Prehistoric sites within 2km of SX 66910 86490
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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 66910 86490
Scorhill S.2 (duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6547 8720
HER: MDV6196
ShortName: CNxScorhill 9
Butler map: 38.4.2
Notes: Incorrect Butler entry, coords given are for 38.8.2. Possibly this should have been cairns in settlement to the north
Nearby sites: SX 6547 8720
Distance: 1.61km
Scorhill N.1 (duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6573 8770
HER: MDV6201
ShortName: CNxScorhill 3
Butler map: 38.6.1
Notes: Incorrect Butler entry, coords given are for 38.10.1. Possibly thisshoud have been cairn in settlement to the north.
Nearby sites: SX 6573 8770
Distance: 1.69km
Scorhill N.2 (duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6574 8774
HER: MDV6211
ShortName: CNxScorhill 5
Butler map: 38.6.2
Notes: Incorrect Butler entry, coords given are for 38.10.2. Possibly this should have been cairn in settlement to the north.
Nearby sites: SX 6574 8774
Distance: 1.71km
Gidleigh Common Round House
OS Map: SX 652 875
HER: MDV59405
ShortName: HT:Gidleigh 5
Nearby sites: SX 652 875
Distance: 1.99km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65234 86110
HER: MDV58333
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do1
Nearby sites: SX 65234 86110
Distance: 1.72km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65242 85951
HER: MDV58324
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do2
Nearby sites: SX 65242 85951
Distance: 1.75km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65232 85898
HER: MDV58322
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do3
Nearby sites: SX 65232 85898
Distance: 1.78km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65247 85755
HER: MDV58334
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do4
Nearby sites: SX 65247 85755
Distance: 1.82km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65244 85874
HER: MDV58319
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do5
Nearby sites: SX 65244 85874
Distance: 1.78km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65228 85888
HER: MDV58321
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do6
Nearby sites: SX 65228 85888
Distance: 1.79km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65227 85876
HER: MDV58320
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do7
Nearby sites: SX 65227 85876
Distance: 1.79km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65228 85921
HER: MDV58323
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do8
Nearby sites: SX 65228 85921
Distance: 1.78km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65213 86034
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do9
Nearby sites: SX 65213 86034
Distance: 1.76km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65808 85980
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do10
Nearby sites: SX 65808 85980
Distance: 1.21km
Thornworthy Round House
OS Map: SX 6727 8469
HER: MDV27853
ShortName: HT:Thornwort1
Nearby sites: SX 6727 8469
Distance: 1.84km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65214 85993
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do11
Nearby sites: SX 65214 85993
Distance: 1.77km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66468 85313
HER: MDV13015
ShortName: HT:Thornwort2
Nearby sites: SX 66468 85313
Distance: 1.26km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65333 85987
HER: MDV58330
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do12
Nearby sites: SX 65333 85987
Distance: 1.66km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66383 84971
HER: MDV6720
ShortName: HT:Thornwort3
Nearby sites: SX 66383 84971
Distance: 1.61km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65801 85919
HER: MDV58305
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do13
Nearby sites: SX 65801 85919
Distance: 1.25km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66349 84861
HER: MDV6725
ShortName: HT:Thornwort4
Nearby sites: SX 66349 84861
Distance: 1.72km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65829 85969
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do14
Nearby sites: SX 65829 85969
Distance: 1.20km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66509 84916
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Thornwort5
Nearby sites: SX 66509 84916
Distance: 1.62km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65809 85931
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do15
Nearby sites: SX 65809 85931
Distance: 1.23km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66498 85270
HER: MDV13013
ShortName: HT:Thornwort6
Nearby sites: SX 66498 85270
Distance: 1.29km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6580 8589
HER: MDV58306
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do16
Nearby sites: SX 6580 8589
Distance: 1.26km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66470 85274
HER: MDV79632
ShortName: HT:Thornwort7
Nearby sites: SX 66470 85274
Distance: 1.29km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65700 85923
HER: MDV58309
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do17
Nearby sites: SX 65700 85923
Distance: 1.34km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66449 85295
HER: MDV13013
ShortName: HT:Thornwort8
Nearby sites: SX 66449 85295
Distance: 1.28km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6567 8617
HER: MDV58313
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do18
Nearby sites: SX 6567 8617
Distance: 1.28km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66333 84783
HER: MDV6723
ShortName: HT:Thornwort9
Nearby sites: SX 66333 84783
Distance: 1.80km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65502 85755
HER: MDV54504
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do19
Nearby sites: SX 65502 85755
Distance: 1.59km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66424 85300
HER: MDV13014
ShortName: HT:Thornwort10
Nearby sites: SX 66424 85300
Distance: 1.29km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65488 85804
HER: MDV28612
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do20
Nearby sites: SX 65488 85804
Distance: 1.58km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66242 84914
HER: MDV6724
ShortName: HT:Thornwort11
Nearby sites: SX 66242 84914
Distance: 1.71km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65758 85950
HER: MDV58307
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do21
Nearby sites: SX 65758 85950
Distance: 1.27km
Thornworthy Down Round House
OS Map: SX 66356 84818
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Thornwort12
Nearby sites: SX 66356 84818
Distance: 1.76km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65344 86030
HER: MDV58329
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do22
Nearby sites: SX 65344 86030
Distance: 1.63km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65251 85837
HER: MDV58318
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do23
Nearby sites: SX 65251 85837
Distance: 1.78km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65331 85983
HER: MDV58330
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do24
Nearby sites: SX 65331 85983
Distance: 1.66km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65281 86023
HER: MDV58326
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do25
Nearby sites: SX 65281 86023
Distance: 1.69km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65285 86367
HER: MDV54533
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do26
Nearby sites: SX 65285 86367
Distance: 1.63km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65269 85807
HER: MDV58315
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do27
Nearby sites: SX 65269 85807
Distance: 1.78km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65277 86121
HER: MDV58332
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do28
Nearby sites: SX 65277 86121
Distance: 1.67km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65269 85854
HER: MDV58317
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do29
Nearby sites: SX 65269 85854
Distance: 1.76km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65257 85870
HER: MDV58318
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do30
Nearby sites: SX 65257 85870
Distance: 1.77km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65255 85826
HER: MDV58316
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do31
Nearby sites: SX 65255 85826
Distance: 1.78km
Shovel Down Round House
OS Map: SX 65364 85973
HER: MDV58331
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do32
Nearby sites: SX 65364 85973
Distance: 1.63km
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: 1.06km
Scorhill Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6566 8742
HER: MDV28610
ShortName: HT:Scorhill 1
Nearby sites: SX 6566 8742
Distance: 1.56km
Stonetor Hill 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6525 8538
HER: MDV58358
ShortName: CN:Stonetor 2
Nearby sites: SX 6525 8538
Distance: 2.00km
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: 2.00km
Boldventure Round House
OS Map: SX 66849 86271
HER: MDV14692
ShortName: HT:Boldventu1
Nearby sites: SX 66849 86271
Distance: 0.23km
Boldventure Round House
OS Map: SX 66892 86266
HER: MDV28611
ShortName: HT:Boldventu2
Nearby sites: SX 66892 86266
Distance: 0.22km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66609 86930
HER: MDV59170
ShortName: HT:Kestor1
Nearby sites: SX 66609 86930
Distance: 0.53km
Scorhill S.2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6547 8720
HER: MDV6196
PMD: Scorhill S.
ShortName: CN:Scorhill 8
Butler map: 38.8.2
Butler Vol 5: p.172 & Fig.112
Grinsell: GID 2a
Notes: Entry added by PDW to correct/replace Butler 38.4.2
Nearby sites: SX 6547 8720
Distance: 1.61km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66449 86784
HER: MDV59166
ShortName: HT:Kestor2
Nearby sites: SX 66449 86784
Distance: 0.55km
Scorhill N.1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65740 87734
HER: MDV6201
ShortName: CN:Scorhill 2
Butler map: 38.10.1
Butler Vol 5: p.186 & Fig.129
Grinsell: GID 4
Notes: Entry added by PDW to correct/replace Butler 38.10.1 One of a pair of cairns on the eastern edge of Gidleigh Common. Scheduled. Round cairn with two kerbs, 7.5 metres and 9.5 metres in diameter. Central disturbance.
Nearby sites: SX 65740 87734
Distance: 1.71km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66247 86256
HER: MDV59190
ShortName: HT:Kestor3
Nearby sites: SX 66247 86256
Distance: 0.70km
Scorhill N.2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 65755 87754
HER: MDV6211
PMD: Creaber
ShortName: CN:Scorhill 4
Butler map: 38.10.2
Grinsell: GID 5
Notes: Entry added by PDW to correct/replace Butler 38.10.2 Two cairns; probably the two objects (kists?) shown by Crawford (1950). Round cairn diameter 12 metres, height 0.6 metres. A robbing pit south of centre is 2.5 metres long, 1.8 metres wide by 0.3 metres deep and is orientated at 120 degrees.
Nearby sites: SX 65755 87754
Distance: 1.71km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66282 86367
HER: MDV59189
ShortName: HT:Kestor4
Nearby sites: SX 66282 86367
Distance: 0.64km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66289 86519
HER: MDV59188
ShortName: HT:Kestor5
Nearby sites: SX 66289 86519
Distance: 0.62km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66580 86106
HER: MDV59195
ShortName: HT:Kestor6
Nearby sites: SX 66580 86106
Distance: 0.51km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66477 86905
HER: MDV59164
ShortName: HT Kestor7
Notes: The remains of this hut circle include some huge slabs as can be seen in the photo.
Nearby sites: SX 66477 86905
Distance: 0.60km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66467 86787
HER: MDV59167
ShortName: HT:Kestor8
Nearby sites: SX 66467 86787
Distance: 0.53km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66563 85986
HER: MDV59198
ShortName: HT:Kestor9
Nearby sites: SX 66563 85986
Distance: 0.61km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 6652 8712
HER: MDV59158
ShortName: HT:Kestor10
Nearby sites: SX 6652 8712
Distance: 0.74km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66320 86518
HER: MDV59187
ShortName: HT:Kestor11
Nearby sites: SX 66320 86518
Distance: 0.59km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66530 86065
HER: MDV59196
ShortName: HT:Kestor12
Nearby sites: SX 66530 86065
Distance: 0.57km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66355 86635
HER: MDV59185
ShortName: HT:Kestor13
Nearby sites: SX 66355 86635
Distance: 0.57km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 6654 8713
HER: MDV59159
ShortName: HT:Kestor14
Nearby sites: SX 6654 8713
Distance: 0.74km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66475 86804
HER: MDV59168
ShortName: HT:Kestor15
Nearby sites: SX 66475 86804
Distance: 0.54km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66504 86043
HER: MDV59197
ShortName: HT:Kestor16
Nearby sites: SX 66504 86043
Distance: 0.60km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66667 86802
HER: MDV59179
ShortName: HT Kestor17
Nearby sites: SX 66667 86802
Distance: 0.40km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66364 86663
HER: MDV59184
ShortName: HT:Kestor18
Nearby sites: SX 66364 86663
Distance: 0.57km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66358 86291
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Kestor19
Nearby sites: SX 66358 86291
Distance: 0.59km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66496 86966
HER: MDV59163
ShortName: HT:Kestor20
Nearby sites: SX 66496 86966
Distance: 0.63km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66571 86962
HER: MDV59169
ShortName: HT:Kestor21
Nearby sites: SX 66571 86962
Distance: 0.58km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66684 86811
HER: MDV6194
ShortName: HT:Kestor22
Nearby sites: SX 66684 86811
Distance: 0.39km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66725 86801
HER: MDV59180
ShortName: HT:Kestor23
Nearby sites: SX 66725 86801
Distance: 0.36km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 6691 8649
HER: MDV14691
ShortName: HT:Kestor24
Nearby sites: SX 6691 8649
Distance: 0.00km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66691 86947
HER: MDV59172
ShortName: HT:Kestor25
Nearby sites: SX 66691 86947
Distance: 0.51km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66687 86936
HER: MDV59173
ShortName: HT:Kestor26
Nearby sites: SX 66687 86936
Distance: 0.50km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66687 87045
HER: MDV59171
ShortName: HT:Kestor27
Nearby sites: SX 66687 87045
Distance: 0.60km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66682 86823
HER: MDV59177
ShortName: HT:Kestor28
Nearby sites: SX 66682 86823
Distance: 0.40km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66670 86392
HER: MDV59192
ShortName: HT:Kestor29
Nearby sites: SX 66670 86392
Distance: 0.26km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66737 86874
HER: MDV59176
ShortName: HT Kestor30
Nearby sites: SX 66737 86874
Distance: 0.42km
Kestor Round House
OS Map: SX 66620 86603
HER: MDV59186
ShortName: HT:Kestor31
Nearby sites: SX 66620 86603
Distance: 0.31km
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: 1.07km
Frenchbeer Round House
OS Map: SX 6727 8511
HER: MDV6206
ShortName: HT:Frenchbee1
Nearby sites: SX 6727 8511
Distance: 1.43km
Frenchbeer Rock Round House
OS Map: SX 67208 85472
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Frenchbee2
Nearby sites: SX 67208 85472
Distance: 1.06km
Frenchbeer Rock Round House
OS Map: SX 67197 85491
HER: MDV6115
ShortName: HT:Frenchbee3
Nearby sites: SX 67197 85491
Distance: 1.04km
Round Pound Round House
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Round Pound and Kes Tor Settlements
OS Map: SX 66395 86856
HER: MDV6118
Megalithic Portal: 10445
ShortName: HT Round Pou1
Notes: See record SiteID=72
Nearby sites: SX 66395 86856
Distance: 0.63km
Teigncombe Round House
OS Map: SX 66780 86787
HER: MDV59181
ShortName: HT:Teigncomb1
Nearby sites: SX 66780 86787
Distance: 0.32km
Teigncombe Round House
OS Map: SX 66806 86557
HER: MDV66688
ShortName: HT:Teigncomb2
Nearby sites: SX 66806 86557
Distance: 0.12km
Teigncombe Round House
OS Map: SX 66698 87134
HER: MDV59160
ShortName: HT:Teigncomb3
Nearby sites: SX 66698 87134
Distance: 0.68km
Teigncombe Round House
OS Map: SX 66773 86980
HER: MDV59175
ShortName: HT:Teigncomb4
Nearby sites: SX 66773 86980
Distance: 0.51km
Teigncombe Round House
OS Map: SX 66759 86715
HER: MDV59182
ShortName: HT:Teigncomb5
Nearby sites: SX 66759 86715
Distance: 0.27km
Teigncombe Round House
OS Map: SX 66730 87108
HER: MDV59162
ShortName: HT:Teigncomb6
Nearby sites: SX 66730 87108
Distance: 0.64km
Teigncombe Round House
OS Map: SX 66723 87124
HER: MDV59161
ShortName: HT:Teigncomb7
Nearby sites: SX 66723 87124
Distance: 0.66km
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: 1.31km
Central Settlement Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6570 8624
ShortName: CN?Central S1
Butler map: 36.4
Notes: Butler: "Another cairn, apparently undug, lies on the open hillside 250 m north of the enclosures downhill from several vry low mounds, all possible burial cairns".
Nearby sites: SX 6570 8624
Distance: 1.24km
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: 1.08km
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: 1.35km
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: 1.81km
Scorhill S.1 (duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6553 8726
HER: MDV6196
ShortName: CNxScorhill 7
Butler map: 38.4.1
Notes: Incorrect Butler entry, coords given are for 38.8.1. Possibly this should have been cairns in settlement to the north
Nearby sites: SX 6553 8726
Distance: 1.58km
Gidleigh Reported Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 6554 8758
HER: MDV6188
ShortName: SC:Gidleigh
Notes: "Possible stone circle on Gidleigh Common, first recorded in 1925. Doubtful feature not positively identified since 1925."
Nearby sites: SX 6554 8758
Distance: 1.75km
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: 0.43km
Kestor Enclosed Settlement
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Round Pound and Kes Tor Settlements
OS Map: SX 66397 86846
HER: MDV6114
Megalithic Portal: 4617
ShortName: ST Kestor
Notes: The Kestor Settlement includes the Round Pound.
Nearby sites: SX 66397 86846
Distance: 0.62km
Round Pound Round House
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Round Pound and Kes Tor Settlements
OS Map: SX 66395 86856
HER: MDV6117
Megalithic Portal: 10445
ShortName: HC RoundPound
Notes: "Round pound, near batworthy, a single hut with double walls enclosed in a circular pound, entered from a droveway from the nw, which is part of the kestor field system. There are 4 radial walls inserted in the pound in medieval times. Excavation has showed that this was a metal workshop, of early iron age date.".
Nearby sites: SX 66395 86856
Distance: 0.63km
Scorhill Stone Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Scorhill Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65458 87399
HER: MDV6122
Megalithic Portal: 540
PMD: Scorhill Stone Circle
ShortName: SC Scorhill
Butler map: 38.8
DPD page: 146
Turner: G6
Notes: One of the most impressive stone circles on Dartmoor and one of the few that has not been restored. The circle consists of 23 granite slabs up to 2.5m high with a further 11 recumbent stones. The circle is not the largest in terms of diameter but it is the most striking circle on Dartmoor with some of the largest standing stones. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Scorhill Stone Circle and HER MDV6122
Nearby sites: SX 65458 87399
Distance: 1.71km
Scorhill Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Scorhill Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 6547 8720
Megalithic Portal: 25238
PMD: Scorhill Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Scorhill
Butler map: 38.8
Butler Vol 5: p.249 & Fig.112
DPD page: 146
Notes: N. Teign. Claimed by Butler. Not mentioned on NMR or HER.
Nearby sites: SX 6547 8720
Distance: 1.61km
Scorhill Circle Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Scorhill Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 6546 8738
HER: MDV6122
Megalithic Portal: 540
PMD: Scorhill Stone Circle
ShortName: SS Scorhill
Butler map: 38.8
DPD page: 146
Notes: Largest stone in the Scorhill Circle. In strict terms this would not typically be classified as a "standing stone" as it is a member of the stone circle. It is the largest stone in a Dartmoor stone circle at 8 feet 2 inches tall.
Nearby sites: SX 6546 8738
Distance: 1.70km
Scorhill Leat Platform Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 6553 8726
HER: MDV6196
Megalithic Portal: 25238
Alternate name: Scorhill S.1 Platform Cairn Circle
ShortName: PC:Scor Leat
Butler map: 38.8.1
Turner: E25
Notes: "A platform circle; ring of kerb stones 4.5m internal diam, enclosing flat-topped cairn 0.45m high. Indication of a stone ring/ring cairn beneath cairn (turner)." Entry added by PDW to correct/replace Butler 38.4.1
Nearby sites: SX 6553 8726
Distance: 1.58km
Shovel Down Stone Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65829 86196
HER: MDV29944
Megalithic Portal: 1259
PMD: Shovel Down Stone Circle
ShortName: SC Shovel Down
Butler map: 36.6
DPD page: 139
Turner: G15
Notes: "The remains of an alleged stone circle lie on the gentle NE facing slope of Shovel Down 200m SW of Batworthy Corner. Three upright stones, between 0.3m and 0.75m high, are visible. The two close-set NE stones display smaller packing stones in the erosion hollows at their bases. The third stone is partly obscured by the bank of the South Hill Leat (SX 68 SW 97). It is possible that these stones constitute the remains of a stone circle however, no such feature is noted in the antiquarian records so it must remain a doubtful site". In fact a sketch of the Shovel Down rows made by Wilkinson in 1860 marks and illustrates "stones" at the location of the stone circle. For a photo, see Megalithic Portal: Shovel Down NW stone circle. Lethbridge pp.139-145, diagram p.139.
Nearby sites: SX 65829 86196
Distance: 1.12km
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: 1.08km
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: 1.26km
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: 1.08km
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: 1.06km
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: 1.06km
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: 1.19km
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: 1.07km
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: 1.06km
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: 1.08km
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: 1.16km
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: 1.10km
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: 1.20km
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: 1.85km
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: 1.95km
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: 1.34km
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: 1.34km