Prehistoric sites within 2km of SX 65465 74587
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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.
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 65465 74587
Bellever Tor 10 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6417 7609
HER: MDV27221
ShortName: CN?Bellever 10
Nearby sites: SX 6417 7609
Distance: 1.98km
Laughter Tor Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6538 7532
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CNxLaughter 1
Grinsell: LYD 68b
Notes: There is no evidence of a cairn at the W end of the alignment
Nearby sites: SX 6538 7532
Distance: 0.74km
Bellever Tor S Round House
OS Map: SX 64118 75953
HER: MDV52775
ShortName: HT:Bellever 22
Nearby sites: SX 64118 75953
Distance: 1.92km
Outer Huccaby Ring Round House
OS Map: SX 65521 74465
HER: MDV6397
ShortName: HT:Outer Huc1
Nearby sites: SX 65521 74465
Distance: 0.13km
Outer Huccaby Ring N Round House
OS Map: SX 65480 74637
HER: MDV66349
ShortName: HT:Outer Huc2
Nearby sites: SX 65480 74637
Distance: 0.05km
Outer Huccaby Ring N Round House
OS Map: SX 65465 74587
HER: MDV66350
ShortName: HT:Outer Huc3
Nearby sites: SX 65465 74587
Distance: 0.00km
Dunnabridge Round House
OS Map: SX 63932 75633
HER: MDV5892
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid1
Nearby sites: SX 63932 75633
Distance: 1.86km
Dunnabridge Round House
OS Map: SX 63910 75626
HER: MDV5892
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid2
Nearby sites: SX 63910 75626
Distance: 1.87km
Dunnabridge Round House
OS Map: SX 63889 75631
HER: MDV5892
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid3
Nearby sites: SX 63889 75631
Distance: 1.89km
Dunnabridge Plantation Round House
OS Map: SX 6354 7407
HER: MDV26105
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid4
Nearby sites: SX 6354 7407
Distance: 1.99km
Dunnabridge Pound Round House
OS Map: SX 64630 74575
HER: MDV6272
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid5
Nearby sites: SX 64630 74575
Distance: 0.84km
Dunnabridge Pound Round House
OS Map: SX 6464 7467
HER: MDV6272
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid6
Nearby sites: SX 6464 7467
Distance: 0.83km
Riddon Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 66126 76451
ShortName: HT:Riddon Ri3
Nearby sites: SX 66126 76451
Distance: 1.98km
Dunnabridge Pound Round House
OS Map: SX 6465 7458
HER: MDV6272
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid8
Nearby sites: SX 6465 7458
Distance: 0.82km
Dunnabridge Pound Round House
OS Map: SX 64574 74617
HER: MDV6272
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid9
Nearby sites: SX 64574 74617
Distance: 0.89km
Riddon Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 6620 7633
HER: MDV64224
ShortName: HT:Riddon Ri5
Nearby sites: SX 6620 7633
Distance: 1.89km
Dunnabridge Pound E Round House
OS Map: SX 6512 7463
HER: MDV54388
ShortName: HT:Dunnabrid10
Nearby sites: SX 6512 7463
Distance: 0.35km
Riddon Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 6627 7632
HER: MDV64225
ShortName: HT:Riddon Ri6
Nearby sites: SX 6627 7632
Distance: 1.91km
Huccaby Round House
OS Map: SX 6557 7368
HER: MDV14435
ShortName: HT:Huccaby1
Nearby sites: SX 6557 7368
Distance: 0.91km
Huccaby Round House
OS Map: SX 65366 73851
HER: MDV6442
ShortName: HT:Huccaby2
Nearby sites: SX 65366 73851
Distance: 0.74km
Riddon Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 6640 7625
ShortName: HT:Riddon Ri15
Nearby sites: SX 6640 7625
Distance: 1.91km
Huccaby Round House
OS Map: SX 6547 7375
HER: MDV6441
ShortName: HT:Huccaby3
Nearby sites: SX 6547 7375
Distance: 0.84km
Huccaby Ring E Round House
OS Map: SX 6601 7380
HER: MDV26278
ShortName: HT:Huccaby R1
Nearby sites: SX 6601 7380
Distance: 0.96km
Riddon Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 66115 76440
ShortName: HT:Riddon Ri22
Nearby sites: SX 66115 76440
Distance: 1.96km
Riddon Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 6607 7646
HER: MDV5996
ShortName: HT:Riddon Ri27
Nearby sites: SX 6607 7646
Distance: 1.97km
Laughter Hole S Round House
OS Map: SX 66135 75425
HER: MDV26175
ShortName: HT:Laughter 1
Nearby sites: SX 66135 75425
Distance: 1.07km
Laughter Hole S Round House
OS Map: SX 66120 75245
HER: MDV66344
ShortName: HT:Laughter 2
Nearby sites: SX 66120 75245
Distance: 0.93km
Laughter Hole S Round House
OS Map: SX 6573 7513
HER: MDV66346
ShortName: HT:Laughter 3
Nearby sites: SX 6573 7513
Distance: 0.60km
Laughter Hole S Round House
OS Map: SX 6583 7562
HER: MDV26179
ShortName: HT:Laughter 4
Nearby sites: SX 6583 7562
Distance: 1.10km
Laughter Hole S Round House
OS Map: SX 66092 75257
HER: MDV66343
ShortName: HT:Laughter 5
Nearby sites: SX 66092 75257
Distance: 0.92km
Laughter Hole S Round House
OS Map: SX 66105 75455
HER: MDV26157
ShortName: HT:Laughter 6
Nearby sites: SX 66105 75455
Distance: 1.08km
Laughter Hole S Round House
OS Map: SX 66115 75485
HER: MDV26175
ShortName: HT:Laughter 7
Nearby sites: SX 66115 75485
Distance: 1.11km
Laughter Hole S Round House
OS Map: SX 6652 7508
HER: MDV53019
ShortName: HT:Laughter 8
Nearby sites: SX 6652 7508
Distance: 1.16km
Laughter Tor Round House
OS Map: SX 65289 75770
HER: MDV66339
ShortName: HT:Laughter 9
Nearby sites: SX 65289 75770
Distance: 1.20km
Laughter Tor E Round House
OS Map: SX 65504 75645
HER: MDV6020
ShortName: HT:Laughter 10
Nearby sites: SX 65504 75645
Distance: 1.06km
Laughter Tor E Round House
OS Map: SX 6551 7565
HER: MDV6020
ShortName: HT:Laughter 11
Nearby sites: SX 6551 7565
Distance: 1.06km
Laughter Tor E Round House
OS Map: SX 65554 75655
HER: MDV6020
ShortName: HT:Laughter 12
Nearby sites: SX 65554 75655
Distance: 1.07km
Laughter Tor E Round House
OS Map: SX 65559 75659
HER: MDV6020
ShortName: HT:Laughter 13
Nearby sites: SX 65559 75659
Distance: 1.08km
Laughter Tor E Round House
OS Map: SX 6550 7564
HER: MDV6020
ShortName: HT:Laughter 14
Nearby sites: SX 6550 7564
Distance: 1.05km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 6524 7583
HER: MDV66338
ShortName: HT:Laughter 15
Nearby sites: SX 6524 7583
Distance: 1.26km
Smith Hill Farm Round House
OS Map: SX 63638 75382
HER: MDV27233
ShortName: HT:Smith Hil3
Nearby sites: SX 63638 75382
Distance: 1.99km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 6502 7608
HER: MDV6011
ShortName: HT:Laughter 16
Nearby sites: SX 6502 7608
Distance: 1.56km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 6506 7609
HER: MDV5998
ShortName: HT:Laughter 17
Nearby sites: SX 6506 7609
Distance: 1.56km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 65064 76116
ShortName: HT:Laughter 18
Nearby sites: SX 65064 76116
Distance: 1.58km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 65115 76035
HER: MDV26449
ShortName: HT:Laughter 19
Nearby sites: SX 65115 76035
Distance: 1.49km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 65145 76025
HER: MDV26449
ShortName: HT:Laughter 20
Nearby sites: SX 65145 76025
Distance: 1.47km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 652 762
HER: MDV6012
ShortName: HT:Laughter 21
Nearby sites: SX 652 762
Distance: 1.63km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 65227 75954
HER: MDV6081
ShortName: HT:Laughter 22
Nearby sites: SX 65227 75954
Distance: 1.39km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 65255 76285
HER: MDV26451
ShortName: HT:Laughter 23
Nearby sites: SX 65255 76285
Distance: 1.71km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 6527 7637
HER: MDV26450
ShortName: HT:Laughter 24
Nearby sites: SX 6527 7637
Distance: 1.79km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 65275 76265
HER: MDV26451
ShortName: HT:Laughter 25
Nearby sites: SX 65275 76265
Distance: 1.69km
Laughter Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 65243 75961
HER: MDV6082
ShortName: HT:Laughter 27
Nearby sites: SX 65243 75961
Distance: 1.39km
Laughter Tor SW Round House
OS Map: SX 6490 7528
HER: MDV66368
ShortName: HT:Laughter 28
Nearby sites: SX 6490 7528
Distance: 0.89km
Laughter Tor W Round House
OS Map: SX 65028 75775
HER: MDV66335
ShortName: HT:Laughter 29
Nearby sites: SX 65028 75775
Distance: 1.27km
Laughter Tor W Round House
OS Map: SX 65006 75775
HER: MDV66336
ShortName: HT:Laughter 30
Nearby sites: SX 65006 75775
Distance: 1.27km
Laughter Tor W Round House
OS Map: SX 6477 7580
HER: MDV27255
ShortName: HT:Laughter 31
Nearby sites: SX 6477 7580
Distance: 1.40km
Bellever Tor 7 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 63866 75782
HER: MDV5951
ShortName: CN-Bellever 7
Butler map: 27.20.7
Grinsell: LYD 63
Turner: A40
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: Probably a hut circle
Nearby sites: SX 63866 75782
Distance: 2.00km
Cock's Lake Cairn
OS Map: SX 6540 7476
ShortName: CN?Cock's La1
Butler map: 28.6
Barrow Report: 22
Notes: Butler: " A stony mound on the edge of the leat ... is probably a prehistoric cairn. It has been dug into and the stones scattered outwards from a central pit, but there is no sign of a cist. Possibly this is the ruined cairn that Burnard 'examined in Brimpts newtake but without result'" (Barrow Report 22).
Nearby sites: SX 6540 7476
Distance: 0.18km
Laughter Tor Stone Row Cairn
OS Map: SX 6522 7538
HER: MDV66340
ShortName: CN:Laughter 5
Butler map: 28.12
Grinsell: LYD 68a
Barrow Report: 22
Nearby sites: SX 6522 7538
Distance: 0.83km
Laughter Tor S. (8) Reported Cairn
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 653 755
HER: MDV6083
ShortName: CN?Laughter 4
Butler map: 28.12
Barrow Report: 22 56
Notes: 8 small cairns recorded by Burnard in 1903 - one contained almost a wheelbarrow full of charcoal. These can no longer be located.
Nearby sites: SX 653 755
Distance: 0.93km
Huccaby Newtake Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6563 7421
HER: MDV25457
ShortName: CN?Huccaby New
Nearby sites: SX 6563 7421
Distance: 0.41km
Sherberton Round House
OS Map: SX 6399 7371
HER: MDV54479
ShortName: HT:Sherberto1
Nearby sites: SX 6399 7371
Distance: 1.72km
Sherberton S Round House
OS Map: SX 6457 7288
HER: MDV54407
ShortName: HT:Sherberto2
Nearby sites: SX 6457 7288
Distance: 1.93km
Black Newtake (E) No. 5 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 63853 75734
HER: MDV5950
Megalithic Portal: 45744
PMD: Black Newtake S.
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 8 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT BlackNew E5
Butler map: 27.20.8
Grinsell: LYD 64
Turner: D7
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: "Turf and gorse covered cairn. Approximately 6 metres in diameter with a maximum height of 0.35 metres. A depression in the top possibly marks the site of a cist with one large leaning or recumbent stone detectable under the turf at the east end" "Small orthostatic circle, diameter 6.5 metres, with central cist. Only one stone remains. Part of group with similar thin rectangular slabs, now eroded". Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Butler Bellever Tor - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.8 (Cairn 8 diagram pp.52-3). See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs
Nearby sites: SX 63853 75734
Distance: 1.98km
Dunnabridge Pound
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Dunnabridge Pound
OS Map: SX 6462 7465
HER: MDV6272
Megalithic Portal: 10635
PMD: Dunnabridge Pound
ShortName: PD Dunnabridge
Notes: Dunnabridge Pound probably has its origins in the prehistoric period as evidenced by the slight traces of hut circles within it. The pound underwent reconstruction in the medieval period and was used in the drifts to hold cattle found illegally pasturing on the moors. It was from this usage that the Judge's Chair got its name. "It occupies 0.9ha on a slight S slope, and is of rather oval form with greatest diameters of 110m by 122m. It is enclosed by a drystone wall 1.9m high and about 1m thick at the base, tapering towards the top. The material is mostly medium size moor stones with some large blocks and upright slabs incorporated at the base. The uneven interior is slightly raised at the southern perimeter and cut into the slope on the north, accompanied by a spread of stones, 1.5m long and 0.3m high, extending from the inner face and up to 0.6m high. The only entrance to be seen is the gated one on the S." See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Dunnabridge Pound
Nearby sites: SX 6462 7465
Distance: 0.85km
Dunnabridge Pound Farm Newtake Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64086 75691
HER: MDV5891
Megalithic Portal: 45751
PMD: Dunnabridge Newtake
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 10 Cist
ShortName: CT DunPound Fm
Butler map: 27.20.10
Butler Vol 5: p.60 & Fig.39
DPD page: 121
Grinsell: LYD 66
Barrow Report: 59
Notes: Only one side of this cist remains. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge Cist 4 diagram p.119 and photo top p.121. Butler Bellever Tor - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.10 (Cairn 10 diagram pp.52-3). See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs
Nearby sites: SX 64086 75691
Distance: 1.77km
Huccaby Rings Inner Enclosed Settlement
OS Map: SX 6582 7381
HER: MDV6405
Megalithic Portal: 4616
ShortName: ES HuccabyInn
Notes: "Huccaby Ring a circular banked enclosure south-east of Huccaby Tor; smaller than Outer Huccaby Ring that lies to the north-west of the Tor. A Bronze Age enclosure visible as a turf covered stoney bank measuring 3.5 metres wide and stading to a maximum height of 0.7 metres. There is no obvious sign of an entrance."
Nearby sites: SX 6582 7381
Distance: 0.85km
Huccaby Rings Outer Enclosed Settlement
OS Map: SX 65553 74441
HER: MDV6397
Megalithic Portal: 4614
ShortName: ES HuccabyOut
Notes: "Outer Huccaby Ring earthwork; a sub-rectangular banked enclosure. The bank is grassed over rubble. There is a probable entrance on the south-west side. A hillslope enclosure in rough moorland measuring 105 metres east-west and 95 metres north-south with a bank of small stones averaging 0.6 metres high. It is of prehistoric date with later additions." In more recent years the formerly grass covered site has become gorse and heather covered as can be seen in the photo of the northern section. In 2022-2024 work has been done by the Dartmoor Preservation Association to clear the gorse from the bank.
Nearby sites: SX 65553 74441
Distance: 0.17km
Laughter Tor E. Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65222 75393
HER: MDV53417
Megalithic Portal: 2017
The Stone Rows of GB: Laughter Tor 1
PMD: Laugh Tor I Stone Row
Alternate name: Laughter Tor 1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Laugh Tor E
Butler map: 28.12.1
DPD page: 122
Notes: Butler Laughter 1. Double row interrupted by a new-take wall. row is robbed near wall. "Bronze Age standing stone 2.65 metres high, 0.7 metres wide and 0.52 metres thick, set into a small cairn. About 18 metres to the south east is a double stone row orientated north west to south east and consisting of at least 23 upright stones and a further 9 displaced ones averaging about 1.7 metres apart. The standing stone was re-erected in 1893 and again in 1911 and the cairn was excavated in 1903". Lethbridge pp.121-122.
Nearby sites: SX 65222 75393
Distance: 0.84km
Laughter Tor W. Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65207 75389
HER: MDV6002
Megalithic Portal: 52739
The Stone Rows of GB: Laughter Tor 2
PMD: Laugh Tor II Stone Row
Alternate name: Laughter Tor 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Laugh Tor W
Butler map: 28.12.2
Butler Vol 5: p.215 & Fig.149
DPD page: 122
Notes: Butler Laughter 2. "A double stone row at about 395m OD cuts across the gentle SW projecting spur of Laughter Tor in an area of heather and rough grass some 12m WSW of the standing stone 'Laughter Man'. The stones, although all relatively small in size, form two good slightly curving rows oriented about 295 degs. and 0.7m to 1.2m apart, consisting of thirteen stones extending from SX 6519075381 some 15m ESE to SX 6520475375. Now visible are six stones in each row with a single stone at the NW end. Originally there may have been at least ten in each row at intervals of about 1.2m". Lethbridge pp.121-122.
Nearby sites: SX 65207 75389
Distance: 0.84km
Laughtor Man Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65223 75389
HER: MDV6001
Megalithic Portal: 2017
PMD: Laugh Tor Man
ShortName: SS Laughtor
Butler map: 28.12
Butler Vol 5: p.215 & Fig.149
DPD page: 122
Notes: The longstone is 2.4 m high and was found prostrate on a cairn which was excavated by Burnard. The cairn contained "a great quantity of charcoal and peat ashes". The longstone was restored in 1903. A double stone row heads to the longstone. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Prehistoric Complex of Laughter Tor
Nearby sites: SX 65223 75389
Distance: 0.84km
Sherberton Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63948 73349
HER: MDV6426
Megalithic Portal: 6333470
The Stone Rows of GB: Sherberton Row
PMD: Sherberton Stone Row
Alternate name: Sherberton Row Stone Row
ShortName: SR Sherberton
Butler Vol 5: p.211 & Fig.148
DPD page: 100
Notes: The Sherberton double row was discovered in 1997. It is an unimpressive double row of small stones a short distance north-west of the Sherberton Circle. For a plan see Butler Vol. 5 p. 210-12. Lethbridge pp.99-100, diagram p.99 and p.100.
Nearby sites: SX 63948 73349
Distance: 1.96km