is comparatively to the west and is probably wrong. This record is being marked as a duplicate for this reason, see Cox Tor 8 and Cox Tor 9.
Nearby sites: SX 530 761
Distance: 0.40km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53602 76457
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N13
Nearby sites: SX 53602 76457
Distance: 0.55km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53602 76624
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N14
Nearby sites: SX 53602 76624
Distance: 0.56km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 5353 7683
HER: MDV4124
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N15
Nearby sites: SX 5353 7683
Distance: 0.58km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53578 76456
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N16
Nearby sites: SX 53578 76456
Distance: 0.53km

Smeardon Down Round House

OS Map: SX 52158 78120
HER: MDV56592
ShortName: HT:Smeardon 2
Nearby sites: SX 52158 78120
Distance: 1.86km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 5353 7678
HER: MDV4124
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N17
Nearby sites: SX 5353 7678
Distance: 0.56km

Smeardon Down Round House

OS Map: SX 52305 78141
HER: MDV56592
ShortName: HT:Smeardon 3
Nearby sites: SX 52305 78141
Distance: 1.81km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 5361 7650
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N18
Nearby sites: SX 5361 7650
Distance: 0.56km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 5354 7656
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N19
Nearby sites: SX 5354 7656
Distance: 0.49km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53613 76411
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N20
Nearby sites: SX 53613 76411
Distance: 0.57km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53545 76379
HER: MDV4105
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N21
Nearby sites: SX 53545 76379
Distance: 0.51km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 5350 7677
HER: MDV4124
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N22
Nearby sites: SX 5350 7677
Distance: 0.52km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53507 76688
HER: MDV48242
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N23
Nearby sites: SX 53507 76688
Distance: 0.49km

Cox Tor NE Round House

OS Map: SX 53475 76825
HER: MDV4124
ShortName: HT:Cox Tor N24
Nearby sites: SX 53475 76825
Distance: 0.54km

Peter Tavy Round House

OS Map: SX 5144 7744
HER: MDV4177
ShortName: HT:Peter Tav1
Nearby sites: SX 5144 7744
Distance: 1.87km

Cudlipptown Down Round House

OS Map: SX 5258 7802
HER: MDV12799
ShortName: HT:Cudlippto2
Nearby sites: SX 5258 7802
Distance: 1.60km

Barn Hill N.E. Cairn

OS Map: SX 53442 75013
HER: MDV63573
ShortName: CN Barn Hill1
Butler map: 44.10.4
Notes: Possibly NMR 1359050. "Despoiled prehistoric barrow on the east side of barn hill just to the west of the streamwork. The top of the monument has recently been dug into "
Nearby sites: SX 53442 75013
Distance: 1.53km

Whitchurch Common E. Cairn

OS Map: SX 54141 74887
HER: MDV64833
ShortName: CN:Whitchurch2
Butler map: 44.10.5
Notes: "Diam 6m, height 0.9m. A number of large stones protrude through the surface of the mound, which appears to be intact having escaped antiquarian investigation. Lies within extensive coaxial field system which is the subject of separate schedulings"
Nearby sites: SX 54141 74887
Distance: 1.94km

Roos Tor E Round House

OS Map: SX 54765 76748
HER: MDV56596
ShortName: HT:Roos Tor 1
Nearby sites: SX 54765 76748
Distance: 1.73km

Roos Tor E Round House

OS Map: SX 54808 76776
HER: MDV56596
ShortName: HT:Roos Tor 2
Nearby sites: SX 54808 76776
Distance: 1.78km