Dartmoor Resource: Search for Sites Nearby

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

Prehistoric sites within 2km of SX 69880 65730

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 69880 65730

Skerraton Ridge 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6998 6531
HER: MDV7833
ShortName: CN:Skerraton13
Butler map: 57.34.2
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 5a
Turner: A29
Notes: The following are thought to be the same: Grinsell DEA 5a SX69996530 (6 x 0.15) and Turner A29 70066529. It would seem both the the NMR and HER have treated these as two separate cairns - this can be seen from the grid referencs in the two NMR records and both HER records refer to Turner A29. NMR 444856 is thus a duplicate of 441549. HER 48850 is thus a duplicate of of HER 7833.
Nearby sites: SX 6998 6531
Distance: 0.43km

Skerraton Ridge 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 70052 65282
HER: MDV7832
ShortName: CN?Skerraton15
Butler map: 57.34.3
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 5
Notes: "A circular mound about 7 metres in diameter and approximately 1 metre high. Turf covered, possibly undisturbed. Recorded in 1980s as destroyed by agricultural operations."
Nearby sites: SX 70052 65282
Distance: 0.48km

Skerraton Down 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 70064 65274
HER: MDV7831
ShortName: CN?Skerraton3
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 13a
Notes: "A circular mound about 5 metres in diameter and approximetly 1 metre high. Turf-covered and apparently undisturbed (4 metres from field boundary). Recorded in 1980s as reduced to ground level by agricultural operations." 444974/1572758/1572754
Nearby sites: SX 70064 65274
Distance: 0.49km

Skerraton Down 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 70076 65266
HER: MDV7830
ShortName: CN?Skerraton4
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 13b
Notes: "A circular mound about 12 metres in diameter. Composed of small stones and hollow in the centre (12 metres from the field boundary). Barrow recorded in 1980s as reduced to ground level by agricultural operations." 444974/1572758/1572754
Nearby sites: SX 70076 65266
Distance: 0.50km

Skerraton Down 3 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 70166 65057
HER: MDV7827
ShortName: CN:Skerraton5
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 13c
Turner: B4
Notes: 444974/1572758/1572754
Nearby sites: SX 70166 65057
Distance: 0.73km

Skerraton Down 4 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 70156 65077
HER: MDV7826
ShortName: CN:Skerraton6
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 13d
Notes: 444974/1572758/1572754
Nearby sites: SX 70156 65077
Distance: 0.71km

Skerraton Gate E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 70211 64979
HER: MDV7949
ShortName: CN:Skerraton7
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 13e
Notes: 444974/1572758/1572754
Nearby sites: SX 70211 64979
Distance: 0.82km

Skerraton Gate E.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 70226 64917
HER: MDV7950
ShortName: CN:Skerraton8
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 13f
Notes: 444974/1572758/1572754
Nearby sites: SX 70226 64917
Distance: 0.88km

Skerraton Gate E.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 70269 64948
HER: MDV7946
ShortName: CN:Skerraton9
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 13g
Nearby sites: SX 70269 64948
Distance: 0.87km

Skerraton Gate E.4 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 70270 65017
HER: MDV7829
ShortName: CN:Skerraton10
Butler map: 57.34
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 13h
Nearby sites: SX 70270 65017
Distance: 0.81km

Skerraton Gate S.W. Cairn

OS Map: SX 70008 64886
HER: MDV28587
ShortName: CN:Skerraton11
Butler map: 57.34
Grinsell: DEA 7
Nearby sites: SX 70008 64886
Distance: 0.85km

Hickaton Hill E Round House

OS Map: SX 6827 6685
HER: MDV24781
ShortName: HT:Hickaton 8
Nearby sites: SX 6827 6685
Distance: 1.96km

Hickaton Hill E Round House

OS Map: SX 68321 66778
HER: MDV24768
ShortName: HT:Hickaton 10
Nearby sites: SX 68321 66778
Distance: 1.88km

Hickaton Hill E Round House

OS Map: SX 6817 6670
HER: MDV24780
ShortName: HT:Hickaton 11
Nearby sites: SX 6817 6670
Distance: 1.97km

Parnell's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 69429 64742
ShortName: HT:Parnell's1
Nearby sites: SX 69429 64742
Distance: 1.09km

Parnell's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 69297 64603
HER: MDV5805
ShortName: HT:Parnell's2
Nearby sites: SX 69297 64603
Distance: 1.27km

Parnell's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 69341 64643
HER: MDV5804
ShortName: HT:Parnell's3
Nearby sites: SX 69341 64643
Distance: 1.21km

Parnell's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 69330 64634
HER: MDV5804
ShortName: HT:Parnell's4
Nearby sites: SX 69330 64634
Distance: 1.23km

Skerraton Down Round House

OS Map: SX 6988 6573
HER: MDV13197
ShortName: HT:Skerraton1
Nearby sites: SX 6988 6573
Distance: 0.00km

Parnell's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 69298 64619
HER: MDV13257
ShortName: HT:Parnell's5
Nearby sites: SX 69298 64619
Distance: 1.25km

Skerraton Down Round House

OS Map: SX 6990 6563
HER: MDV13195
ShortName: HT:Skerraton2
Nearby sites: SX 6990 6563
Distance: 0.10km

Parnell's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 69337 64610
HER: MDV5804
ShortName: HT:Parnell's6
Nearby sites: SX 69337 64610
Distance: 1.24km

Skerraton Down Round House

OS Map: SX 7044 6480
HER: MDV25384
ShortName: HT:Skerraton3
Nearby sites: SX 7044 6480
Distance: 1.09km

Parnell's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 69297 64579
HER: MDV5806
ShortName: HT:Parnell's7
Nearby sites: SX 69297 64579
Distance: 1.29km

Skerraton Down Round House

OS Map: SX 6997 6569
HER: MDV13196
ShortName: HT:Skerraton4
Nearby sites: SX 6997 6569
Distance: 0.10km

Parnell's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 69298 64590
HER: MDV5806
ShortName: HT:Parnell's8
Nearby sites: SX 69298 64590
Distance: 1.28km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68222 64810
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's1
Nearby sites: SX 68222 64810
Distance: 1.90km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68207 64791
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's2
Nearby sites: SX 68207 64791
Distance: 1.92km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68174 64851
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's3
Nearby sites: SX 68174 64851
Distance: 1.92km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68139 64873
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's4
Nearby sites: SX 68139 64873
Distance: 1.94km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68115 64931
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's5
Nearby sites: SX 68115 64931
Distance: 1.94km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68205 64780
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's6
Nearby sites: SX 68205 64780
Distance: 1.93km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68215 64889
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's7
Nearby sites: SX 68215 64889
Distance: 1.87km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68169 64773
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's8
Nearby sites: SX 68169 64773
Distance: 1.96km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68169 64884
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's9
Nearby sites: SX 68169 64884
Distance: 1.91km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68210 64765
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's10
Nearby sites: SX 68210 64765
Distance: 1.93km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68185 64780
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's11
Nearby sites: SX 68185 64780
Distance: 1.94km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68185 64739
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's12
Nearby sites: SX 68185 64739
Distance: 1.96km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 6810 6487
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's13
Nearby sites: SX 6810 6487
Distance: 1.98km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68203 64772
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's14
Nearby sites: SX 68203 64772
Distance: 1.93km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68164 64768
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's15
Nearby sites: SX 68164 64768
Distance: 1.97km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68159 64890
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's16
Nearby sites: SX 68159 64890
Distance: 1.92km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68138 64880
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's17
Nearby sites: SX 68138 64880
Distance: 1.94km

Gripper's Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 68203 64759
HER: MDV5742
ShortName: HT:Gripper's18
Nearby sites: SX 68203 64759
Distance: 1.94km

Dockwell Ridge N. Cairn

OS Map: SX 68695 64374
HER: MDV13285
ShortName: CN:Dockwell 3
Butler map: 57.9.2
Nearby sites: SX 68695 64374
Distance: 1.80km

Smallbrook Plains Cairn

OS Map: SX 6828 6504
HER: MDV13202
ShortName: CN:Smallbroo1
Butler map: 57.15
Grinsell: DEA 6
Nearby sites: SX 6828 6504
Distance: 1.74km

Skerraton Ridge 2 (duplicate) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 7006 6529
HER: MDV48850
ShortName: CN:Skerraton14
Notes: Duplicate! The following are thought to be the same: Grinsell DEA 5a SX69996530 (6 x 0.15) and Turner A29 70066529. It would seem boththe the NMR and HER havetreated these as two separate cairns - this can be seen from the grid referencs int eh two NMR reords and both HER records refer to Turner A29. NMR 444856 is thus a duplicate of 441549. HER 48850 is thus a duplicate of of HER.
Nearby sites: SX 7006 6529
Distance: 0.48km

Lambs Down 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6892 6605
HER: MDV20904
ShortName: CN?Lambs Dow4
Nearby sites: SX 6892 6605
Distance: 1.01km

Harbourne Head, NE of Cairn

OS Map: SX 69767 65582
HER: MDV5298
ShortName: CN:Harbourne
Grinsell: DEA 12
Notes: A cairn sited on hill slope on arable land crowned by a stoneheap.
Nearby sites: SX 69767 65582
Distance: 0.19km

Harbourne Head Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6946 6535
HER: MDV21709
ShortName: CN?HarbourneH
Nearby sites: SX 6946 6535
Distance: 0.57km

Gripper's Hill W. Cairn

OS Map: SX 68118 65486
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN:Gripper's11
Butler map: 57.31
Notes: Butler: sited in full view of the reservoir. Butler gives OS as SX 6810 6547. Near to this there is a mound visible in Google Earth at SX 68118 65486 - presumably it is this cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 68118 65486
Distance: 1.78km

Gripper's Hill Summit 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68592 65501
HER: MDV5225
ShortName: CN:Gripper's7
Butler map: 57.31.2
Grinsell: DEA 3
Notes: NMR B
Nearby sites: SX 68592 65501
Distance: 1.31km

Gripper's Hill Summit 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6838 6551
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN:Gripper's8
Butler map: 57.31.3
Notes: Butler: "the more conspicuous [of the cairns] has been trenched".
Nearby sites: SX 6838 6551
Distance: 1.52km

Gripper's Hill Summit 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6837 6552
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN:Gripper's9
Butler map: 57.31.4
Notes: Butler: not trenched, "retains an even profile and seems to have been overlooked by the cairn diggers".
Nearby sites: SX 6837 6552
Distance: 1.52km

Gripper's Hill Summit E. Cairn

OS Map: SX 68893 65580
HER: MDV5305
ShortName: CN:Gripper's10
Butler map: 57.31.5
Grinsell: DEA 4b
Nearby sites: SX 68893 65580
Distance: 1.00km

Skerraton Down (DEA 13i-m) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 70230 64962
HER: MDV7948
ShortName: CNxSkerraton1
Grinsell: DEA 13i-m
Notes: DEA 13i-m. Mounds - poss. clearance.
Nearby sites: SX 70230 64962
Distance: 0.84km

Skerraton Down (DEA 14) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 7006 6470
HER: MDV7944
ShortName: CN?Skerraton2
Grinsell: DEA 14
Notes: Cairn or clearance heap
Nearby sites: SX 7006 6470
Distance: 1.05km

Gripper's Hill (NW spur) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 683 660
HER: MDV21710
ShortName: CN?Gripper's2
Grinsell: DEA 4a
Notes: A cairn was alleged at this location but there does not now appear to be any physical evidence. HER 21740 is based on this recod but gives NMR as SX 683 680. The record originates with Grinsel who gives SX 683 660 "roughly" - which is 2km south!
Nearby sites: SX 683 660
Distance: 1.60km

Gripper's Hill N.1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6830 6639
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN:Gripper's3
Butler map: 57.32.1
Notes: Butler. The reave "passes above an apparently undamaged cairn near the northern tip of the hill".
Nearby sites: SX 6830 6639
Distance: 1.71km

Gripper's Hill SE Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6918 6497
HER: MDV48859
ShortName: CN?Gripper's5
Grinsell: DEA 9
Notes: Grinsell's small cairn at SX 69126501, is no longer recognisable as such, appearing as a pit with a rim of upcast.
Nearby sites: SX 6918 6497
Distance: 1.03km

Gripper's Hill N.2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6838 6619
HER: MDV5302
ShortName: CN:Gripper's4
Butler map: 57.32.2
Nearby sites: SX 6838 6619
Distance: 1.57km

Lambs Down 1 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6973 6607
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN?Lambs Dow1
Butler map: 57.33.1
Notes: Butler refers to burial cairns amongst clearance cairns.
Nearby sites: SX 6973 6607
Distance: 0.37km

Lambs Down 2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 69452 65895
HER: MDV5196
ShortName: CN:Lambs Dow2
Butler map: 57.33.2
Notes: Butler refers to burial cairns amongst clearance cairns.
Nearby sites: SX 69452 65895
Distance: 0.46km

Lambs Down 3 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 69512 65809
HER: MDV13199
ShortName: CN:Lambs Dow3
Butler map: 57.33.3
Notes: Butler refers to burial cairns amongst clearance cairns.
Nearby sites: SX 69512 65809
Distance: 0.38km

Skerraton Ridge 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 69936 65357
HER: MDV5297
ShortName: CN:Skerraton12
Butler map: 57.34.1
Butler Vol 5: p.17 & Fig.1
Grinsell: DEA 11
Notes: 444974/1572758/1572754
Nearby sites: SX 69936 65357
Distance: 0.38km

Gripper's Hill Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 68156 64874
HER: MDV5742
Megalithic Portal: 45320
ShortName: ES Grippers
Notes: "A Bronze Age pastoral settlement on Gripper's Hill, Dean Prior, was excavated in July 1954 by Lady Aileen Fox on behalf of the Ministry of Works. The site comprises four enclosures containing ten or more huts."
Nearby sites: SX 68156 64874
Distance: 1.92km

Gripper's Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 68650 65503
HER: MDV5224
Megalithic Portal: 45822
Alternate name: Gripper's Hill Summit 1 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC Grippers
Butler map: 57.31.1
Grinsell: DEA 4
Turner: A9
Notes: "Ring cairn on Gripper's Hill; stone ring 14.0 metres in diameter internally, with bank 1.2 meters wide and 0.3 meters high." NMR A
Nearby sites: SX 68650 65503
Distance: 1.25km

Harbourne Head Standing Stone

OS Map: SX 69676 65105
HER: MDV5197
Megalithic Portal: 42626
PMD: Harbourne Man Standing Stone
Alternate name: Harbourne Man Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Harbourne
Butler Vol 5: p.19
DPD page: 88
Notes: A standing stone represented by a leaning slab of moorland granite. It stands in a slight depression probably worn by cattle using it as a rubbing post. It is 2.40m in length and 1.0m by 0.3m at its base tapering to 0.3m by 0.15m. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's Harbourne Man
Nearby sites: SX 69676 65105
Distance: 0.66km

Harbourne Head A Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 69119 65039
HER: MDV5802
Megalithic Portal: 42628
Alternate name: Parnell's Hill 1 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC Harbourne A
Butler map: 57.31.6
Grinsell: DEA 8
Turner: A55
Notes: "One of a pair of cairns on Gripper's Hill." " A ring cairn, Harbourne Head consisting of a stone ring 17.0 metres in diameter internally, with bank 1.8 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. Cairn contains a central mound, 12.0 metres in diameter, 0.8 metres high. This type of cairn is referred to as a Dartmoor version of the Wessex bell barrows."
Nearby sites: SX 69119 65039
Distance: 1.03km

Harbourne Head B Embanked Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 69147 65009
HER: MDV5803
Megalithic Portal: 3279
Alternate name: Parnell's Hill 2 Embanked Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Harbourne B
Butler map: 57.31.7
Grinsell: DEA 10
Turner: B12
Notes: "Embanked stone circle; annular bank of earth and/or stones with inner kerb of orthostats. Measures 15.0 metres in diameter internally with bank 2.0 metres wide and 0.5 meters high with a cairn in the centre, 9.0 metres in diameter and 1.1 metres in height. The west and south sides have been disturbed."
Nearby sites: SX 69147 65009
Distance: 1.03km