Prehistoric sites within 2km of SX 66746 84346
Guidance for walkers: The monuments featured in this database are archaeological treasures and need to be protected and preserved - please do not disturb any sites. Please check access and firing times before visiting sites, not all sites listed are on open access land. Firing ranges and boundaries of open access areas are marked on the OL28 OS Dartmoor Explorer map. Please stick to the country code and consider giving support to the numerous agencies that help to keep Dartmoor a fabulous natural and historic environment!
About the database listings: In all listings clicking on the photo or the site name will open a page for the site with a larger photo and further details from the database. The database now has over 6680 records covering nearly all publicly listed sites on Dartmoor including around 4800 round houses. This level of detail is of interest to archaeologists but tends to swamp listings of sites more likely to be of interest for walkers. For this reason, the listings default to around 550 core sites only. These are the stone circles, stone rows and the ring cairns listed by Turner. The default search radius is 2 km. The controls below the map can be used to start a new search by entering a 6- or 8-digit reference (without the prefix "SX"). The search radius can be specified and you can add incremental Display layers of detail on top of the core sites. If using a more detailed layer you will need to decrease the search radius to avoid getting hundreds of search results.
- Core sites Default listing of core sites consisting of stone circles & rows and some of the major ring cairns.
- Plus cairns adds approx. 1000 cairns and other minor sites not included in the core listings but excluding round houses.
- Plus round houses adds approx. 4800 round houses.
- Plus non-sites adds in the records for sites that no longer exist or are not prehistoric sites.
- Plus duplicates adds records excluded as duplicates. Those maybe duplicate records in external listings (e.g. the Historic Environment Records). For example, some sites have been identified as cairns in some listings and interpreted as round houses in other listings and both records appear.
These listings have incorporated, matched up and merged all of the records from all of the major archaeological listings including: Worth, Grinsell, Turner, Butler, Bill Radcliffe, Sandy Gerrard, Megalithic Portal, the National Monument Records and the Historic Environment Records. The author would like to thank Bill, Sandy, the lovely people both at Megalithic Portal (especially Anne Tate who did an amazing job to link listings) and at ACE Archaeology for collaborative work over the years to synchronise and correct listings across the various websites which now interlink. A culmination of years of work the final merger of cairn records took 3 months of cross referencing in 2017 the result being a snapshot of the records at that time. This data has in turn been refined since by field work and research. The round house data was supplied by Sandy Gerrard. Grid references are in order of accuracy: from Google Earth satellite, if visible and found, from a Garmin GPS reading, if visited by the author and from the literature otherwise. Individual site pages will state the source of the grid reference and provide satellite imagery. If a site listing lacks a photo it has not yet been visited by the author in which case the grid reference is from the literature.
Currently the database only includes sites which can be represented by a grid reference. Reaves are not included as they require GIS shape technology which is beyond the current capability of this system. To see the sources for the records, look at the tables on the resources menu. The database listings can also be viewed on a Google map and downloaded as GPS datasets for Garmin devices.
Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.
NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the site. You can zoom in and out and drag the map around.
List of sites within 2km of SX 66746 84346
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66319 83190
HER: MDV6580
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br4
Nearby sites: SX 66319 83190
Distance: 1.23km
Metherel Cairn
OS Map: SX 6684 8401
HER: MDV6655
Megalithic Portal: 15138
PMD: Metherel
ShortName: CT?Metherel1
Turner: C2
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: Cairn or hut circle? Excavation of three hut circles in 1936, prior to the construction of new reservoir at Fernworthy, showed the eastern circle, "No 6" (SX66858402), to represent the remains of a cairn with a probable cremation burial in a pit beneath a cover-stone.
Nearby sites: SX 6684 8401
Distance: 0.35km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66309 83171
HER: MDV6582
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br5
Nearby sites: SX 66309 83171
Distance: 1.25km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66301 83156
HER: MDV6581
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br6
Nearby sites: SX 66301 83156
Distance: 1.27km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66273 83116
HER: MDV6579
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br7
Nearby sites: SX 66273 83116
Distance: 1.32km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 6627 8309
HER: MDV6583
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br8
Nearby sites: SX 6627 8309
Distance: 1.34km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66246 83239
HER: MDV6583
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br9
Nearby sites: SX 66246 83239
Distance: 1.21km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66238 83436
HER: MDV6599
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br10
Nearby sites: SX 66238 83436
Distance: 1.04km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66231 83268
HER: MDV6578
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br11
Nearby sites: SX 66231 83268
Distance: 1.19km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 6623 8332
HER: MDV6574
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br12
Nearby sites: SX 6623 8332
Distance: 1.15km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66155 83539
HER: MDV105624
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br13
Nearby sites: SX 66155 83539
Distance: 1.00km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66346 82886
HER: MDV6644
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br14
Nearby sites: SX 66346 82886
Distance: 1.51km
Lowton Brook E Round House
OS Map: SX 66587 83716
HER: MDV6585
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br15
Nearby sites: SX 66587 83716
Distance: 0.65km
Lowton Brook E Round House
OS Map: SX 66570 83632
HER: MDV6589
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br16
Nearby sites: SX 66570 83632
Distance: 0.74km
Lowton Brook E Round House
OS Map: SX 66584 83649
HER: MDV6588
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br17
Nearby sites: SX 66584 83649
Distance: 0.72km
Lowton Brook E Round House
OS Map: SX 66588 83731
HER: MDV6586
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br18
Nearby sites: SX 66588 83731
Distance: 0.63km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65808 85980
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do10
Nearby sites: SX 65808 85980
Distance: 1.88km
Thornworthy Round House
OS Map: SX 6727 8469
HER: MDV27853
ShortName: HT:Thornwort1
Nearby sites: SX 6727 8469
Distance: 0.63km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66468 85313
HER: MDV13015
ShortName: HT:Thornwort2
Nearby sites: SX 66468 85313
Distance: 1.01km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66383 84971
HER: MDV6720
ShortName: HT:Thornwort3
Nearby sites: SX 66383 84971
Distance: 0.72km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65801 85919
HER: MDV58305
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do13
Nearby sites: SX 65801 85919
Distance: 1.84km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66349 84861
HER: MDV6725
ShortName: HT:Thornwort4
Nearby sites: SX 66349 84861
Distance: 0.65km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65829 85969
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do14
Nearby sites: SX 65829 85969
Distance: 1.86km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66509 84916
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Thornwort5
Nearby sites: SX 66509 84916
Distance: 0.62km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65809 85931
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do15
Nearby sites: SX 65809 85931
Distance: 1.84km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66498 85270
HER: MDV13013
ShortName: HT:Thornwort6
Nearby sites: SX 66498 85270
Distance: 0.96km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6580 8589
HER: MDV58306
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do16
Nearby sites: SX 6580 8589
Distance: 1.81km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66470 85274
HER: MDV79632
ShortName: HT:Thornwort7
Nearby sites: SX 66470 85274
Distance: 0.97km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65700 85923
HER: MDV58309
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do17
Nearby sites: SX 65700 85923
Distance: 1.89km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66449 85295
HER: MDV13013
ShortName: HT:Thornwort8
Nearby sites: SX 66449 85295
Distance: 0.99km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66333 84783
HER: MDV6723
ShortName: HT:Thornwort9
Nearby sites: SX 66333 84783
Distance: 0.60km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65502 85755
HER: MDV54504
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do19
Nearby sites: SX 65502 85755
Distance: 1.88km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66424 85300
HER: MDV13014
ShortName: HT:Thornwort10
Nearby sites: SX 66424 85300
Distance: 1.01km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65488 85804
HER: MDV28612
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do20
Nearby sites: SX 65488 85804
Distance: 1.93km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66242 84914
HER: MDV6724
ShortName: HT:Thornwort11
Nearby sites: SX 66242 84914
Distance: 0.76km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65758 85950
HER: MDV58307
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do21
Nearby sites: SX 65758 85950
Distance: 1.88km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66356 84818
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Thornwort12
Nearby sites: SX 66356 84818
Distance: 0.61km
Hemstone Rocks Round House
OS Map: SX 64847 83815
HER: MDV6738
ShortName: HT:Hemstone 6
Nearby sites: SX 64847 83815
Distance: 1.97km
Hemstone Rocks Round House
OS Map: SX 64854 83803
HER: MDV6737
ShortName: HT:Hemstone 7
Nearby sites: SX 64854 83803
Distance: 1.97km
Chagford Common 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6785 8359
HER: MDV13036
ShortName: CN:Chagford 2
Grinsell: CHA 7
Notes: Disturbed cairn. See also CHA 10a-i NMR 443914
Nearby sites: SX 6785 8359
Distance: 1.34km
Chagford Common 3 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6784 8362
HER: MDV13037
ShortName: CN:Chagford 3
Grinsell: CHA 8
Notes: Round cairn. Diameter 4.7 metres, height 0.4 metres. Slight unsurveyable central hollow. A fragmentary and spread bank leads away from this mound towards the nearby agglomerated enclosure. See also CHA 10a-i NMR 443914
Nearby sites: SX 6784 8362
Distance: 1.31km
Chagford Common 4 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6785 8364
HER: MDV13038
ShortName: CN:Chagford 4
Grinsell: CHA 9
Notes: cairn, slight hollow centre. Diameter 6m, height 0.4m. See also CHA 10a-i NMR 443914
Nearby sites: SX 6785 8364
Distance: 1.31km
Chagford Common 6 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 675 830
HER: MDV13039
ShortName: CN:Chagford 6
Grinsell: CHA 10a-i
Notes: 1902 exc. Unlocated - maybe CHA 7-9
Nearby sites: SX 675 830
Distance: 1.54km
Lowton Brook Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6690 8287
HER: MDV54605
ShortName: CN:Lowton Br
Nearby sites: SX 6690 8287
Distance: 1.48km
Shoveldown nr stone row Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6593 8608
HER: MDV13011
ShortName: CN:Shovel Do4
Turner: D30
Notes: "Abutting the west side of a double stone row is a circular depression 2m diameter, 0.2m deep. Perimeter lined with small earthfast slabs. It appears to be the kerb of a destroyed cairn or less probably an inner ring of orthostats of a larger now flat cairn which must then be partly overlaid by the stone row."
Nearby sites: SX 6593 8608
Distance: 1.92km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67419 82579
HER: MDV6668
ShortName: HT:Hurston R1
Nearby sites: SX 67419 82579
Distance: 1.89km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67350 82705
HER: MDV61935
ShortName: HT:Hurston R2
Nearby sites: SX 67350 82705
Distance: 1.75km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67266 82549
HER: MDV61937
ShortName: HT:Hurston R3
Nearby sites: SX 67266 82549
Distance: 1.87km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67270 82546
HER: MDV61938
ShortName: HT:Hurston R4
Nearby sites: SX 67270 82546
Distance: 1.87km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67271 82570
ShortName: HT:Hurston R5
Nearby sites: SX 67271 82570
Distance: 1.85km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67344 82500
HER: MDV6671
ShortName: HT:Hurston R6
Nearby sites: SX 67344 82500
Distance: 1.94km
Stonetor Hill 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6525 8538
HER: MDV58358
ShortName: CN:Stonetor 2
Nearby sites: SX 6525 8538
Distance: 1.82km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67266 82562
HER: MDV61936
ShortName: HT:Hurston R7
Nearby sites: SX 67266 82562
Distance: 1.86km
Stonetor Hill 2 (duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6525 8538
HER: MDV58359
ShortName: CN:Stonetor 6
Notes: Duplicate of HER 58358
Nearby sites: SX 6525 8538
Distance: 1.82km
Chagford Common Cairn
OS Map: SX 6780 8365
HER: MDV64199
ShortName: CN:Chagford 1
Butler map: 25.7
Grinsell: CHA 7, 8, 9, 10
Notes: CHA 7, 8, 9, 10
Nearby sites: SX 6780 8365
Distance: 1.26km
Hurston Ridge Stone Row Cairn
OS Map: SX 67266 82438
HER: MDV61939
PMD: Hurston Ridge Stone Row
ShortName: CN:Hurston R6
Butler map: 25.9
Butler Vol 5: p.221 & Fig.154
Grinsell: CHA 5
Notes: The cairn at the upper end of the alignment measures 5.9 metres in diameter and stands up to a height of 0.6 metres. A large slab denoting the north eastern edge of the cairn may represent a second blocking stone of the associated alignment. A cinerary urn was found in the cairn. "The cairn has been throughly rifled ... It's shape is irregular ... but with no sign of the cist at one time visible here" (Butler Vol 2 p.30).
Nearby sites: SX 67266 82438
Distance: 1.97km
Hurston Ridge Reave, adjacent to Cairn
OS Map: SX 6766 8350
HER: MDV61934
ShortName: CN:Hurston R5
Nearby sites: SX 6766 8350
Distance: 1.25km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67985 83756
HER: MDV64180
ShortName: HT:Chagford 1
Nearby sites: SX 67985 83756
Distance: 1.37km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67949 83260
HER: MDV64190
ShortName: HT:Chagford 2
Nearby sites: SX 67949 83260
Distance: 1.62km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 6800 8389
HER: MDV27743
ShortName: HT:Chagford 3
Nearby sites: SX 6800 8389
Distance: 1.33km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67889 83165
HER: MDV64191
ShortName: HT:Chagford 4
Nearby sites: SX 67889 83165
Distance: 1.64km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67982 83628
HER: MDV64183
ShortName: HT:Chagford 5
Nearby sites: SX 67982 83628
Distance: 1.43km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67937 83287
HER: MDV64189
ShortName: HT:Chagford 6
Nearby sites: SX 67937 83287
Distance: 1.59km
Chagford Common 5 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6784 8362
HER: MDV64200
ShortName: CN:Chagford 5
Nearby sites: SX 6784 8362
Distance: 1.31km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 68027 83466
HER: MDV64186
ShortName: HT:Chagford 7
Nearby sites: SX 68027 83466
Distance: 1.55km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 68012 83475
HER: MDV6707
ShortName: HT:Chagford 8
Nearby sites: SX 68012 83475
Distance: 1.54km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67981 83643
HER: MDV64182
ShortName: HT:Chagford 9
Nearby sites: SX 67981 83643
Distance: 1.42km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 68167 83580
HER: MDV6715
ShortName: HT:Chagford 10
Nearby sites: SX 68167 83580
Distance: 1.61km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 6776 8394
HER: MDV27742
ShortName: HT:Chagford 11
Nearby sites: SX 6776 8394
Distance: 1.09km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 68103 83578
HER: MDV64185
ShortName: HT:Chagford 12
Nearby sites: SX 68103 83578
Distance: 1.56km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67796 82967
HER: MDV64194
ShortName: HT:Chagford 13
Nearby sites: SX 67796 82967
Distance: 1.73km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67850 83345
HER: MDV43227
ShortName: HT:Chagford 14
Nearby sites: SX 67850 83345
Distance: 1.49km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67849 83291
HER: MDV6706
ShortName: HT:Chagford 15
Nearby sites: SX 67849 83291
Distance: 1.53km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67854 83063
HER: MDV64193
ShortName: HT:Chagford 16
Nearby sites: SX 67854 83063
Distance: 1.70km
Boldventure Round House
OS Map: SX 66849 86271
HER: MDV14692
ShortName: HT:Boldventu1
Nearby sites: SX 66849 86271
Distance: 1.93km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67857 83145
HER: MDV64192
ShortName: HT:Chagford 17
Nearby sites: SX 67857 83145
Distance: 1.64km
Boldventure Round House
OS Map: SX 66892 86266
HER: MDV28611
ShortName: HT:Boldventu2
Nearby sites: SX 66892 86266
Distance: 1.93km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66247 86256
HER: MDV59190
ShortName: HT:Kestor3
Nearby sites: SX 66247 86256
Distance: 1.97km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66580 86106
HER: MDV59195
ShortName: HT:Kestor6
Nearby sites: SX 66580 86106
Distance: 1.77km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66563 85986
HER: MDV59198
ShortName: HT:Kestor9
Nearby sites: SX 66563 85986
Distance: 1.65km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66530 86065
HER: MDV59196
ShortName: HT:Kestor12
Nearby sites: SX 66530 86065
Distance: 1.73km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66504 86043
HER: MDV59197
ShortName: HT:Kestor16
Nearby sites: SX 66504 86043
Distance: 1.71km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66358 86291
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Kestor19
Nearby sites: SX 66358 86291
Distance: 1.98km
Shovel Down (CHA 1a) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6597 8597
HER: MDV6160
ShortName: CN?ShovelCha1a
Grinsell: B:CHA 1a
Notes: 'Cairn' S of fourfold circle, now known to be part of reave. Worth 1946b, pl.3. Probably a duplicate of GID 3a (see record 1266).
Nearby sites: SX 6597 8597
Distance: 1.80km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 66829 84024
HER: MDV6654
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: HT:Metherall1
Nearby sites: SX 66829 84024
Distance: 0.33km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 66823 84014
HER: MDV6624
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: HT:Metherall2
Nearby sites: SX 66823 84014
Distance: 0.34km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 67049 84181
HER: MDV6625
ShortName: HT:Metherall3
Nearby sites: SX 67049 84181
Distance: 0.35km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 67077 84042
HER: MDV6695
ShortName: HT:Metherall4
Nearby sites: SX 67077 84042
Distance: 0.45km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 6697 8411
HER: MDV6656
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: HT:Metherall5
Nearby sites: SX 6697 8411
Distance: 0.33km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 6709 8397
HER: MDV61334
ShortName: HT:Metherall6
Nearby sites: SX 6709 8397
Distance: 0.51km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 6706 8413
HER: MDV6626
ShortName: HT:Metherall7
Nearby sites: SX 6706 8413
Distance: 0.38km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 66862 84021
HER: MDV6655
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: HT:Metherall8
Nearby sites: SX 66862 84021
Distance: 0.35km
Assycombe Round House
OS Map: SX 65957 82762
HER: MDV14807
ShortName: HT:Assycombe1
Nearby sites: SX 65957 82762
Distance: 1.77km
Assycombe Round House
OS Map: SX 65909 82687
HER: MDV14807
ShortName: HT:Assycombe3
Nearby sites: SX 65909 82687
Distance: 1.86km
Assycombe Round House
OS Map: SX 65906 82863
HER: MDV14807
ShortName: HT:Assycombe5
Nearby sites: SX 65906 82863
Distance: 1.70km
Assycombe Round House
OS Map: SX 65905 82852
HER: MDV14807
ShortName: HT:Assycombe6
Nearby sites: SX 65905 82852
Distance: 1.71km
Assycombe Round House
OS Map: SX 66018 82593
HER: MDV6569
ShortName: HT Assycombe8
Nearby sites: SX 66018 82593
Distance: 1.90km
Frenchbeer Round House
OS Map: SX 6727 8511
HER: MDV6206
ShortName: HT:Frenchbee1
Nearby sites: SX 6727 8511
Distance: 0.93km
Frenchbeer Rock Round House
OS Map: SX 67208 85472
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Frenchbee2
Nearby sites: SX 67208 85472
Distance: 1.22km
Frenchbeer Rock Round House
OS Map: SX 67197 85491
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Frenchbee3
Nearby sites: SX 67197 85491
Distance: 1.23km
Froggymead W Round House
OS Map: SX 64979 84105
HER: MDV6740
ShortName: HT:Froggymea1
Nearby sites: SX 64979 84105
Distance: 1.78km
Froggymead W Round House
OS Map: SX 65012 84084
HER: MDV6740
ShortName: HT:Froggymea2
Nearby sites: SX 65012 84084
Distance: 1.75km
Froggymead W Round House
OS Map: SX 64965 84150
HER: MDV6744
ShortName: HT:Froggymea3
Nearby sites: SX 64965 84150
Distance: 1.79km
Froggymead W Round House
OS Map: SX 64940 84069
HER: MDV6739
ShortName: HT:Froggymea4
Nearby sites: SX 64940 84069
Distance: 1.83km
Froggymead W Round House
OS Map: SX 64967 84026
HER: MDV6743
ShortName: HT:Froggymea5
Nearby sites: SX 64967 84026
Distance: 1.81km
Froggymead W Round House
OS Map: SX 64947 84114
HER: MDV6742
ShortName: HT:Froggymea6
Nearby sites: SX 64947 84114
Distance: 1.81km
Yardworthy stone row Cairn
OS Map: SX 67596 84383
HER: MDV14228
ShortName: CN:Yardworth2
Nearby sites: SX 67596 84383
Distance: 0.85km
Shoveldown Central Settlement Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 65764 85857
HER: MDV54531
PMD: Shovel Down W.
ShortName: CT:Shoveldow7
Butler map: 36.4
Notes: Butler Shoveldown Central Settlement Cairn 36.4 (Vol 2)
Ths cairn is described by Butler on p. 176. "Forty metres outside th south-west cornera small solitary cairn (5.0 x 0.3m) has been dug into, the displaced stones subsequently returned to the central pit where they lie in a loose pile". The cairn is shown on Fig 36.4 on p.176. It can be seen to be a few metres south of the Central Settlement. It also appears towards the top left on Fig 36.7 on p. 179. Fig 36.4 is a segment of Fig 36.7. Butler lists this site as a cist at SX 6576 8585.
The NMR site 889100 is the only NMR site that matches. Located at SX 6575 8588 which is within 32 m. It is listed as 4.9 x 0.65 m. "A turf covered stoney cairn situated near the crest of the N facing flank of Shovel Down 20m S of a small settlement (SX 68 NE 41). It measures 4.9m in diameter and survives to a height of 0.65m. A stone filled hollow 1.9m in diameter and about 0.2m deep lies slightly E of centre. There are no traces of a cist or a retaining circle."
The HER has two entries. HER 54531 is clearly NMR record 889100, same size and location. It refers to Butler p.179;fig 36.7. The HER record 61777 gives Butler's size and location. It also includes a quote from Butler: "Dug into, the displaced stones subsequently returned to the central pit where they lie in a loose pile". Clearly these two records refer to the same site. What record 61777 adds is the fact that Butler claims it to be a possible cist.
UPDATE 31/12/2022. HER record MDV61777 has been deleted.
Nearby sites: SX 65764 85857
Distance: 1.80km
West Vitifer (duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 675 826
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CT?West Viti2
Notes: Possible location of a Bronze Age cist, although when subject to field investigation in November 2002 the site was not found. Probably a duplicate of NMR 443785.
Nearby sites: SX 675 826
Distance: 1.90km
Fourfold Circle (near) Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 6595 8599
HER: MDV6160
PMD: S of Fourfold Circle
ShortName: CT?Fourfold 3
Butler map: 36.7
Grinsell: GID 3a
Notes: Worth mentions a small barrow 65 ft from the centre of 'Fourfold' cairn on the alignment of a double stone row. Radcliffe writes: Ormerod (1976) says a row "commences about 25 yds to the SW of the triple circle, and extends 110 yds to the ruins of a kistvaen".
Nearby sites: SX 6595 8599
Distance: 1.83km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6797 8478
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha1
Nearby sites: SX 6797 8478
Distance: 1.30km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6802 8475
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha2
Nearby sites: SX 6802 8475
Distance: 1.34km
Thornworthy Corner W. Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 6599 8550
HER: MDV48855
ShortName: CN?Thornwort3
Butler map: 36.7
Grinsell: LYD 9
Turner: A24
Nearby sites: SX 6599 8550
Distance: 1.38km
East Lowton Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6658 8371
HER: MDV6585
ShortName: CNxEast Lowt1
Grinsell: LYD 25
Turner: C1
Notes: Hut Circle
Nearby sites: SX 6658 8371
Distance: 0.66km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6802 8468
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha3
Nearby sites: SX 6802 8468
Distance: 1.32km
Stonetor Brookhead E.1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6532 8562
HER: MDV13027
ShortName: CN:Stonetor E1
Butler map: 37.2.1
Notes: ?
Nearby sites: SX 6532 8562
Distance: 1.91km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 68075 84693
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha4
Nearby sites: SX 68075 84693
Distance: 1.37km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6797 8468
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha5
Nearby sites: SX 6797 8468
Distance: 1.27km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 68081 84746
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha6
Nearby sites: SX 68081 84746
Distance: 1.39km
Yardworthy Round House
OS Map: SX 67680 84502
HER: MDV14227
ShortName: HT:Yardworth1
Nearby sites: SX 67680 84502
Distance: 0.95km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6808 8472
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha7
Nearby sites: SX 6808 8472
Distance: 1.39km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6801 8480
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha8
Nearby sites: SX 6801 8480
Distance: 1.34km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66406 82958
HER: MDV6584
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br1
Nearby sites: SX 66406 82958
Distance: 1.43km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66358 83292
HER: MDV6575
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br2
Nearby sites: SX 66358 83292
Distance: 1.12km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 6634 8307
HER: MDV6718
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br3
Nearby sites: SX 6634 8307
Distance: 1.34km
Assycombe Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Assycombe Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 66101 82649
HER: MDV6537
Megalithic Portal: 1738
PMD: Assycombe Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Assycombe
Butler map: 35.19
DPD page: 135
Notes: Bronze Age stone row and cairn, Assycombe. The double stone row is 120m long terminating in the cairn at the North-East end. The South-West end is blocked by a stone 2.0m high. The largest stone, 2m high, lies at the E end and was re-erected re-erected by Baring-Gould in 1892 or 1893. The cairn is 8.4m in diameter and 0.6m high.
Nearby sites: SX 66101 82649
Distance: 1.82km
Assycombe Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Assycombe Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 66095 82641
HER: MDV6537
Megalithic Portal: 1738
The Stone Rows of GB: Assycombe Stone Row
PMD: Assycombe Stone Row
ShortName: SR Assycombe
Butler map: 35.19
DPD page: 135
Notes: "Bronze Age stone row and cairn, Assycombe. The double stone row is 120m long terminating in the cairn at the North-East end. The South-West end is blocked by a stone 2.0m high, re-erected there by Baring-Gould. The cairn is 8.4m in diameter and 0.6m high. Scheduled." Also from Burnard's 1892 field notes: The row, which starts from a ruined cairn, consists of 84 standing stones, and extends 800 feet E. and W., running in two rows down the hill towards Assycombe. It terminates towards the W. in a stone lying prone, 5' 9" long. 2'' wide. The avenue is from 5' to 6' wide, inner measurement. The stones composing the row are 18" high, and down to 6".
Nearby sites: SX 66095 82641
Distance: 1.83km
Assycombe Hill Encircled Cairn and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Assycombe Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 66102 82650
HER: MDV6538
Megalithic Portal: 45814
PMD: Assycombe Stone Row
Alternate name: Assycombe Hill Stone Row Encircled Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Assycombe
Butler map: 35.19
Butler Vol 5: p.232 & Fig.164
DPD page: 135
Grinsell: LYD 26
Turner: F16
Notes: The cairn at the E end is in line with the N of the two rows. It measures 8.4m in diameter and is 0.6m high. It contains a large quantity of stone; two stones in the centre, set at right angles to each other around a hollow, suggest the remains of a cist.
Nearby sites: SX 66102 82650
Distance: 1.81km
East Lowton Settlement
OS Map: SX 666 837
HER: MDV107002
Megalithic Portal: 34966
ShortName: ST:EastLowton
Nearby sites: SX 666 837
Distance: 0.66km
Fernworthy Stone Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65486 84126
HER: MDV6534
Megalithic Portal: 530
PMD: Fernworthy Stone Circle
ShortName: SC Fernworth
DPD page: 138
Turner: G13
Notes: The Fernworthy circle is part of a group of ceremonial monuments including 3 stone rows and 5 cairns that may once have rivalled Merrivale and Shovel Down as ceremonial centres. The site is in a small clearing in Fernworthy Forrest off the path to Teignhead Farm. The circle is remarkably intact with all but 2 stones still in their original places ... It is 20m in diameter and consists of 27 small stones. The stone rows and cairns probably came later and surround the site. The circle was excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1897. They found that the interior of the circle was covered in a layer of charcoal suggesting that it had been the scene of very many fires - perhaps funeral pyres or feasts. See also Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's Fernworthy Stone. DNP Post 3D.
Nearby sites: SX 65486 84126
Distance: 1.28km
Fernworthy Ceremonial Complex
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 6548 8412
HER: MDV6534
Megalithic Portal: 35937
PMD: Fernworthy
ShortName: CX Fernwthy
DPD page: 138
Notes: Lethbridge p.138
Nearby sites: SX 6548 8412
Distance: 1.29km
Fernworthy Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65491 84100
HER: MDV6719
Megalithic Portal: 35826
PMD: Fernworthy
Alternate name: Fernworthy 2 Cist
ShortName: CT Fernworth
Butler map: 35.15.2
Butler Vol 5: p.36 & Fig.13
DPD page: 138
Grinsell: LYD 23
Notes: The remains of this cist are in the 6m diameter barrow at the N end of the Fernworthy S.E. stone row. The cist in the centre is represented by two stones set at right angles, 0.4m tall internally. Excavated by the Dartmoor Excavation Committee in 1898. A lot of burnt bone was found. DNP Post 6D. Butler Vol. 2. Map 35.15.2 (diagram Vol. 5. p.36 - row 2). Newman Barrow B.
Nearby sites: SX 65491 84100
Distance: 1.28km
Fernworthy (SW) Encircled Cairn
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65483 84101
HER: MDV14885
Megalithic Portal: 35827
Alternate name: Fernworthy 3 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC FernworthyS
Butler map: 35.15.3
Butler Vol 5: p.36 & Fig.14
Grinsell: LYD 21
Turner: F25
Notes: Newman Barrow A. Small turf-covered cairn at the northern end of the western double stone row south of Fernworthy stone circle forming part of the Froggymead ceremonial complex. It measures 6.5 metres in diameter and has a central hollow resulting from excavation in 1898. Two rings of orthostats, 7m and 5m diameter, around cairn 4.5m diameter and 0.2m high (Turner). It once had a retaining circle of small stones but only three were visible in 2013. DNP Post 2D. Turner F25.
Nearby sites: SX 65483 84101
Distance: 1.29km
Fernworthy Barrow C Cairn
OS Map: SX 65485 84047
HER: MDV14887
Megalithic Portal: 35829
Alternate name: Fernworthy 4 Cairn
ShortName: CN:FernworthyC
Butler map: 35.15.4
Grinsell: LYD 22
Notes: Newman Barrow C.Cairn forming part of the cermonial complex at Froggymeade. Sitated at the southern end of the eastern stone row to the south of Fernworthy stone circle. It was excavated in 1898 but had previously been disturbed. Only one small flint flake was found.
Nearby sites: SX 65485 84047
Distance: 1.30km
Fernworthy E. Encircled Cairn
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65561 84090
HER: MDV6560
Megalithic Portal: 3234
Alternate name: Fernworthy 5 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC:FernworthyE
Butler map: 35.15.5
DPD page: 138
Grinsell: LYD 24
Turner: F4
Notes: Newman Barrow D. "5.8m diameter. Has 3 stones spaced on the east side. A beaker, flint knife, dress fastener and a piece of bronze were discovered when the cairn was excavated in 1898". The crushed beaker. When reconstructed it became one of Dartmoor's most important Bronze Age finds and is now on display in Plymouth City Museum along with the other artifacts retrieved. DNP Post 7D.
Nearby sites: SX 65561 84090
Distance: 1.21km
Fernworthy N. Cairn
OS Map: SX 65539 84333
HER: MDV6563
Megalithic Portal: 35828
The Stone Rows of GB: Fernworthy 1
PMD: Fernworthy N Row
Alternate name: Fernworthy 1 Cairn
ShortName: CN FernworthyN
Butler map: 35.15.1
Grinsell: LYD 20
Notes: Newman Barrow E. Remains of a small cairn at the northern terminus of the double stone row north of the Fernworthy stone circle. The cairn has been damaged by past tree planting and the feature can be hard to identify as the remains are low to the ground and spread far beyond its original form. Radcliffe quotes Butler and also refers to HER/SMR number 6556 or 6562. "The 1898 plan shows a mound with a stone alongside as its northern terminus, probably a cairn, 1, with a retaining circle. This stone is still visible together with another at an angle, perhaps one side of a cist ..." (Butler Vol 2 pp. 164-5)
Nearby sites: SX 65539 84333
Distance: 1.21km
Fernworthy N. Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65538 84336
HER: MDV6562
Megalithic Portal: 1933
The Stone Rows of GB: Fernworthy 1
PMD: Fernworthy B Stone Row
Alternate name: Fernworthy 1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Fernwthy N
Butler map: 35.15.1
DPD page: 138
Notes: Butler Row 1. "To the N of Fernworthy stone circle is a double stone row. At its N end are the disturbed remains of a barrow. The row survives well for 125m although beyond this (to the N) it has been heavily disturbed by forestry activity as far as the barrow. The plan of 1898, made prior to afforestation, shows the N end of the double row as already `buried or lost'. The surviving part of the double row contains paired, low stones 0.8m to 1.4m apart, averaging 0.3m high, although many are flush with the ground. The tallest stones are at the S end. The alignment of the row is tangential to the circle (SX 68 SE 56). The barrow at the N end of the row measures 6m in diameter, although it is very amorphous due to tree planting. there is a large proportion of stone in the centre of the low mound, as well as some amorphous scarping and one large upright slab." DNP Post 8D
Nearby sites: SX 65538 84336
Distance: 1.21km
Fernworthy S.E. Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 6549 8407
HER: MDV6556
Megalithic Portal: 10484
The Stone Rows of GB: Fernworthy 2
PMD: Fernworthy C Stone Row
Alternate name: Fernworthy 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Fernwthy SE
Butler map: 35.15.2
DPD page: 138
Notes: Butler Row 2. "Centred at SX 65518404 is a cairn. 45m to the N at SX 65508409 is a barrow containing the remains of a cist. Between the two are the very fragmented remains of an alleged double stone row running N to S parallel to another row (SX 68 SE 59) which leads towards Fernworthy Stone Circle. The row, barrow and cairn have all been comprehensively damaged by afforestation and the digging of the adjacent drainage channels. Seven stones survive of an alignment but there is little evidence that it was a double row. The barrow at the N end of the row measures up to 6m in diameter and is 0.4m high, although its shape is obscured by drainage channels. The cist in the centre is represented by two stones set at right angles, 0.4m tall internally. The cairn at the S end of the row measures 7.3m N to S by 8.5m and is 0.5m high. There is a large amount of surface stone on and around it." DNP Post 5D.
Nearby sites: SX 6549 8407
Distance: 1.29km
Fernworthy S.W. Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Fernworthy Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65479 84105
HER: MDV14886
Megalithic Portal: 1934
The Stone Rows of GB: Fernworthy 3
PMD: Fernworthy A Stone Row
Alternate name: Fernworthy 3 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Fernwthy SW
Butler map: 35.15.3
DPD page: 138
Notes: Butler Row 3. "A disturbed double stone row is centred SX 65488408. It is 21m long and is oriented N to S. At the N end is a cairn (SX 68 SE 58) offset slightly W of the alignment of the row. Beyond this to the N is Fernworthy Stone Circle (SX 68 SE 56). The S end of the row is not very well preserved. The plan of 1898 depicts it terminating at a stone in the face of a wall, although the wall has since been removed. The stones in the row average 0.5m to 0.6m tall and lie in an area of amorphous modern earthworks up to 0.3m deep." DNP Post 1D.
Nearby sites: SX 65479 84105
Distance: 1.29km
Heath Stone Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Hurston Ridge Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 6712 8375
HER: MDV6650
Megalithic Portal: 14933
ShortName: SS Heath Stone
Butler map: 25.
Notes: The original Heath Stone was a boundary stone which was referred to in the Perambulation of the Forest of Dartmoor in 1240 and some very early maps. According to Butler (Vol. 2 Map 25 p.32) the stone carved with a biblical inscription in 1970 that is currently known as the Heath Stone is unlikely to have been the original Heath Stone as it is in a useless position to be of any use as a boundary stone. The stone was not included in maps from the 18th century and then reappeared in a different location. It is doubtful that the current stone is the original or that it is prehistoric. Crossing suggests that the large standing stone in the Hurston Ridge stone row is the actual Heath Stone. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Dartmoor Heathstone
Nearby sites: SX 6712 8375
Distance: 0.70km
Hemstone Rocks Platform Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 64856 83806
HER: MDV6730
Megalithic Portal: 45619
PMD: Hemstone Rocks
Alternate name: Hemstone Rocks N.3 Platform Cairn Circle
ShortName: PC Hemstone
Butler map: 35.7.3
Grinsell: LYD 17b
Turner: E12
Notes: Next to Turner ring cairn D9. "Remains of a cairn 8.0 metres diameter and up to 0.2 metres high to the north of the hut settlement. There are two pits cut into it, probably the result of work carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1901." DNP Site 9F.
Nearby sites: SX 64856 83806
Distance: 1.97km
Hemstone Rocks Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
OS Map: SX 64852 83850
HER: MDV6729
Megalithic Portal: 52522
PMD: Hemstone Rocks
Alternate name: Hemstone Rocks N.2 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Hemstone
Butler map: 35.7.2
Grinsell: LYD 17a
Turner: D9
Notes: There are 3 cairns in the vicinity and they are according to Newman [2013] impossible to match up with the old reports. These cairns were excavated by Baring-Gould in 1900. A flint flake was found in the cist. There is also a rectangular pit in this cairn which could be from the 1900 excavation. See also: MDV48854. DNP Site 8F. Butler Hemstone Rocks N. 1 - Vol. 2. Map 35.7. Central cist. Next to Turner Platform Circle E12.
Nearby sites: SX 64852 83850
Distance: 1.96km
Hurston Ridge Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Hurston Ridge Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 67268 82444
HER: MDV6541
Megalithic Portal: 8345
PMD: Hurston Ridge Standing Stone
ShortName: SS HurstonRidg
Butler map: 25.9
DPD page: 136
Notes: Hurston Ridge is one of the best examples of a double stone now on Dartmoor. At the south end is a cairn 22feet in diameter. The space between the rows widens intentionally as it approaches the cairn. The first stone from the south in the eastern row is the largest stone and stands 5 feet 10 inches high. Crossing suggests this may have been the original Heath Stone. A cinerary urn, in fragments except for the rim, was discovered in the cairn in 1900. Restored, the urn, 18 3/4 inches high, 16 inches in diameter at the rim and 8 inches in diameter at the base was revealed as an unusually large and handsome bipartite Overhanging rim or crowned urn of Middle Bronze Age type.
Nearby sites: SX 67268 82444
Distance: 1.97km
Hurston Ridge Settlement
OS Map: SX 674 825
HER: MDV6668
Megalithic Portal: 34979
ShortName: ST:HurstonRidg
Butler map: 25.9
Nearby sites: SX 674 825
Distance: 1.96km
Hurston Ridge Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Hurston Ridge Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 67260 82437
HER: MDV6541
Megalithic Portal: 8345
The Stone Rows of GB: Hurston Ridge
PMD: Hurston Ridge Stone Row
ShortName: SR Hurston
Butler map: 25.9
Butler Vol 5: p.228 & Fig.161
DPD page: 136
Notes: .Worth: Watern Hill. "A stone alignment which includes two parallel lines of upright stones leading downslope for 143 metres from a round cairn. The lower end of the alignment is denoted by a blocking stone. Midway along the alignment a length of later enclosure walling crosses the row. The cairn at the upper end of the alignment measures 5.9 metres in diameter and stands up to a height of 0.6 metres. A large slab denoting the north eastern edge of the cairn may represent a second blocking stone of the associated alignment. A cinerary urn was found in the cairn." A number of the stones were restored to their original sockets in 1894. A broken hand axe was discovered in the pit in which one of the stones had stood near to the menhir next to the cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 67260 82437
Distance: 1.98km
Kes Tor Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 66532 86276
HER: MDV21222
ShortName: CN-KesTor
Notes: "Possible tor cairn beneath sheer nw scarp of kes tor. Composed of even-sized smallish stones. Approx 12m diameter, c 2m high, though the surrounding scree makes accurate measurement difficult."
Nearby sites: SX 66532 86276
Distance: 1.94km
Lowton Brook W. Settlement
OS Map: SX 663 834
HER: MDV104672
Megalithic Portal: 24262
ShortName: ST:LowtonBrW
Nearby sites: SX 663 834
Distance: 1.05km
Metherall Settlement
OS Map: SX 668 840
HER: MDV6624
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: ST:Metherall
Barrow Report: 56
Nearby sites: SX 668 840
Distance: 0.35km
Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 6597 8596
Megalithic Portal: 10387
PMD: Shovel Down
ShortName: CX Shovel Down
Butler map: 36.6
DPD page: 139
Notes: Ceremonial complex including multiple stone rows and a small stone circle. Lethbridge pp.139-145. Interesting old sketches on the RAMM website: Emanuel Jeffery sketches of Shovel Down stone rows (1839) and Emanuel Jeffery sketch of Stone Row to Shovel Down Long Stone (1839)
Nearby sites: SX 6597 8596
Distance: 1.79km
Shovel Down Settlement
OS Map: SX 658 859
HER: MDV6163
Megalithic Portal: 10386
ShortName: ST:ShovelDown
Butler map: 36.4
Nearby sites: SX 658 859
Distance: 1.82km
Shovel Down Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65993 85924
HER: MDV6182
Megalithic Portal: 28953
PMD: Shovel Down
Alternate name: Shoveldown Rows 4 Cist
ShortName: CT Shovel Down
Butler map: 36.7
Butler Vol 5: p.223 & Fig.155
Grinsell: CHA 1
Notes: Robbed cist no longer visible. The Shovel down double row C (Worth Row C, Butler Rows 4) terminates at its southern end in a cairn - the cist has been robbed from the cairn. Visited 16/05/19 - a rectangular cist shaped hole can be clearly seen with reeds growing from it. No sign of a cist. Butler Shoveldown Rows 4 Vol. 2. Map 36.7 (diagram Vol. 5. p.223).
Nearby sites: SX 65993 85924
Distance: 1.75km
Shovel Down Fourfold Cairn Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65958 86025
HER: MDV6158
Megalithic Portal: 3464
PMD: Fourfold Circle
Alternate name: Fourfold Circle Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Shovel4Fold
Butler map: 36.7
DPD page: 143
Grinsell: GID 3
Turner: G31
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: "Fourfold Circle a sub-circular configuration of four apparently concentric stone rings. The outer ring has a diameter of 9m, the others have diameters of 6.4m, 4.7m and 2.4m respectively. The monument comprises 29 visible stones. Most are approximately 0.3m in height although they vary from 0.1-0.55m. The middle two rings define the bottom and top of the scarp of a small earthern cairn apparently an integral part of the monument. It is most pronounced on the E (downslope side). In the centre is a roughly sub-circular pit measuring 1.3m by 0.7m and 0.45m deep; it is probably the remains of a badly robbed cist. On the N side are two large fallen stones. When upright they may have served as a focal point for the end of the stone row " Lethbridge 139-145, diagram p.139.
Nearby sites: SX 65958 86025
Distance: 1.85km
Shovel Down Fourfold Circle Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65958 86033
HER: MDV6158
Megalithic Portal: 3464
PMD: Fourfold circle
ShortName: SS Shovel Down
Butler map: 36.6
DPD page: 143
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: "The south end [of the double row] is aligned on a cairn 'Fourfold Circle' (SX 68 NE 17) and separated from it by two massive fallen stones, one 'needle-shaped' and similar to the 'Longstone' (SX 68 NE 39), southern terminal of stone row 'E'."
Nearby sites: SX 65958 86033
Distance: 1.86km
Shovel Down Long Stone Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 66031 85683
HER: MDV6149
Megalithic Portal: 10378
PMD: Shovel Down
ShortName: SS Long Stone
Butler map: 36.6
Butler Vol 5: p.56 & Fig.34
DPD page: 140
Notes: The Long Stone has been used as a boundary stone but it appears to be the terminal stone for a Bronze Age stone row and it may be of a contemporary date. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Shoveldon Longstone
Nearby sites: SX 66031 85683
Distance: 1.52km
Shoveldown A Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65947 86029
HER: MDV6168
Megalithic Portal: 2130
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 3
PMD: Shovel Down D-E Stone Row
Alternate name: Shoveldown 3 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Shovel A
Butler map: 36.7.3
DPD page: 139
Notes: Worth Row E, Butler Rows 3. ('A' SX 65898616 to SX 65938605). Double row to the west of row B. Length 476 ft. Rows just over 4 ft apart but distance varies considerably along length. No special feature marks either end. Much robbed and single now along much of its length. Lethbridge 139-145, diagram p.139.
Nearby sites: SX 65947 86029
Distance: 1.86km
Shoveldown B Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65955 86026
HER: MDV6171
Megalithic Portal: 2129
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 2
PMD: Shovel Down A-B Stone Row
Alternate name: Shoveldown 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Shovel B
Butler map: 36.7.2
DPD page: 139
Notes: Worth Row A. Butler Rows 2.('B' SX 65968615 to SX 65968601) Double row to the east. Length 596 ft. Rows 3 ft 6in apart. Row is near Batworthy enclosure and has been much robbed; now just 12 pairs of stones and 15 single. Spacing of stones along the rows is around 6 ft. Two fallen stones next to the circle are much the largest in the row; one is 11 ft 6in, in length. and the other 7ft 4 in. The southern end of the row terminates in the Fourfold Circle (SX 68 NE 17). Lethbridge 139-145, diagram p.139.
Nearby sites: SX 65955 86026
Distance: 1.86km
Shoveldown C Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65998 85903
HER: MDV14875
Megalithic Portal: 2127
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 4
PMD: Shovel Down C-F Stone Row
Alternate name: Shoveldown 4 Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Shovel C
Butler map: 36.7.4
DPD page: 139
Notes: Worth Row C, Butler Rows 4. "('C' SX 65948601 to SX 65998590) A double row, 380 feet long, with an average distance of five feet between the rows. Most of the pairs of stones are complete and the southern end terminates in a barrow (SX 68 NE 34). No special feature marks the northern end." Lethbridge 139-145, diagram p.139.
"C: SX 65998592 to SX 65938602. A double row (83 stones visible July '78), with minor breaks; at 40 metres from the northern end it is overlain and mutilated by a reave and later hollow-way. The row terminates at the southern end on a cairn with the remains of a cist (SX 68 NE 34). The apparent north-westward extension as a single stone row, is a denuded probable Bronze Age reave (SX 68 NE 63)."
Nearby sites: SX 65998 85903
Distance: 1.73km
Shoveldown D-G-H-J Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 66049 85707
HER: MDV6181
Megalithic Portal: 2128
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 1
PMD: Shovel Down H-K Stone Row
Alternate name: Shoveldown 1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Shovel DGHJ
Butler map: 36.7.1
DPD page: 139
Notes: Worth Row H, Butler Row 1. This row is considered to be one long partially robbed row - previously listed as four separate rows:-
"D: SX 66028583 to SX 66048568. A single row (47 stones visible July '78) 149.0m long, with no terminal features; it curves slightly to the south west Worth (2) extends it as a reave for a further 50.0m to the north but this extension is straight, on a different alignment, and almost certainly a separate row (see G)."
"G: SX 66008591 to SX 66028585. A single row (25 stones visible July '78), 60.0m long; two gaps (? stone robbing) of 6.0m & 8.0m occur towards the north end. The north penultimate stone (now recumbent) is of much larger slab-like proportions and may have originally served as a blocking-stone."
"H: SX 65998599 to SX 65998595. A single row (24 stones visible July '78), 51.0m long with three gaps of from 5.0m to 8.0m recorded by Pettit (3), but not Worth (2)."
"J: SX 65978625 to SX 65988603. A single row (46 stones visible July '78), 228.0m long, there are no special terminal features. Many gaps of from 3.0m to 47.0m occur throughout the entire length of the row. The southern end has probably been overlain by a later reave (SX 68 NE 63). The northern end most probably extended further northward, and it would appear to have been destroyed by a mining 'rake' of circa 19th century date, and stone robbing? for the nearby Batworthy enclosure walls."
Lethbridge 139-145, diagram p.139.
The photo is taken at SX 66034 85844.
Nearby sites: SX 66049 85707
Distance: 1.53km
Shoveldown E-F Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 66017 85840
HER: MDV6179
Megalithic Portal: 2126
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 5
PMD: Shovel Down G Stone Row
Alternate name: Shoveldown 5 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Shovel E-F
Butler map: 36.7.5
DPD page: 139
Notes: Worth Row G, Butler Rows 5 & 6 ('E')SX 66028581 to SX 66028567) A double row, 485 feet long with 3 1/4 feet between the rows which run almost due north and south, and terminates in a standing stone known as the Longstone (SX 68 NE 39). Fairly complete at the northern end but more ragged towards the south.
('F' SX66028567 to SX 66038549) A double row continuing on almost the same alignment as ('E'), 555 feet long and terminating in a single standing stone, the sole survivor of the Three Boys (SX 68 NE 40). Only a few set stones survive but Ormerod (a) states that in 1858 the pits left by the removal of the other stones of the double row could still be seen.
Lethbridge 139-145, diagram p.139.
Nearby sites: SX 66017 85840
Distance: 1.66km
Shoveldown Longstone to Three Boys Stone Row
OS Map: SX 66024 85681
HER: MDV6148
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 6
PMD: Shovel Down South
Alternate name: Shoveldown 6 Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Shoveldow6
Butler map: 36.7.6
Nearby sites: SX 66024 85681
Distance: 1.52km
Stonetor Brookhead E. Cist
OS Map: SX 6527 8563
HER: MDV13023
Megalithic Portal: 45807
PMD: Stonetor Brook Head
Alternate name: Stonetor Brookhead E.2 Cist
ShortName: CT:Stonetor E2
Butler map: 37.2.2
Butler Vol 5: p.201 & Fig.144
DPD page: 133
Notes: "A mutilated cist situated amongst peat cuttings on the moderate W slope of shovel Down. Only the N endstone, 0.6m long, remains in situ on the edge of a hollow 1.1m N-S by 0.9m and 0.2m deep. An irregular slab 0.15m thick, probably the disturbed coverstone, lies propped up on the endstone. There is no trace of a covering cairn". Lethbridge diagram p.133 and photo top p.133. Butler Vol. 2. Map 37.2 (diagram Vol 5 p.201).
Nearby sites: SX 6527 8563
Distance: 1.96km
Stonetor Hill Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 6525 8547
HER: MDV49461
Megalithic Portal: 52273
Alternate name: Stonetor Hill 1 Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC:Stonetor 1
DPD page: 133
Turner: G12
Notes: Dubious site. "Two upright slabs situated in the shallow valley bottom above the headmire of the E arm of the Stonetor Brook. The slabs, 1.2m high, are positioned in line 1.0m apart and lie on the boundary of Gidleigh Parish and the Forest of Dartmoor, now Dartmoor Forest parish. The N face of the E stone has the letters 'GP' (Gidleigh parish). The S face is lichen covered. A deep water filled erosion hollow lies on the N side of these stones". Possibly site listed as Stone Circle G12 by Turner. For a photo of this site, see Boundary stone on Stonetor Hill
Nearby sites: SX 6525 8547
Distance: 1.87km
Stonetor Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 6520 8536
HER: MDV48856
Megalithic Portal: 3478
Alternate name: Stonetor Hill 3 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:Stonetor 3
DPD page: 133
Turner: A3
Notes: Possible pound? "The feature consists of a sub-circular earthern bank 25m in diameter and up to 0.4m in height. It is best preserved on the North side where the bank is well defined, flat topped and has a plan width of about 4.0m On the South side the bank has been spread and flattened but still survives to 0.5m in height as a prominent outward-facing scarp, where the natural ground surface falls away from the enclsure. There is no entrance through the bank."
Nearby sites: SX 6520 8536
Distance: 1.85km
Thornworthy Cist
OS Map: SX 66746 84346
HER: MDV6613
Megalithic Portal: 15453
PMD: Thornworthy
ShortName: CT Thornworthy
Butler map: 35.22
Butler Vol 5: p.64 & Fig.42
DPD page: 137
Grinsell: CHA 3
Turner: E39
Barrow Report: 16 21 56
Notes: Butler Vol. 2. Map 35.22 (p.169, photo on p.136, diagram Vol. 5. p.64).Originally there was a second slightly smaller cist. This was removed after the excavation and re-erected at Torquay Museum. It is now at the High Moorland Visitor Centre at Princetown. See also: Thornworthy 2 Cist
Nearby sites: SX 66746 84346
Distance: 0.00km
Thornworthy Corner (N) Cist
OS Map: SX 6612 8547
HER: MDV6183
Megalithic Portal: 45776
PMD: Downhill from Three Boys
Alternate name: Thornworthy Corner N. Cist
ShortName: CT:Thornwort N
Butler map: 36.7
Grinsell: CHA 2
Notes: "Recorded as a cist by Worth (1932), based on the one remaining stone. 1991 survey thought it more likely the result of stone clearance for the nearby newtake wall" Butler Vol. 2. Map 36.7.
Nearby sites: SX 6612 8547
Distance: 1.29km
Three Boys Standing Stone
OS Map: SX 66028 85486
HER: MDV6180
Megalithic Portal: 10369
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 6
PMD: Three Boys
ShortName: SS Three Boys
Butler map: 36.6
Notes: Terminal for stone row - one of 3 stones. 3 standing stones, of which only one remains; sometimes claimed as remains of burial chamber. This record has two entries, this one as a standing stone as widely reported, but also as reported cairn or tomb, see Three Boys Reported Cairn, SiteID=1268
Nearby sites: SX 66028 85486
Distance: 1.35km
Three Boys Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 66028 85486
HER: MDV6180
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 6
PMD: Three Boys
ShortName: CT-Three Boy1
Butler map: 36.7
Grinsell: LYD 9a
Notes: 3 standing stones, of which only one remains; sometimes claimed as remains of burial chamber.This record has two entries, listed as standing stone, see Three Boys Reported Cairn, SiteID=20
Nearby sites: SX 66028 85486
Distance: 1.35km
West Vitifer Cist
OS Map: SX 67573 82799
HER: MDV6615
Megalithic Portal: 34980
PMD: Chagford Common
ShortName: CT:WestVitifer
Butler map: 25.11
Grinsell: CHA 4
Barrow Report: 16
Notes: "Possible location of a Bronze Age cist, although when subject to field investigation in November 2002 the site was not found" "The cairn was partially excavated in 1897 by the Barrow Committee of the Devonshire Association. This working revealed a ring of slabs surrounding a cist which had not been previously examined. In the cist there was a complete Bronze Age beaker together with charcoal but no trace of a burial." Cairn survives, restored urn thought to be in Plymouth museum. See: Sixteenth Barrow Report 1897. Butler Vol. 2. Map 25.11 ( p.32).
The author visited this site on 10 May 2024. I took photos of a possible candidate but I was unconvinced I had located the site so a wide search was undertaken of the vicinity within approx. 100 m. My initial conclusion is that the site cannot be located. However, as a desktop exercise on 23/05/24 I'm inclined to think I had actually located it. It is the dip behind the stone which appears on the RHS of the photo. This coincides within a very short distance with the location I had previously determined using satellite and also to the location given in the scheduled monument SX 67571 82800.
Nearby sites: SX 67573 82799
Distance: 1.75km
Yardworthy Stone Row
OS Map: SX 6760 8439
HER: MDV61337
Megalithic Portal: 6333471
The Stone Rows of GB: Yardworthy
PMD: Yardworthy
ShortName: SR:Yardworthy
Notes: "Stone row in Yardworthy Newtake, an area of rough pasture that has since undergone some stone clearance. Apparently the remains of a double row it starts 3.0 metres from a low barrow at SX67608438 and extends to the north-east for 7.0 metres. The north-west side consists of four stones, 2.0 to 2.5 metres apart. The south-eastern side about 1.4 metres distant has only one stone and two turf humps which may conceal others. Visible stones are barely 0.1 metres high. Immediately beyond the north-east end is a hollow or stone pit about 4.0 by 2.0 metres diameter. This, and clearance in the area may have destroyed any continuation."
Nearby sites: SX 6760 8439
Distance: 0.86km