Prehistoric sites within 2km of SX 64800 59500
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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.
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List of sites within 2km of SX 64800 59500
Butterdon Hill N.4 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 65726 59701
HER: MDV2903
ShortName: CN?Butterdon9
Grinsell: B:UGB 13b
Notes: Small cairn. Grinsell describes as perhaps a recent stone heap.
Nearby sites: SX 65726 59701
Distance: 0.95km
Addicombe 4 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 64943 58109
ShortName: CN Addicombe4
Butler map: 53.1
Notes: The author was looking for Addicombe 1 and encountered this which looks like a very dilapidated cairn that is much larger. There are no records of it. There are a number of mounds in the vicinity which are the result of the construction of the Red Lake tramway but this is quite a bit downhill from there and seems unlikely to be one of those. The Addicombe 1 cairn is around 3 metres across. This is considerably larger,more like 12 metres (estimate from memory - not a measurement). The area is covered in Butler Map 53.1
Nearby sites: SX 64943 58109
Distance: 1.40km
Piles Brook 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 64542 61085
HER: MDV34252
ShortName: CN:Piles Bro2
Nearby sites: SX 64542 61085
Distance: 1.61km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6400 6035
HER: MDV27904
ShortName: HT:Burford D3
Nearby sites: SX 6400 6035
Distance: 1.17km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6395 6041
HER: MDV27903
ShortName: HT:Burford D4
Nearby sites: SX 6395 6041
Distance: 1.25km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 63873 60268
HER: MDV27907
ShortName: HT:Burford D5
Nearby sites: SX 63873 60268
Distance: 1.20km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6358 6086
HER: MDV27800
ShortName: HT:Burford D6
Nearby sites: SX 6358 6086
Distance: 1.83km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 63858 60273
HER: MDV27907
ShortName: HT:Burford D7
Nearby sites: SX 63858 60273
Distance: 1.22km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 63836 60264
HER: MDV27906
ShortName: HT:Burford D8
Nearby sites: SX 63836 60264
Distance: 1.23km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 63823 60270
HER: MDV27906
ShortName: HT:Burford D9
Nearby sites: SX 63823 60270
Distance: 1.24km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 63481 59643
HER: MDV2851
ShortName: HT:Burford D10
Nearby sites: SX 63481 59643
Distance: 1.33km
Burford Down Round House
OS Map: SX 63864 60225
HER: MDV4336
ShortName: HT:Burford D11
Nearby sites: SX 63864 60225
Distance: 1.18km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66633 59948
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo1
Nearby sites: SX 66633 59948
Distance: 1.89km
Western Beacon (East of) Cairn
OS Map: SX 65594 57673
ShortName: CN Western B1
Turner: A30
Notes: Ring Cairn east of Western Beacon. UPDATE 01/01/2023: there is no HER entry for this ring cairn. It has been renamed in this listing to include "East of" since listing as Western Beacon (as it appears in Turner's list) is confusing.
Nearby sites: SX 65594 57673
Distance: 1.99km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64607 59159
HER: MDV2882
ShortName: HT Butter Br1
Nearby sites: SX 64607 59159
Distance: 0.39km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66704 59987
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo2
Nearby sites: SX 66704 59987
Distance: 1.97km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64580 59213
HER: MDV2882
ShortName: HT:Butter Br2
Nearby sites: SX 64580 59213
Distance: 0.36km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66698 59981
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo3
Nearby sites: SX 66698 59981
Distance: 1.96km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64476 59292
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br3
Nearby sites: SX 64476 59292
Distance: 0.39km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66696 60022
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo4
Nearby sites: SX 66696 60022
Distance: 1.97km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64451 59306
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br4
Nearby sites: SX 64451 59306
Distance: 0.40km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66688 60046
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo5
Nearby sites: SX 66688 60046
Distance: 1.97km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64415 59327
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br5
Nearby sites: SX 64415 59327
Distance: 0.42km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66686 60007
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo6
Nearby sites: SX 66686 60007
Distance: 1.95km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64419 59331
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br6
Nearby sites: SX 64419 59331
Distance: 0.42km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66639 60002
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo7
Nearby sites: SX 66639 60002
Distance: 1.91km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64420 59306
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br7
Nearby sites: SX 64420 59306
Distance: 0.43km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66676 59997
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo8
Nearby sites: SX 66676 59997
Distance: 1.94km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64491 59344
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br8
Nearby sites: SX 64491 59344
Distance: 0.35km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66672 60042
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo9
Nearby sites: SX 66672 60042
Distance: 1.95km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64445 59343
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br9
Nearby sites: SX 64445 59343
Distance: 0.39km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66665 59961
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo10
Nearby sites: SX 66665 59961
Distance: 1.92km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64451 59282
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br10
Nearby sites: SX 64451 59282
Distance: 0.41km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66642 60026
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo11
Nearby sites: SX 66642 60026
Distance: 1.92km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64468 59324
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br11
Nearby sites: SX 64468 59324
Distance: 0.38km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66682 60045
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo12
Nearby sites: SX 66682 60045
Distance: 1.96km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64479 59334
HER: MDV2849
ShortName: HT:Butter Br12
Nearby sites: SX 64479 59334
Distance: 0.36km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66618 59930
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo13
Nearby sites: SX 66618 59930
Distance: 1.87km
Butter Brook Ford Round House
OS Map: SX 64566 59217
HER: MDV2882
ShortName: HT:Butter Br13
Nearby sites: SX 64566 59217
Distance: 0.37km
Scad Brook N Round House
OS Map: SX 66641 59988
HER: MDV2913
ShortName: HT Scad Broo14
Nearby sites: SX 66641 59988
Distance: 1.90km
Butterdon Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 65767 58083
HER: MDV24989
ShortName: HT:Butterdon1
Nearby sites: SX 65767 58083
Distance: 1.72km
Butterdon Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 65724 58076
HER: MDV24989
ShortName: HT:Butterdon2
Nearby sites: SX 65724 58076
Distance: 1.70km
Butterdon Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 6575 5805
HER: MDV24989
ShortName: HT:Butterdon3
Nearby sites: SX 6575 5805
Distance: 1.73km
Butterdon Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 65758 58083
HER: MDV24989
ShortName: HT:Butterdon4
Nearby sites: SX 65758 58083
Distance: 1.71km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 64910 58441
ShortName: HT:Butterdon5
Nearby sites: SX 64910 58441
Distance: 1.06km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 64921 58337
HER: MDV26421
ShortName: HT:Butterdon6
Nearby sites: SX 64921 58337
Distance: 1.17km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 64930 58479
ShortName: HT:Butterdon7
Nearby sites: SX 64930 58479
Distance: 1.03km
Glasscombe Corner stone row (S.W. end) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 66010 60646
HER: MDV49562
ShortName: CN Glasscomb9
Grinsell: UGB 5a
Notes: The supposed remains of cairn at the SW end of a stone row is now almost invisible.
Nearby sites: SX 66010 60646
Distance: 1.67km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 64944 58354
HER: MDV26421
ShortName: HT:Butterdon8
Nearby sites: SX 64944 58354
Distance: 1.16km
Glasscombe Ball (UGB 9) Cairn
OS Map: SX 65930 60452
HER: MDV28480
ShortName: CN:Glasscomb1
Grinsell: UGB 9
Notes: cairn sited on ridge
Nearby sites: SX 65930 60452
Distance: 1.48km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 64946 58343
HER: MDV26421
ShortName: HT:Butterdon9
Nearby sites: SX 64946 58343
Distance: 1.17km
Glasscombe Ball (UGB 9a) Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 65825 60577
HER: MDV5676
ShortName: CT-Glasscomb2
Grinsell: UGB 9a
Notes: A group of stones, probably the remains of a cist, were found by Mr. Carpenter on Piles Hill, 600 yards west of Glasscombe Corner. ... This cairn may have a prehistoric origin but the impression is that of a collection for some recent purpose.
Nearby sites: SX 65825 60577
Distance: 1.49km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 64951 58468
ShortName: HT:Butterdon10
Nearby sites: SX 64951 58468
Distance: 1.04km
Scad Brook S Round House
OS Map: SX 66743 59901
HER: MDV2912
ShortName: HT:Scad Broo24
Nearby sites: SX 66743 59901
Distance: 1.98km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 64885 58456
ShortName: HT:Butterdon11
Nearby sites: SX 64885 58456
Distance: 1.05km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 65101 58257
HER: MDV3117
ShortName: HT:Butterdon12
Nearby sites: SX 65101 58257
Distance: 1.28km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 65122 58290
HER: MDV3117
ShortName: HT:Butterdon13
Nearby sites: SX 65122 58290
Distance: 1.25km
Butterdon Hill SW Round House
OS Map: SX 65062 58345
ShortName: HT:Butterdon14
Nearby sites: SX 65062 58345
Distance: 1.18km
Higher Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64395 61379
HER: MDV4353
ShortName: HT:Higher Pi1
Nearby sites: SX 64395 61379
Distance: 1.92km
Higher Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64369 61418
HER: MDV4353
ShortName: HT:Higher Pi2
Nearby sites: SX 64369 61418
Distance: 1.97km
Higher Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64450 61374
HER: MDV4353
ShortName: HT:Higher Pi3
Nearby sites: SX 64450 61374
Distance: 1.91km
Piles Hill E. Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6579 6100
HER: MDV28482
PMD: Glasscombe Corner
ShortName: CT?Piles Hil3
Butler map: 56.5
Butler Vol 5: p.59 & Fig.36
Grinsell: UGB 1a
Notes: SX 65796100 A group of stones, doubtfully remains of cairn with cist, first noted by Worth.
Nearby sites: SX 6579 6100
Distance: 1.80km
Addicombe 1 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 64970 58110
ShortName: CN Addicombe1
Butler map: 53.1.1
Notes: Butler cairn 53.1.1. This is not listed on the NMR or HER records. There is clearly a mound at this location. Whether it is prehistoric or from the historic period is not clear.
Nearby sites: SX 64970 58110
Distance: 1.40km
Addicombe 2 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6495 5855
HER: MDV25322
ShortName: CN:Addicombe2
Butler map: 53.1.2
Nearby sites: SX 6495 5855
Distance: 0.96km
Addicombe 3 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 64754 58424
HER: MDV13093
ShortName: CN Addicombe3
Butler map: 53.1.3
Notes: "A hollow centred cairn, small stones showing in the wall like perimeter which spreads out on the outer side. The west side has almost disappeared. The walls are covered with turf and bracken. May be a doubtful site; result of land clearance?"
Nearby sites: SX 64754 58424
Distance: 1.08km
Butter Brook homestead Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 65146 59125
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN-Butter Br2
Butler map: 53.4
Notes: Butler: "Possibly associated with the homestead is a small cairn dug into from the north-east side, sited almost on the skyline 200 m to the south". Butler gives location as SX 6515 5913. The item in the photo might be the cairn referred to but the author is uncertain. It is at SX 65146 59125.
Nearby sites: SX 65146 59125
Distance: 0.51km
Butterdon Hill Summit 6 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65533 58671
HER: MDV2915
ShortName: CN Butterdon16
Butler map: 53.9.6
Grinsell: HAR 18
Notes: Large cairn. "One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill. Badly damaged, especially around the perimeter. Cairn consists of a mound of stone, earth and turf base, possibly with a berm and ditch. Diameter 25 metres, height approximately 2.5 metres"
Nearby sites: SX 65533 58671
Distance: 1.11km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63817 61238
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown24
Nearby sites: SX 63817 61238
Distance: 2.00km
Butterdon Hill Summit 7-9 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 65540 58653
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN-Butterdon17
Butler map: 53.9.7-9
Notes: Butler: "Two tiny cairns ... are sited close to [Butterdon Hill Summit 6] and the triangulation pyramid stands on a particularly stony patch which maybe the remains of a third".
Nearby sites: SX 65540 58653
Distance: 1.12km
Butterdon Hill S.E.10 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65629 58529
HER: MDV2896
ShortName: CN Butterdon12
Butler map: 53.9.10
Grinsell: UGB 21
Notes: "Cairn consisting of a mound of stones upon a stone, earth and turf base, possibly with a berm and ditch. Diameter 15m, height approx 1.8m"
Nearby sites: SX 65629 58529
Distance: 1.28km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63678 61136
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown26
Nearby sites: SX 63678 61136
Distance: 1.98km
Butterdon Hill S.W.11 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65449 58602
HER: MDV3137
ShortName: CN Butterdon13
Butler map: 53.9.11
Grinsell: HAR 19
Notes: "Round cairn on butterdon hill ... situated on slope, in poor condition. Diameter 14.5m. Height varies 1.7m - 0.1m. ... Cairn covered by modern circular enclosure of granite boulders (included in height). Diameter 16m, height 1.8m."
Nearby sites: SX 65449 58602
Distance: 1.11km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 64104 61295
HER: MDV13238
ShortName: HT:Stalldown27
Nearby sites: SX 64104 61295
Distance: 1.93km
Butterdon Hill N.W.12 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65401 58822
HER: MDV3134
ShortName: CN Butterdon10
Butler map: 53.9.12
Grinsell: HAR 15
Notes: "Mutilated cairn. Diameter 17m, height 1.5m. Siting hillspur ... On the western slope of butterdon hill. A scattered pile of stones, of medium size. Probably many have been removed. The east side of the cairn is quite flattened, this being the higher side of the slope, but the western side, on lower ground, gives the impression of a cairn some 0.6m - 0.9m high. The edge is too scattered to permit the accurate measurement of the diameter. Approx diameter 15m, height 0.6m - 0.9m."
Nearby sites: SX 65401 58822
Distance: 0.91km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 64115 61340
HER: MDV13238
ShortName: HT:Stalldown28
Nearby sites: SX 64115 61340
Distance: 1.96km
Butterdon Hill W.13-17 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 65116 58671
HER: MDV13164
ShortName: CN Butterdon18
Butler map: 53.9.13-17
Notes: This record currently relates to a group of five small cairns listed by Butler Map 9.13-17 (SX65155865). The HER/NMR lists one cairn at SX65125869 "A group of granite stones on a low oval mound of earth and stone, 7m x 4m, direction of length ene-wsw (c.50deg. E. Of true n. ). The lower sw part is a group of stones, max. Ht.1.0m, which have the appearance of being man-placed. The remainder of the site is a low mound standing less than 0.5m high, which merges into the hillside at the higher ne end." This might be the cairn in the photograph - but this requires confirmation. The NGR given by this record relates to the item in the photo.
Nearby sites: SX 65116 58671
Distance: 0.89km
Wetherdon Hill 18 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65052 58863
HER: MDV3135
ShortName: CN Wetherdon1
Butler map: 53.9.18
Grinsell: HAR 13
Notes: "Large cairn consisting of a mound of loosely packed stones on a base of stone and earth, the circumference of which projects beyond the stones. It is 20m in diameter, 1.6m high and has an outer ditch"
Nearby sites: SX 65052 58863
Distance: 0.69km
Wetherdon Hill 19 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65165 58922
HER: MDV3136
ShortName: CN Wetherdon2
Butler map: 53.9.19
Grinsell: HAR 14
Notes: "Cairn consisting of a mound of stones built upon a base of stone and earth, the circumference of which projects beyond the stones. Diameter 20m, height 1.5m"
Nearby sites: SX 65165 58922
Distance: 0.68km
Butterdon Hill N.1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65824 59761
HER: MDV2902
ShortName: CN:Butterdon6
Butler map: 53.10.1
Grinsell: UGB 13
Nearby sites: SX 65824 59761
Distance: 1.06km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63685 61116
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown34
Nearby sites: SX 63685 61116
Distance: 1.96km
Butterdon Hill N.2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65996 59834
HER: MDV2901
ShortName: CN Butterdon7
Butler map: 53.10.2
Grinsell: UGB 14
Nearby sites: SX 65996 59834
Distance: 1.24km
Butterdon Hill N.3 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65726 59701
HER: MDV2904
ShortName: CN:Butterdon8
Butler map: 53.10.3
Grinsell: UGB 13a
Nearby sites: SX 65726 59701
Distance: 0.95km
Butter Brook 1 stone row Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 65157 59942
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN Butter Br1
Butler map: 53.11.1
Nearby sites: SX 65157 59942
Distance: 0.57km
Piles Hill S.W.2 Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 64812 59675
HER: MDV13091
PMD: Butter Brook
ShortName: CN Piles Hil19
Butler map: 53.11.2
Grinsell: HAR 25
Notes: This cairn may also have headed a stone row but only one slab remains. At the centre of the cairn there is a flat slab which was probably the cover of a cist [Butler]. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. A mound could be identified on Lidar at SX 64810 59670 - this fits closely with both Butler's location and with the Garmin location of the object in the photo.
Nearby sites: SX 64812 59675
Distance: 0.18km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63691 61134
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown38
Nearby sites: SX 63691 61134
Distance: 1.97km
Piles Hill S.W.3 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 648 595
HER: MDV13094
ShortName: CN:Piles Hil20
Butler map: 53.11.3
Notes: We have the following which might refer to the same cairn but it is hard to tell. 1)Butler 53.11.3 Piles Hill SW (SX64785963) size 10.0 x 0.4 2) HER MDV13094 (SX64805950) size 7 x 0.25. NOTE. Butler also listed this as being Grinsell Harford 25 (SX64885966) size 12 x 0.3 but that we have listed as another site. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and was unable to find it.
Nearby sites: SX 648 595
Distance: 0.00km
Piles Hill S.W.4 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 64697 59781
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN-Piles Hil21
Butler map: 53.11.4
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The Butler cairns 53.11.4 and 53.11.5 have NGRs given by Butler as SX 6468 5975 and SX 6465 5974 respectively. Possible matches to these sites on Lidar data are mounds a few metres away to the north-east at SX 64679 59766 and SX 64692 59773. These two mounds could be found and have the locations of SX 64684 59771 and SX 64697 59781 as taken on a Garnmin on 20/04/2019. The sites in the phots correspond to this.
Nearby sites: SX 64697 59781
Distance: 0.30km
Piles Hill S.W.5 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 64684 59771
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN-Piles Hil22
Butler map: 53.11.5
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The Butler cairns 53.11.4 and 53.11.5 have NGRs given by Butler as SX 6468 5975 and SX 6465 5974 respectively. Possible matches to these sites on Lidar data are mounds a few metres away to the north-east at SX 64679 59766 and SX 64692 59773. These two mounds could be found and have the locations of SX 64684 59771 and SX 64697 59781 as taken on a Garnmin on 20/04/2019. The sites in the phots correspond to this.
Nearby sites: SX 64684 59771
Distance: 0.29km
Piles Hill S.W.6 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 6459 5969
HER: MDV130033
ShortName: CN?Piles Hil23
Butler map: 53.11.6
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and was unable to find it. Lidar data points to a possible mound at SX 64614 59684 which is close to Butler's location of SX 6459 5969 but this could not be found.
Nearby sites: SX 6459 5969
Distance: 0.28km
Hangershell Rock W Round House
OS Map: SX 65133 59377
HER: MDV3127
ShortName: HT:Hangershe1
Nearby sites: SX 65133 59377
Distance: 0.35km
Piles Hill S.W.7 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 6461 5957
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN?Piles Hil24
Butler map: 53.11.7
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and was unable to find it. However, Lidar data indicates the possibility of a mound at SX 64615 59588 which is very close to this grid reference - but this could not be found.
Nearby sites: SX 6461 5957
Distance: 0.20km
Hangershell Rock W Round House
OS Map: SX 65097 59361
HER: MDV3127
ShortName: HT:Hangershe2
Nearby sites: SX 65097 59361
Distance: 0.33km
Piles Hill S.W.8 Cairn
OS Map: SX 64568 59769
HER: MDV42373
ShortName: CN Piles Hil25
Butler map: 53.11.8
Notes: This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The photo maybe of this cairn. It is very close to what appears to be a mound on Lidar data at SX 64564 59766. Garmin location is SX 64568 59769 which matches well. The HER location is given as SX 64570 59758.
Nearby sites: SX 64568 59769
Distance: 0.36km
Hangershell Rock W Round House
OS Map: SX 65130 59379
HER: MDV3127
ShortName: HT:Hangershe3
Nearby sites: SX 65130 59379
Distance: 0.35km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63723 61150
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown44
Nearby sites: SX 63723 61150
Distance: 1.97km
Piles Hill S.W.10 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 6497 6001
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN?Piles Hil10
Butler map: 53.11.10
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and was unable to find it.
Nearby sites: SX 6497 6001
Distance: 0.54km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 64116 61302
HER: MDV13238
ShortName: HT:Stalldown46
Nearby sites: SX 64116 61302
Distance: 1.93km
Piles Hill S.W.11 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 6513 6004
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN?Piles Hil11
Butler map: 53.11.11
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and was unable to find it.
Nearby sites: SX 6513 6004
Distance: 0.63km
Piles Hill S.W.12 Cairn
OS Map: SX 64914 60068
HER: MDV13483
ShortName: CN Piles Hil12
Butler map: 53.11.12
Grinsell: HAR 24
Notes: Sited on a hill slope at the juncion of two reaves. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and found this. The mound is long and thin and consistent with a fragmentary section of a reave rather than a cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 64914 60068
Distance: 0.58km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63767 61144
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT Stalldown48
Nearby sites: SX 63767 61144
Distance: 1.94km
Piles Hill S.W.13 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 6456 5991
HER: MDV27912
ShortName: CN:Piles Hil13
Butler map: 53.11.13
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'.
Nearby sites: SX 6456 5991
Distance: 0.48km
Piles Hill S.W.14 (7) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 647 599
HER: MDV15065
ShortName: CNxPiles Hil14
Butler map: 53.11.14
Notes: Possibly post medieval - associaed with reave like structure.
Nearby sites: SX 647 599
Distance: 0.41km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63642 61127
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown50
Nearby sites: SX 63642 61127
Distance: 2.00km
Piles Hill S.W.16 Cairn
OS Map: SX 64522 60293
HER: MDV4305
ShortName: CN Piles Hil16
Butler map: 53.11.16
Grinsell: HAR 7
Barrow Report: 36
Nearby sites: SX 64522 60293
Distance: 0.84km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63738 61142
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown52
Nearby sites: SX 63738 61142
Distance: 1.96km
Piles Hill S.W.17 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 6461 6010
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN?Piles Hil17
Butler map: 53.11.17
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'.
Nearby sites: SX 6461 6010
Distance: 0.63km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63746 61112
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown53
Nearby sites: SX 63746 61112
Distance: 1.93km
Piles Hill S.W.18 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 6467 6004
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN?Piles Hil18
Butler map: 53.11.18
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'.
Nearby sites: SX 6467 6004
Distance: 0.56km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63752 61178
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown55
Nearby sites: SX 63752 61178
Distance: 1.98km
Western Beacon 1 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 65428 57699
HER: MDV129913
ShortName: CN?Western B2
Butler map: 53.13.1
Notes: Butler "six cairns of large size surround a small cairn 6.0 x 0.3 on the highest point".
Nearby sites: SX 65428 57699
Distance: 1.91km
Western Beacon 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65449 57732
HER: MDV3126
ShortName: CN Western B12
Butler map: 53.13.2
Grinsell: UGB 22
Notes: "Cairn is hollow in centre, otherwise in fair condition. Diameter 16.0m, height 1.7m."
Nearby sites: SX 65449 57732
Distance: 1.88km
Western Beacon 3 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65470 57664
HER: MDV25001
ShortName: CN Western B13
Butler map: 53.13.3
Notes: "One of a group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon. Small cairn close to other cairns."
Nearby sites: SX 65470 57664
Distance: 1.95km
Western Beacon 4 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65454 57646
HER: MDV25000
ShortName: CN Western B14
Butler map: 53.13.4
Notes: "Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon."
Nearby sites: SX 65454 57646
Distance: 1.97km
Western Beacon 5 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65407 57632
HER: MDV3123
ShortName: CN Western B15
Butler map: 53.13.5
Grinsell: HAR 23
Notes: "Cairn consisting of stone and earth base surmounted by a mound of stones measuring 25m in diameter and 1.8m high. Visitors have moved stones around to form shelters "
Nearby sites: SX 65407 57632
Distance: 1.96km
Western Beacon 6 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65443 57624
HER: MDV3125
ShortName: CN Western B16
Butler map: 53.13.6
Grinsell: UGB 23
Notes: "Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon. Cairn is in good condition. Diam 17.0m, 1.7m high."
Nearby sites: SX 65443 57624
Distance: 1.98km
Western Beacon 8 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 65121 58192
HER: MDV3133
ShortName: CN Western B18
Butler map: 53.14.8
Grinsell: HAR 20
Notes: "Turf covered cairn, practically round, badly mutilated with small hummocks in centre. Diameter 14.0m, height 1.0m. Lies south of enclosed hut circle settlement."
Nearby sites: SX 65121 58192
Distance: 1.35km
Western Beacon 9 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65384 58124
HER: MDV3130
ShortName: CN Western B19
Butler map: 53.14.9
Grinsell: HAR 21
Notes: "Between western beacon and butterdon hill about 105m west of black pool. On flat, grassy ground that has been almost completely cleared of stones. A grass covered mound of stones, with hollow centre. Oval shape with longer diameter. Diameter e-w 16.50m, n-s 12.2m. Height 0.6m."
Nearby sites: SX 65384 58124
Distance: 1.49km
Western Beacon 10 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65487 58105
HER: MDV3129
ShortName: CN Western B3
Butler map: 53.14.10
Grinsell: HAR 22
Nearby sites: SX 65487 58105
Distance: 1.55km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63669 61147
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown65
Nearby sites: SX 63669 61147
Distance: 2.00km
Western Beacon 11 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6553 5805
HER: MDV129931
ShortName: CN?Western B4
Butler map: 53.14.11
Notes: No matching entry on NMR or HER
Nearby sites: SX 6553 5805
Distance: 1.62km
Western Beacon 12 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65584 58062
HER: MDV2894
ShortName: CN Western B5
Butler map: 53.14.12
Grinsell: UGB 21a
Nearby sites: SX 65584 58062
Distance: 1.64km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63671 61113
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown67
Nearby sites: SX 63671 61113
Distance: 1.97km
Western Beacon 13 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65713 58036
HER: MDV2905
ShortName: CN Western B6
Butler map: 53.14.13
Grinsell: UGB 21b
Notes: NMR refers to Grinsell "216" - typo for 21b?
Nearby sites: SX 65713 58036
Distance: 1.73km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63783 61140
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown68
Nearby sites: SX 63783 61140
Distance: 1.93km
Western Beacon 14 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65719 58027
HER: MDV24997
ShortName: CN Western B7
Butler map: 53.14.14
Notes: No matching entry on NMR or HER
Nearby sites: SX 65719 58027
Distance: 1.74km
Western Beacon 15 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65727 58032
HER: MDV24997
ShortName: CN Western B8
Butler map: 53.14.15
Notes: ?
Nearby sites: SX 65727 58032
Distance: 1.74km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63828 61216
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown70
Nearby sites: SX 63828 61216
Distance: 1.97km
Western Beacon 16 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65732 58041
HER: MDV24997
ShortName: CN Western B9
Butler map: 53.14.16
Notes: Possible hut circle near 2 cairns
Nearby sites: SX 65732 58041
Distance: 1.73km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 64130 61317
HER: MDV13238
ShortName: HT:Stalldown71
Nearby sites: SX 64130 61317
Distance: 1.94km
Western Beacon 17 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65757 58028
HER: MDV129932
ShortName: CN Western B10
Butler map: 53.14.17
Notes: No matching entry on NMR or HER
Nearby sites: SX 65757 58028
Distance: 1.76km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63725 61130
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown72
Nearby sites: SX 63725 61130
Distance: 1.95km
Western Beacon 18 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6583 5802
HER: MDV129933
ShortName: CN?Western B11
Butler map: 53.14.18
Notes: No matching entry on NMR or HER
Nearby sites: SX 6583 5802
Distance: 1.80km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 64133 61352
HER: MDV13238
ShortName: HT:Stalldown73
Nearby sites: SX 64133 61352
Distance: 1.97km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 64128 61341
HER: MDV13238
ShortName: HT:Stalldown74
Nearby sites: SX 64128 61341
Distance: 1.96km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 64133 61358
HER: MDV13238
ShortName: HT:Stalldown75
Nearby sites: SX 64133 61358
Distance: 1.97km
Lud Brook Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 66014 58548
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN Lud Brook1
Butler map: 53.15
Notes: A small cairn just in front of the Butterdon Hill neolithic long cairn which can be seen behind it. Butler: "Five metres from and in line with the lower end of the latter is a conventional round cairn, also dug into".
Nearby sites: SX 66014 58548
Distance: 1.54km
Stalldown SE Round House
OS Map: SX 63834 61214
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown76
Nearby sites: SX 63834 61214
Distance: 1.97km
Beacon Plains 1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 66310 59477
HER: MDV2893
ShortName: CN Beacon Pl3
Butler map: 53.16.1
Grinsell: UGB 17a
Notes: ? Butler has incorrect NGR: 66225945 cf. 66375947 (Grinsell UGB 17a) NGR corrected
Nearby sites: SX 66310 59477
Distance: 1.51km
Beacon Plains 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 66389 59465
HER: MDV2892
ShortName: CN Beacon Pl4
Butler map: 53.16.2
Grinsell: UGB 17b
Notes: This should be approx. 50m distant from Beacon Plains 1. The slight mound with a change of vegetation in the photo might be this cairn (visited by author 30/03/2019). The co-ords given here are from this object. The HER co-ords are SX 66374 59469, the object in the photo is at SX 66389 59465. NB. The author revisited this on 22/04/2019. A more thorough search was done to try to pinpoint this cairn and nothing was found. This included looking up to 50 metres both west and east of the cairn (Beacon Plains 1) that can be easily located (the two are according to Butler separated by about 50 metres on an east to west line). The patch with a change of vegetation is an unconvincing site but it can't be ruled out!
Nearby sites: SX 66389 59465
Distance: 1.59km
Ugborough Beacon 1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 66756 59113
HER: MDV3121
ShortName: CN Ugborough1
Butler map: 53.16.3
Grinsell: UGB 17
Nearby sites: SX 66756 59113
Distance: 1.99km
Weatherdon Hill W Round House
OS Map: SX 6414 5896
HER: MDV25317
ShortName: HT:Weatherdo1
Nearby sites: SX 6414 5896
Distance: 0.85km
Western Beacon (S of) Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 654 576
HER: MDV3099
ShortName: CN?UGB23b-d
Grinsell: B:UGB 23b-d
Notes: SX654576 Large oval stoneheaps, probably tin miners' spoil heaps (T. Greeves). Grid reference is approximate - the heaps are in this area. HER entry MDV28485 mentions the heaps in passing but is about Cairn 7. MDV3099 mentions quarying in the area.
Nearby sites: SX 654 576
Distance: 1.99km
Stalldown S.E. (11) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 637 610
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CNxStalldown7
Butler map: 53.4
Notes: No mention of this cairn in NMR but NMR record 442223 is the associated settlement that Butler refers to.
Nearby sites: SX 637 610
Distance: 1.86km
Piles Hill N.1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65360 61041
HER: MDV13485
ShortName: CN Piles Hil7
Butler map: 54.19.1
Grinsell: HAR 10
Notes: "Cairn found. Grass covered. Diameter 10m, height 0.3m."
Nearby sites: SX 65360 61041
Distance: 1.64km
Piles Hill N.2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65330 61002
HER: MDV5708
ShortName: CN Piles Hil8
Butler map: 54.19.2
Grinsell: HAR 11
Notes: "Resistance survey convincing detected a low-resistance ring around this cairn; likely encircling ditch. Magnetic survey detected a short arcing anomaly west of the cairn, which may or may not be related" (2022)
Nearby sites: SX 65330 61002
Distance: 1.59km
Piles Hill N.3 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6532 6084
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN?Piles Hil9
Butler map: 54.19.3
Notes: Unable to find a match on HER
Nearby sites: SX 6532 6084
Distance: 1.44km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64436 60529
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil1
Nearby sites: SX 64436 60529
Distance: 1.09km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64407 60518
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil2
Nearby sites: SX 64407 60518
Distance: 1.09km
Ugborough Beacon W Round House
OS Map: SX 66079 59279
HER: MDV2907
ShortName: HT:Ugborough1
Nearby sites: SX 66079 59279
Distance: 1.30km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64383 60519
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil3
Nearby sites: SX 64383 60519
Distance: 1.10km
Ugborough Beacon W Round House
OS Map: SX 6609 5925
HER: MDV2906
ShortName: HT:Ugborough2
Nearby sites: SX 6609 5925
Distance: 1.31km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64372 60521
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil4
Nearby sites: SX 64372 60521
Distance: 1.11km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 6418 6060
HER: MDV27890
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil5
Nearby sites: SX 6418 6060
Distance: 1.26km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64405 60495
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil6
Nearby sites: SX 64405 60495
Distance: 1.07km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64440 60455
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil7
Nearby sites: SX 64440 60455
Distance: 1.02km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64523 60501
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil8
Nearby sites: SX 64523 60501
Distance: 1.04km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64477 60492
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil9
Nearby sites: SX 64477 60492
Distance: 1.04km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64473 60446
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil10
Nearby sites: SX 64473 60446
Distance: 1.00km
Yadsworthy Waste Round House
OS Map: SX 6405 6060
HER: MDV27889
ShortName: HT:Yadsworth3
Nearby sites: SX 6405 6060
Distance: 1.33km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64461 60542
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil11
Nearby sites: SX 64461 60542
Distance: 1.10km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64441 60508
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil12
Nearby sites: SX 64441 60508
Distance: 1.07km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64421 60431
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil13
Nearby sites: SX 64421 60431
Distance: 1.01km
Lower Piles Round House
OS Map: SX 64506 60493
HER: MDV4354
ShortName: HT:Lower Pil14
Nearby sites: SX 64506 60493
Distance: 1.04km
Glasscombe Corner W.2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 66106 60777
HER: MDV28479
ShortName: CN Glasscomb10
Butler map: 56.12.2
Grinsell: UGB 6
Nearby sites: SX 66106 60777
Distance: 1.83km
Glasscombe Corner W.3 Cairn
OS Map: SX 66116 60765
HER: MDV28478
ShortName: CN Glasscomb11
Butler map: 56.12.3
Grinsell: UGB 7
Nearby sites: SX 66116 60765
Distance: 1.83km
Glasscombe Corner W.4 Cairn
OS Map: SX 66193 60845
HER: MDV42780
ShortName: CN:Glasscomb12
Butler map: 56.12.4
Nearby sites: SX 66193 60845
Distance: 1.94km
Glasscombe Ball N. stone row Cairn
OS Map: SX 65783 60473
HER: MDV5660
ShortName: CN Glasscomb4
Butler map: 56.13
Grinsell: UGB 8
Notes: ne cairn with row
Nearby sites: SX 65783 60473
Distance: 1.38km
Glasscombe Ball N.W. Cairn
OS Map: SX 65724 60426
HER: MDV5660
ShortName: CN Glasscomb5
Butler map: 56.13
Grinsell: UGB 8a
Notes: sw cairn with row
Nearby sites: SX 65724 60426
Distance: 1.31km
Piles Brook 1 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 649 611
HER: MDV16518
ShortName: CN:Piles Bro1
Nearby sites: SX 649 611
Distance: 1.60km
Glas Barrow Cairn
OS Map: SX 65981 60272
HER: MDV5665
ShortName: CN Glas Barr1
Butler map: 56.13
Grinsell: UGB 10
Nearby sites: SX 65981 60272
Distance: 1.41km
Glasscombe Ball S.2 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 65837 60192
HER: MDV103623
ShortName: CN-Glasscomb6
Butler map: 56.13
Notes: Cairn west of the Butterdon Hill stone row; 5 metres in diameter. May be medieval or later feature, rather than prehistoric. See also site 1768 which has a very simimilar appearance and is 100 m due east of this cairn. The HER grid reference closely matches the location in this record. Butler lists one such cairn which he refers to as beign closr to the stone row - so probably the other one.
Nearby sites: SX 65837 60192
Distance: 1.25km
Glasscombe Ball S.1 Clearance Cairn
OS Map: SX 65937 60181
ShortName: CN-Glasscomb7
Butler map: 56.13
Notes: Cairn west of the Butterdon Hill stone row; approx 5 metres in diameter. About 11m north of the row. May be medieval or later feature, rather than prehistoric. See also site 1764 which has a very similar appearance and is 100 m due west of this.
The HER (103623) grid reference closely matches the location of the other cairn in this pair so probably refers to that (as does the NMR record SX 66 SE 106). Butler lists only one such cairn which he refers to as being close to the stone row which fits the location of this cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 65937 60181
Distance: 1.33km
Harford Moor Gate (north of) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6435 5985
HER: MDV16515
ShortName: CN?Harford M2
Notes: A previously unrecorded doubtful small cairn. A partly turf-covered heap of small stones, 3m diameter, 0.3m high
Nearby sites: SX 6435 5985
Distance: 0.57km
Piles Brook Head Reported Cairn
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Piles Hill Double Stone Row & Cairns
OS Map: SX 65048 61118
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN-Piles Bro3
Notes: The NMR record states: "High on the valley side a little to the South of the hallow of Piles Brook Head are the unrecorded relics of a dalmen. Of the two remaining uprights, one leaning, the other fallen, the longer measures 7 feet 6 inches and the smaller 4 feet 4 inches in length. Traces of a barrow are slight. (The caption to plate 153 reads "traces of a long barrow are slight.")".
The stone that was still standing fell in recent years and both have now been restored - see photo. This is clearly not a dolmen or cairn but the spectacular start of what would probably once have been the most impressive double stone rows on the moor.
Nearby sites: SX 65048 61118
Distance: 1.64km
Glaze Meet (possible cist) Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 663 603
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CT?Glaze Mee2
Notes: Lethbridge Discover Prehistoric Dartmoor p.81. Cist? In diagram - no explanation in text. Approx NGR from diagram of SX663603
Nearby sites: SX 663 603
Distance: 1.70km
Piles Hill N.4 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65355 60933
HER: MDV25676
ShortName: CN Piles Hil4
Nearby sites: SX 65355 60933
Distance: 1.54km
Piles Hill N.5 (pos duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6540 6096
HER: MDV25678
ShortName: CN:Piles Hil5
Notes: This HER record is from an aerial photograph from about 1980. The author was unable to find a site that matches this record. The suspicion is this is a duplicate of one of the other records and is being marked as a duplicate fro this reason. "Possible cairn, possibly one of a group of cairns. Visible on 1980 nmr ap.(rchm app 1985)".
Nearby sites: SX 6540 6096
Distance: 1.58km
Piles Hill N.6 (pos duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6536 6097
HER: MDV25684
ShortName: CN:Piles Hil6
Notes: This HER record is from an aerial photograph from about 1980. The author was unable to find a site that matches this record. The suspicion is this is a duplicate of one of the other records and is being marked as a duplicate fro this reason. "Possible cairn, possibly one of a group of cairns. Visible on 1980 nmr ap.(rchm app 1985)".
Nearby sites: SX 6536 6097
Distance: 1.57km
Beacon Plain A Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 65838 59189
HER: MDV2888
Megalithic Portal: 44532
The Stone Rows of GB: Butterdon East
PMD: Beacon Plain
ShortName: SS BeaconPlain
Butler map: 53.8
Butler Vol 5: p.216 & Fig.150
DPD page: 79
Notes: "One of two large granite blocks situated some 500 meters east of Hangershell Rocks. May be fallen standing stones or stones brought to the site but never erected. This western stone lies 55 meters from the other and tapers towards its northern end. Between the two are traces of two other stones, and the fact that they form a straight line lends weight to the argument that they are fallen menhirs. This western stone was excavated in august 1968, and groups of small stones were found at the broad end and along the w side as if to receive the stone when it was erected." For more on that see coverage on the SRGB and on PMD. See also HER record MDV2883.
Nearby sites: SX 65838 59189
Distance: 1.08km
Beacon Plain B Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 65886 59210
HER: MDV2883
Megalithic Portal: 44532
The Stone Rows of GB: Butterdon East
PMD: Beacon Plain
ShortName: SS Beacon Pl2
Butler map: 53.8
Butler Vol 5: p.216 & Fig.150
DPD page: 79
Notes: "There are two possible menhirs, on Beacon Plain, 500 yards east of Hangershell Rock. The more easterly stone measures 18 feet 4 inches in length. The other stone lies 57 yards away on a bearing 26 degrees south of west. It is 18 feet in length, 5 feet 6 inches wide at one end, and tapers to a blunt point. The stones are completely isolated on a grass moor, and have none of the characteristics of surface boulders. If they were menhirs they are the largest known on Dartmoor." There are suggestions these two stones are ends of a short stone row with a smaller stone in between. For more on that see coverage on the SRGB and on PMD. See also HER record MDV2888.
Nearby sites: SX 65886 59210
Distance: 1.12km
Black Pool (Western Beacon) Ancient Pool
OS Map: SX 65501 58131
HER: MDV127193
ShortName: PO:Black Pool
Notes: "One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Livestock watering pond, 30 metres by 20 metres and 0.6 metres deep. Pool has been modified by peat cutting."
Nearby sites: SX 65501 58131
Distance: 1.54km
Burford Down Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 63703 60687
HER: MDV4333
Megalithic Portal: 1463
PMD: Burford Down Stone Row
ShortName: SS BurfordDown
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Notes: "The alleged blocking stone noted by Parsons measures 2.7m by 1.0m and has been split by drilling." TDA Vol. 85 (1953) pp. 145-147 (Hamlyn Parsons).
Nearby sites: SX 63703 60687
Distance: 1.62km
Burford Down Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 63695 60165
HER: MDV4333
Megalithic Portal: 1463
The Stone Rows of GB: Burford Down
PMD: Burford Down Stone Row
ShortName: SR Burford Dn
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Barrow Report: 14 40
Notes: "This single stone row on a slight north slope extends from a crest at 260m OD to a col at 255m OD. It can be traced from its south terminal, marked by a cairn, at SX 63706017 for 336m, bearing 1o, to a possible blocking stone at SX 63706051 and of different character for a further 120m to SX63706062. The recumbent stone, considered ... to be the north terminal lies yet a further 47m distant at SX 63706067." See also: Sea Views at Burford Down
Nearby sites: SX 63695 60165
Distance: 1.29km
Burford Down Encircled Cairn
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 63704 60178
HER: MDV4257
Megalithic Portal: 719
PMD: Burford Down Stone Row
Alternate name: Burford Down stone row Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC BurfordDown
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Grinsell: HAR 5
Turner: F10
Barrow Report: 14 40
Notes: "The south terminal cairn, 9.0m diameter and 0.6m high, has a central depression, about 2.5m diameter and 0.4m deep, and is edged by 3 upright and 2 fallen orthostats, average 0.7m by 0.2m and up to 0.9m high, the remains of a retaining circle or peristalith."
Nearby sites: SX 63704 60178
Distance: 1.29km
Burford Down (Tristis Rock) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 6378 6016
HER: MDV4258
Megalithic Portal: 45689
PMD: Tristis Rock
Alternate name: Tristis Rock Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT TristisRock
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Grinsell: HAR 6
Turner: E22
Barrow Report: 14 40
Notes: "Retaining circle of a barrow, internal diameter between 16 and 17 feet and consisting of twelve stones which enclose the remaining south side stone of a cist. The overall length of the side stone is 4 feet 6 inches, the internal length of the cist would not have been more than 3 feet". Butler Tristis Rock - Vol. 4. Map 54.17 (p.60 diagram of Tristis Rock cairn p.59).
Nearby sites: SX 6378 6016
Distance: 1.21km
Butter Brook Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 64747 59301
HER: MDV13095
Megalithic Portal: 45565
PMD: Butterbrook Standing Stone
Alternate name: Butterbrook Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Butter Br
Notes: The stone is easy to approach from the dry ground to the south but just beyond the stone to the north is marshland. A standing-stone, possibly prehistoric, near Butter Brook (near Harford) is 2.03m long and has a standing height of 1.77m. The stone is located towards the north of the eastern side of the plantation around Butterbrook reservoir. [Entry no. 70 in An archaeological check-list for Harford, Devon Archaeological Society/DCRA publications no. 11 (1982)]
Nearby sites: SX 64747 59301
Distance: 0.21km
Butter Brook N Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 652 599
HER: MDV13166
Megalithic Portal: 1970
The Stone Rows of GB: Butterbrook 2
PMD: Butter Brook 2 Stone Row
Alternate name: Butterbrook 1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Butter Br N
Butler map: 53.11
DPD page: 78
Notes: Continued notes from Butter Brook S. "At 73 metres from the terminal there is a single orthostat 0.5 metre high, standing 3.25 metres off centre south from the projection of the rows, at the edge of a small clitter of broken stones. A third row, irregularly spaced and not showing much above ground, meets the double section of the rows at an angle of about 10o on the north-west side, extending westward to about level with the terminal. Visual projection east-ward along the third row appears to be in line with the orthostat". Lethbridge 78 Rows 4/5 diagram p.77. Formerly listed as Butter Brook 2.
Nearby sites: SX 652 599
Distance: 0.57km
Butter Brook S Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 651 599
HER: MDV13166
Megalithic Portal: 1971
The Stone Rows of GB: Butterbrook 1
PMD: Butter Brook 1 Stone Row
Alternate name: Butterbrook 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Butter Br S
Butler map: 53.11
DPD page: 78
Notes: "A stone row about 42 metres long is situated on south sloping ground at SX 65145995, just north of the marshy Butterbrook valley. It is aligned south south west/north north east, and terminates at the south end in a hollow-centred ring of turf and stones of 2.5 metres diameter east/west, 3.2 metres north/south. The first stone in the row is 10.35 metres from the centre of the terminal, thereafter the spacing becomes about 3 metres. The maximum height of the stones is 0.67 metre. The row becomes double for about 12.5 metres (four to five pairs of stones), with a distance of 0.4 to 0.5 metre between rows, after which only the second row appears to continue." Lethbridge p.78 Rows 4/5 diagram p.77. Formerly listed as Butter Brook 1
Nearby sites: SX 651 599
Distance: 0.50km
Butterdon (ENE) Ancient Pool
OS Map: SX 65733 58969
HER: MDV127203
ShortName: PO:Butterdon
Notes: "A pool east-north-east of Butterdon. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies near group of features including a stone row and cairns. Sub-rectangular shallow pit 15 metres by 19 metres and 0.4 metres deep. The edges show the remains of peat cutting"
Nearby sites: SX 65733 58969
Distance: 1.07km
Butterdon East Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65870 59203
HER: MDV2888
The Stone Rows of GB: Butterdon East
PMD: Butterdon E. Stone Row
Alternate name: Butterdon E. Stone Row
ShortName: SR ButterdonE
Butler map: 53.8
Butler Vol 5: p.218 & Fig.150
Notes: There are two massive slabs with one small slab forming an alignment. It is unclear whether these were originally standing but it is thought they could have been placed in their current locations. This would make for a very spectacular stone row and one that would be quite unique on Dartmoor. However, there are stone rows consisting of two huge slabs and a small central slab in other parts of the country. The grid reference given here and the photo is of the central stone. The following interesting account comes from Hemery's High Dartmoor:
"On the Plain, about four hundred yards east of Hangershiel Rock, two great monoliths lie on the ground within sixty yards of each other. Worth was surely right in regarding them, each over eighteen feet in length, as fallen menhirs. The naturalist H. G. Hurrell wrote to tell me that he recently found, at the base end of the longer stone, "numerous stones, averaging perhaps the Size of the human head, just below ground level". I quote further from his letter: It is very difficult, I think, to explain the presence of these stones unless one assumes that they were used as packing-stones to support an erected menhir." The element of doubt undeniably present, however, should deter the over-eager restorer of monuments from arriving on the spot with tractor, sheer-legs, pulley-block and tackle. " (High Dartmoor p.258)
Nearby sites: SX 65870 59203
Distance: 1.11km
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 66012 58573
HER: MDV2886
Megalithic Portal: 31698
PMD: Butterdon Long Cairn
Alternate name: Butterdon Hill chambered cairn Chambered Tomb
ShortName: NT Butterdon
Butler map: 53.15
Butler Vol 5: p.155
Grinsell: A:UGB 2
Notes: "The mound is situated on a slight south-east slope at 1050 ft O.D. It is 25 metres long, orientated north-south, is 16.0 metres wide and 0.9 metre high at the north end and 10.0 metres wide and 0.7 metre high at the south end. There are no visible side ditches. The construction is of earth and small stones but extensive pillaging and/or excavation has exposed a number of large upright and some displaced stones. The mound is certainly a long barrow."
Nearby sites: SX 66012 58573
Distance: 1.53km
Butterdon Hill Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65629 58814
HER: MDV2988
Megalithic Portal: 556
The Stone Rows of GB: Butterdon Hill
PMD: Butterdon Stone Row
Alternate name: Butterdon Hill Row Stone Row
ShortName: SR Butterdon
Butler map: 53.8
DPD page: 77
Notes: "The northern part of the Butterdon stone row has been surveyed from Hangershell Rocks cairn at SX 65645941 to Hobajons Cross at SX 65506045." and "For the 1050m of this part the majority of the several hundred stones are from 0.1m to 0.4m high and form an irregular line. There is a gap of 70.0m on the north side of Hangershell but otherwise the row is fairly continuous. The area is not entirely free of natural surface stones and while some can be immediately discounted occasionally there is a short double or triple row where all the stones are alike and these which formed the original row cannot now be determined. Barely two dozen stones are 0.5m high or higher, Hobajons Cross at 1.2m being the highest. It is possible that this was at some stage a terminal stone since it appears to have cup marks on the south face and the extension onwards, to the Longstone, is on an entirely different alignment." Lethbridge Row 1 diagram p.77.
Nearby sites: SX 65629 58814
Distance: 1.08km
Butterdon Hill Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65781 59341
HER: MDV2887
Megalithic Portal: 45752
PMD: Butterdon Hill
Alternate name: Butterdon Ridge N.E. Cist
ShortName: CT Butterdon
Butler map: 53.8.3
Butler Vol 5: p.59 & Fig.38
DPD page: 79
Grinsell: UGB 16
Barrow Report: 61
Notes: "The western side stone and the two end stones are still standing, but the other side stone and the cover stone are missing. The cist measures 23 inches by 15 inches"... "no sign whatever of a mound, and the cist may have been freestanding". Lethbridge p.79 East of Hangershell Rock diagram p.77. Butler Butterdon Ridge N.E. - Vol. 4. Map 53.8.3 (p.25 general plan of Butterdon rows and cairns p.24).
Nearby sites: SX 65781 59341
Distance: 0.99km
Butterdon Hill Cairn
OS Map: SX 65601 58766
HER: MDV2895
Megalithic Portal: 10002
Alternate name: Butterdon Hill Summit 5 Cairn
ShortName: CN Butterdon H
Butler map: 53.9.5
Butler Vol 5: p.160
Grinsell: HAR 17
Notes: "The northernmost of several cairns near the summit of Butterdon Hill lies approximately 200 feet south-south-east (sic) from the retaining circle at the end of the stone row (SX 65 NE 17). There are clear remains of a marginal wall on the eastern circumference of this cairn; whether it is an original feature is not known but there is no apparent reason why it should have been added later. A large cairn, 27 metres in diameter, 3.3 metres high. The barrow has an apparent berm, but this may not have been an original characteristic."
Nearby sites: SX 65601 58766
Distance: 1.09km
Butterdon Hill Encircled Cairn
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65634 58816
HER: MDV2897
Megalithic Portal: 722
PMD: Butterdon Row
Alternate name: Butterdon Hill stone row Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC Butterdon
Butler map: 53.8.1
DPD page: 78
Grinsell: HAR 16
Turner: F8
Notes: A low cairn within a retaining circle of stones is situated at SX65635881, at the south end of the Butterdon stone row (SX 65 NE 17), with which it is associated. The circle is 11 metres in diameter, and consists of twelve stones, all now recumbent, although when Worth wrote in 1941, one was erect and three were leaning. Some of the stones are unusually large. The cairn is 9 metres in diameter by 0.3 metre high, with a hollow in the centre. Radcliffe reports: Mike Brown says the row "terminates in a small kistvaen" at its southern end. Hemery says the cist "has been removed". Lethbridge p.78 Row 1 diagram p.77.
Nearby sites: SX 65634 58816
Distance: 1.08km
Butterdon South Cist
OS Map: SX 65576 58524
HER: MDV125710
PMD: Butterdon South
ShortName: CT Butterdon S
Notes: Found by Dave Parks (author of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks) on 30/03/2019 and confirmed as a probable cist by Nigel Stainer a few days later. HER states:
Parks, D. + Stainer, N., 2019, Small cairn with cist on Butterdon Hill, 08/04/2019
Previously unrecorded cairn identified by the authors (not mentioned by Butler or other key Dartmoor experts).
The feature comprises a small cairn with probable cist and capstone. There is evidence for historical and modern disturbance to the main cairn body. The cairn is positioned on the southern slope of Butterdon Hill, on top of steep slope overlooking Black Pool. Moor stone and clitter cover the surrounding moorland and this has hindered identification. A large cairn (MDV2896) is located 50 metres due east.
The cairn measures 3.2 metres north-south and 2.9 metres east-west and has a maximum height of 0.35 metres. Constructed from medium to large granite boulders, the upper course of which have all been disturbed.
There is slight evidence, in the form of partially exposed granite orthostats of a circular retaining kerb forming the external edge of the cairn but this could not be verified. Later disturbance has remodelled some of the large stones.
Probable remains of a central cist lined with four stone slabs, aligned north-west by south-east. Measures 0.68 metres north-west by south-east and 0.54 metres north-east by south-west internally. The north-east slab is composed of a very distinct dark stone that does not appear to be granite. This stone appears to have been placed on the side of the cist closest to the larger cairn to the east.
A large capstone that had been removed and propped up to the north at the time of recording is also present. Recent disturbance has loosened and dislodged the slabs on the south-west and north-west sides of the cist.
The cist appears to be filled with a fine, silty dark grey material. This was not investigated during the recording. Grass was growing on this fill in small patches indicating that the capstone had been removed for a period of time.
The capstone was replaced under the supervision of the Dartmoor National Park Archaeologist.
Nearby sites: SX 65576 58524
Distance: 1.25km
Cuckoo Ball Chambered Tomb
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Cuckoo Ball Chambered Tomb
OS Map: SX 65963 58195
HER: MDV2885
Megalithic Portal: 31700
PMD: Cuckoo Ball Chambered Cairn
Alternate name: Cuckoo Ball chambered cairn Chambered Tomb
ShortName: NT Cuckoo Ball
Butler map: 53.15
Butler Vol 5: p.155
DPD page: 80
Grinsell: A:UGB 1
Barrow Report: 30 56
Notes: "The remains of a long cairn and burial chamber on a hill-slope at Cuckoo Ball. The cairn, which was probably robbed for newtake walls to the west and north, is 23 metres long by 12 metres wide, aligned north/south, and is 0.7 metre high at the north. The burial chamber is at the north end."
Nearby sites: SX 65963 58195
Distance: 1.75km
Glasscombe Ball N. Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65733 60429
HER: MDV5659
Megalithic Portal: 1952
The Stone Rows of GB: Glasscombe Ball North
PMD: Glasscombe Ball Stone Row
Alternate name: Glasscombe Ball N Stone Row
ShortName: SR GlassBall N
Butler map: 56.13
DPD page: 78
Notes: "A single stone row on the northern verge of Glasscombe Ball lies a little west of north from the row near Spurrell's Cross (SX 65 NE 16) and about a third of a mile from it" ... "A stone row extending between two cairns. The north-east cairn is 0.6m high and is now elongated north-west to south-east to 6.0m. by 4.0m, and is turf-covered. The south-west cairn, 4.0m. in diameter and 0.8m. high is of close-packed stones and turf-covered." Lethbridge p.78, diagram p.77 Row 2
Nearby sites: SX 65733 60429
Distance: 1.32km
Glasscombe Corner Cairn Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 66100 60802
HER: MDV49561
Megalithic Portal: 1951
PMD: Glasscombe Corner Stone Row
Alternate name: Glasscombe Corner stone row Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Glasscombe
Butler map: 56.12
Grinsell: UGB 5
Turner: G28
Notes: Lower end of stone row. "A stone row, 300 yds S 41o W from Glasscombe Corner. The southern 368 feet are a double row and the northern 212 feet 6 inches a single row. The northern part has lost no stones and the change from double to single is abrupt and complete. At the S.W. end are the remains of a cairn and at the NE. end is a retaining circle with many of the stones fallen. It would appear thus that there was a grave at either end of the row. "
Nearby sites: SX 66100 60802
Distance: 1.84km
Glasscombe Corner Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65997 60748
HER: MDV5661
Megalithic Portal: 3254
The Stone Rows of GB: Glasscombe Corner
PMD: Glasscombe Corner Stone Row
ShortName: SR Glasscombe
Butler map: 56.12
Butler Vol 5: p.229 & Fig.162
DPD page: 81
Notes: "A stone row partly double and partly single ending on the remains of a cairn circle. The length of the double row is 111.0m. and of the single row 61.0m, the total length to the centre of the cairn circle being 177.0m". Lethbridge Avon Valley stone row pp.81-82, diagram p.81.
Nearby sites: SX 65997 60748
Distance: 1.73km
Hangershell Ancient Pool
OS Map: SX 65824 59588
HER: MDV127209
ShortName: PO:Hangershell
Notes: "A pool, one of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies near a prehistoric cairn. Sub-rectangular shallow pit of 12 metres by 16 metres and 0. 5 metres deep. Drained to west and east edges which show the remains of peat cutting"
Nearby sites: SX 65824 59588
Distance: 1.03km
Hangershell Rock (East of) Cairn
OS Map: SX 65662 59404
HER: MDV3124
Megalithic Portal: 4615
Alternate name: Butterdon Ridge N. Cairn
ShortName: CN Hangershell
Butler map: 53.8.2
Grinsell: UGB 15
Barrow Report: 61
Notes: East of hangershell rock large cairn with hollow centre. Diameter 17m, height 1.2m.
Nearby sites: SX 65662 59404
Distance: 0.87km
Harford Gate Encircled Cairn
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 64494 59677
HER: MDV13092
Megalithic Portal: 3281
Alternate name: Piles Hill S.W.9 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC HarfordGate
Butler map: 53.11.9
Grinsell: HAR 26
Turner: F3
Notes: "This cairn occupies a prominent position on the brow of a hill and is one of two north-west of Harford Moor Gate. Measures 13 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres in height, it is turf-covered and has a retaining kerb." Visited by the author 20/04/19. Garmin gives location as SX 64495 59682 but a Lidar source gives location as SX 64494 59677 - which matches closely the HER NGR.
Nearby sites: SX 64494 59677
Distance: 0.35km
Harford Moor Settlement
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 6445 5931
HER: MDV2849
Megalithic Portal: 23440
ShortName: ST HarfordMoor
Notes: On the western side of Harford Moor reservoir.
Nearby sites: SX 6445 5931
Distance: 0.40km
Lower Glasscombe Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 66506 60502
HER: MDV5652
Megalithic Portal: 45761
PMD: Lower Glasscombe
Alternate name: Glaze Meet Cist
ShortName: CT Lower Glass
Butler map: 56.3
DPD page: 81
Grinsell: UGB 11
Barrow Report: 72
Notes: "There is a very slight trace of a mound and scattered rocks indicate the remains of a cairn ... Only one sidestone and one endstone now remain with the coverstone lying 11 feet away to the south-east. Overall dimensions of the coverstone are 49 inches by 24 inches". Lethbridge Scad Brook cist p.81 Butler Glaze Meet - Vol. 4. Map 56.3 (diagram p.85).
Copyright for photos and plans from Barrow Reports 71-73 belong to the Dixon estate. Reproduced here with kind permission.
Nearby sites: SX 66506 60502
Distance: 1.98km
Lower Piles Enclosed Settlement
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 64396 60528
HER: MDV4354
Megalithic Portal: 45580
ShortName: ES:Lower Piles
Notes: "Within the newtake known as lower piles. A group of seven huts near the south east corner of the enclosed land. All now composed of fairly small stones the walls appearing as thick banks of stone and turf, not high, but spreading to a width of 1.8m or more. The diameters vary from c 9.20 to c 12.20m outside measurements. Only one hut has a well defined entrance, this is on the south east side of the circle."
Nearby sites: SX 64396 60528
Distance: 1.10km
Lower Piles Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 64540 60262
HER: MDV4256
Megalithic Portal: 1108
PMD: Lower Piles
Alternate name: Piles Hill S.W.15 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Lower Piles
Butler map: 53.11.15
DPD page: 76
Grinsell: HAR 8
Turner: D13
Barrow Report: 36 62
Notes: "A cist with a retaining circle, diameter 14 to 15 feet, of which seven stones still remain, lies about 150 yds south of the south east angle of Lower Piles enclosure. The cist measures 3 feet 7 inches in length by 1 foot 4 inches wide at the south-eastern end and 2 feet wide at the north western. The present depth is from 2 feet 9 inches to 3 feet. The cover-stone and the north-western end-stone are missing." Letchfield diagram p.76. Barrow Report 36 says "To the south-east, in the direction of the length of the kistvaen, stands a single large stone, about 100 feet distant; to the north-west, with its centre 110 feet away from the centre of the kistvaen, there is a small cairn of 20 feet diameter; this also is in the line of the length of the kistvaen." The stone is at SX 64518 60236 Butler Piles Hill S.W. - Vol. 4. Map 53.11.15 (p.33 diagram of cist & plan of cairns on Piles Hill p.30).
Nearby sites: SX 64540 60262
Distance: 0.81km
Piles Hill Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Piles Hill Double Stone Row & Cairns
OS Map: SX 65433 60746
HER: MDV5653
Megalithic Portal: 10003
PMD: Piles Hill Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Piles Hill
Butler map: 53.8
DPD page: 77
Notes: The fallen menhir on Piles Hill: "The 'Longstone' is a block of very coarse-grained pinkish granite. It is now 2.5m long and of rough rectangular section tapering from a base formerly about 0.4m. by 0.7m. which has been squared and snapped by drilling. The stone lies in a northwest to southeast direction. To its northeast side there is a boundary stone erected in 1803 and shaped by drilling. It is of identical stone and appears to have been fashioned from the 'Longstone' which would therefore have originally been some 4.5m long." Lethbridge p.77
Nearby sites: SX 65433 60746
Distance: 1.40km
Piles Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 65334 60849
HER: MDV5763
Megalithic Portal: 10030
Alternate name: Piles Hill Summit Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:Piles Hill
Butler map: 54.19
Butler Vol 5: p.162 & Fig.103
Grinsell: HAR 12
Turner: A53
Notes: Bell cairn of Wessex type. "Cairn on piles hill. An unusual monument, the equivalent of a bell barrow in stone. Cairn (diam 17.8m, heig 1.37m), berm(widt 3.05m), stone circle (diam 2.1m, heig 457mm)vis=12/4/1950 (os). Cairn with bell disc features. Slight hollow in the centre of the tump (mound), otherwise in good condition. No distinct outer bank could be found, but the berm and central tump were quite evident."
Nearby sites: SX 65334 60849
Distance: 1.45km
Piles Hill Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Piles Hill Double Stone Row & Cairns
OS Map: SX 65016 61113
HER: MDV5662
Megalithic Portal: 2080
The Stone Rows of GB: Piles Hill
PMD: Piles Hill Stone Row
ShortName: SR Piles Hill
Butler map: 54.19
DPD page: 74
Notes: "The double stone row formed by 139 stones, 7 of which lean; the others are either stumps with drill marks, cleanly snapped off stones, or recumbent posts, whole or split by drilling. Some 30 stones exceed 2.0m. in length with a maximum of 3.0m. A few take the form of slabs or boulders but the majority are of post-type up to 0.6m. square in section, with an angled top created by a single 'chamfer'. The rows in the main alignment are from 21.0m. to 30.0m. apart and within them the gaps between stones vary from 3.0m. to 30.0m. At each end the rows are close, 12.0m. to 17.0m. apart with fewer large gaps between stones". Lethbridge pp.74-6, diagram p.74.
Nearby sites: SX 65016 61113
Distance: 1.63km
Scad Brook Enclosed Settlement
OS Map: SX 66681 59973
HER: MDV2913
Megalithic Portal: 45573
ShortName: ES Scad Brook
DPD page: 81
Notes: Sub-circular enclosure approximately 1.25 hectares in area containing eleven hut circles ranging from 3.5 metres to 10 metres in diameter, with entrances facing south-east and many of the walls standing up to a metre high. The most complete hut has been excavated and re-instated with walls faced with orthostats and an entrance with jambs. Lethbridge p.81
Nearby sites: SX 66681 59973
Distance: 1.94km
Spurrell's Cross Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65846 59856
HER: MDV2890
Megalithic Portal: 2137
The Stone Rows of GB: Spurrells Cross
PMD: Spurrells Cross Stone Row
ShortName: SR Spurrells X
Butler map: 53.10
DPD page: 78
Notes: "The row has apparently been double, but since only seven stones still stand, which together with six sunken stones form the fixed points now determinable, it is difficult to ascertain the original spacing. The lines were probably about 3 feet 6 inches apart and the spacing between the stones about 3 feet. The length of the row is 370 feet as measured from the centre of the cairn and the direction of length is N 20o W. The largest standing stone is 2 feet in height. The cairn, at the south end of the row is 50 feet in diameter with only two stones remaining of the retaining circle". Lethbridge p.78, diagram p.77 Row 3. The photo here is most probably not of the row. The row runs parallel to Butterdon row and does not orientate on Spurrel's Cross.
Nearby sites: SX 65846 59856
Distance: 1.10km
Spurrells Ancient Pool
OS Map: SX 65810 60059
HER: MDV127224
ShortName: PO:Spurrells
Notes: "A pool measuring around 18m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies to the north of a stone row. Livestock watering pond modified by peat cutting of 25 metres by 16 metres and 0.4 metres deep. The edges show the remains of peat cutting"
Nearby sites: SX 65810 60059
Distance: 1.15km
Spurrells Cross Encircled Cairn
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65858 59864
HER: MDV2891
Megalithic Portal: 1273
PMD: Spurrell's Cross Stone Row
Alternate name: Spurrell's cross stone row Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC:Spurrells X
Butler map: 53.10
Grinsell: UGB 12
Turner: F9
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: Cairn at SX 65855985, 12 metres in diameter by 0.4 metres high, with two stones of retaining circle, from which double stone row descends to north north west. This cairn is located about 125 metres from Spurrells Cross.
Nearby sites: SX 65858 59864
Distance: 1.12km
Stalldown South East Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63746 61059
The Stone Rows of GB: Stalldown South East
PMD: Stalldown SE1
Alternate name: Stalldown SE1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR StalldownSE
Butler map: 54.4
Notes: The Stone Rows of Great Britain states: "This line of seven stones seems to be artificial and certainly looks like a stone row. The proximity of a number of small cairns further enhances this interpretation as does the visual relationship with Plymouth Sound. The stones however lies between two reaves (prehistoric boundary banks) and close to other boundaries. The possibility of this feature being an unfinished or partly robbed field boundary cannot therefore be wholly discounted." The author visited this site on 16/07/2021 and logged the lcoation of 6 of the 7 stones of this row (must have missed one): SX 63748 61049, SX 63750 61056, SX 63751 61058, SX 63750 61060, SX 63751 61063, SX 63751 61065.
Nearby sites: SX 63746 61059
Distance: 1.88km
Weatherdon Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 6516 5889
HER: MDV13165
Megalithic Portal: 45835
Alternate name: Wetherdon Hill 20 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:Weatherdon
Butler map: 53.9.20
Grinsell: HAR 14a
Turner: A28
Notes: "Weatherdon hill (4): diameter approx.5.6m ht. Approx 0.15m. Alt. C.335-340m." "Mr. L. V. Grinsell noted a small cairn-circle or ring-cairn a short distance south of cairn 2 on weatherdon hill."
Nearby sites: SX 6516 5889
Distance: 0.71km
Weatherdon Hill Ancient Pool
OS Map: SX 65619 58948
HER: MDV127227
ShortName: PO:Weatherdon
Notes: "A pool, one of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies adjacent to the Butterdon Hill stone row. Sub-rectangular shallow pit of 11 metres by 15 metres and 0.5 metres deep. Part of disused peat cutting in the area to the south end of the stone row."
Nearby sites: SX 65619 58948
Distance: 0.99km