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

Dartmoor Resource: Search for Sites Nearby

Prehistoric sites within 3km of SX 65100 87700

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.

OS Map: SX 6506 9002
HER: MDV59336
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 4
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 5.5 metres by 3 metres by 0.5 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX 6506 9002
Distance: 2.32km

Throwleigh Common 4 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6546 9056
HER: MDV59307
ShortName: CN?Throw 4
Butler map: 39.1.4
Notes: Clearance cairn within reave system.
Nearby sites: SX 6546 9056
Distance: 2.88km

Throwleigh East 5 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6508 9002
HER: MDV59337
ShortName: CN:ThrowE 5
Notes: HER: Clearance cairn of 4 metres by 2 metres by 0.4 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX 6508 9002
Distance: 2.32km

OS Map: SX 65244 85874
HER: MDV58319
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do5
Nearby sites: SX 65244 85874
Distance: 1.83km

Shovel Down Round House

OS Map: SX 65228 85888
HER: MDV58321
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do6
Nearby sites: SX 65228 85888
Distance: 1.82km

OS Map: SX 6399 8874
HER: MDV65389
ShortName: HT:Ruelake P2
Nearby sites: SX 6399 8874
Distance: 1.52km

Shovel Down Round House

OS Map: SX 65809 85931
HER: MDV28157
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do15
Nearby sites: SX 65809 85931
Distance: 1.91km

Thornworthy Down Round House

OS Map: SX 66498 85270
HER: MDV13013
ShortName: HT:Thornwort6
Nearby sites: SX 66498 85270
Distance: 2.80km

Shovel Down Round House

OS Map: SX 65277 86121
HER: MDV58332
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do28
Nearby sites: SX 65277 86121
Distance: 1.59km

Scorhill S.1 Platform Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 65534 87272
HER: MDV130493
Megalithic Portal: 25238
ShortName: CN Scorhill S1
Butler map: 38.8.1
Butler Vol 5: p.249 & Fig.175
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. This is cairn 1 in Fig. 175 (p.249 Vol 5). Formerly listed as PC:Scor Leat
Nearby sites: SX 65534 87272
Distance: 0.61km

Shovel Down Round House

OS Map: SX 65269 85854
HER: MDV58317
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do29
Nearby sites: SX 65269 85854
Distance: 1.85km

Shovel Down Round House

OS Map: SX 65257 85870
HER: MDV58318
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do30
Nearby sites: SX 65257 85870
Distance: 1.84km

Shovel Down Round House

OS Map: SX 65255 85826
HER: MDV58316
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do31
Nearby sites: SX 65255 85826
Distance: 1.88km

Kennon Hill S.W.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 638 891
HER: MDV19462
ShortName: CN:Kennon SW3
Notes: HER: Unlikely cairn - a mound of 5.0 metres diameter by 0.4 metres high to south-west of Kennon Hill
Nearby sites: SX 638 891
Distance: 1.91km

Kennon Hill S.2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6453 8835
HER: MDV64130
ShortName: CN:Kennon S2
Notes: 2 cairns and 1 cairn and cist at Kennock Hill South (HER 64130, HER 61776, HER 64129)
Nearby sites: SX 6453 8835
Distance: 0.86km

Shovel Down Round House

OS Map: SX 65364 85973
HER: MDV58331
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do32
Nearby sites: SX 65364 85973
Distance: 1.75km

Kennon Hill S.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6468 8826
HER: MDV64129
ShortName: CN:Kennon S3
Notes: 2 cairns and 1 cairn and cist at Kennock Hill South (HER 64130, HER 61776, HER 64129)
Nearby sites: SX 6468 8826
Distance: 0.70km

Shovel Down NW Round House

OS Map: SX 6454 8655
HER: MDV58286
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do33
Nearby sites: SX 6454 8655
Distance: 1.28km

Throwleigh Common Round House

OS Map: SX 6545 9050
HER: MDV59300
ShortName: HT:Throwleig11
Butler map: 39.
Notes: HER: Hut circle of 5.5 metres diameter with walls 0.8 metres wide by 0.6 metres high recorded in 1997 but not referred to by Butler and not mentioned in 2007 survey. Unconfirmed site; requires verification.
Nearby sites: SX 6545 9050
Distance: 2.82km

Shovel Down NW Round House

OS Map: SX 64587 86562
HER: MDV58289
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do34
Nearby sites: SX 64587 86562
Distance: 1.25km

Throwleigh Common Round House

OS Map: SX 65777 90573
HER: MDV59280
ShortName: HT:Throwleig12
Butler map: 39.
Notes: Butler: Southern of three hut circles at Site '12' amid a patch of surface stone withi 'Throwleigh Common settlement'. This is one of the smaller two huts of 5.7 and 6.3 metres diameter and separated from the larger hut by a cross wall.

Nearby sites: SX 65777 90573
Distance: 2.95km

Shovel Down NW Round House

OS Map: SX 64599 86506
HER: MDV58290
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do35
Nearby sites: SX 64599 86506
Distance: 1.29km

Wallabrook Bridge 1-9 Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 645 868
HER: MDV28132
ShortName: CN:WallabrookM
Nearby sites: SX 645 868
Distance: 1.08km

Shovel Down NW Round House

OS Map: SX 64562 86544
HER: MDV58287
ShortName: HT:Shovel Do36
Nearby sites: SX 64562 86544
Distance: 1.28km

OS Map: SX 64462 86847
HER: MDV34265
ShortName: CN:Wallabrook8
Nearby sites: SX 64462 86847
Distance: 1.07km

Walla Brook S Round House

OS Map: SX 6390 8689
HER: MDV61441
ShortName: HT:Walla Bro6
Nearby sites: SX 6390 8689
Distance: 1.45km

Wallabrook Bridge 9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 64455 86815
HER: MDV34266
ShortName: CN:Wallabrook9
Nearby sites: SX 64455 86815
Distance: 1.10km

OS Map: SX 6447 9029
HER: MDV59581
ShortName: CN:Blackaton 6
Nearby sites: SX 6447 9029
Distance: 2.67km

OS Map: SX 65461 89043
ShortName: HT:Buttern3
Nearby sites: SX 65461 89043
Distance: 1.39km

Kennon Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 64166 89031
HER: MDV4387
ShortName: HT:Kennon Hi1
Nearby sites: SX 64166 89031
Distance: 1.63km

Buttern Round House

OS Map: SX 65494 89469
HER: MDV13018
ShortName: HT:Buttern4
Nearby sites: SX 65494 89469
Distance: 1.81km

Kennon Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 64167 89047
HER: MDV4387
ShortName: HT:Kennon Hi2
Nearby sites: SX 64167 89047
Distance: 1.64km

OS Map: SX 65064 85456
HER: MDV58357
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 6
Nearby sites: SX 65064 85456
Distance: 2.24km

Buttern Hill 2 Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64882 88469
HER: MDV4392
Megalithic Portal: 725
PMD: Buttern Hill W
ShortName: SC:Buttern 2
Notes: R.N. Worth Throwleigh (i.e.Buttern) circle is also noteworthy for having a companion, a short distance on the slope to the westward. The existence of this circle has not been put on record until now, and indeed it might well escape observation, seeing that there are only four certain stones still standing, with possibly a fifth, and that the remainder have disappeared. This circle was clearly not less than 60 feet in diameter. There is a very large block of irregular outline within its limits, which at one time may have stood fully six feet high. Menhirs occur in circles in Cornwall.
Nearby sites: SX 64882 88469
Distance: 0.80km

OS Map: SX 64548 85191
HER: MDV4691
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 26
Nearby sites: SX 64548 85191
Distance: 2.57km

Scorhill S.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 65494 87221
ShortName: CN Scorhill S3
Butler map: 38.8.3
Butler Vol 5: p.172 & Fig.112
Notes: Entry added by PDW. This is cairn 3 in Fig. 175 (p.249 Vol 5).
Nearby sites: SX 65494 87221
Distance: 0.62km

Kestor Round House

OS Map: SX 66608 86929
HER: MDV59170
ShortName: HT Kestor1
Nearby sites: SX 66608 86929
Distance: 1.69km

Stonetor Hill SW Round House

OS Map: SX 64576 85247
HER: MDV4690
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 27
Nearby sites: SX 64576 85247
Distance: 2.51km

Scorhill S.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 65485 87212
HER: MDV6196
PMD: Scorhill S.
ShortName: CN Scorhill S2
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. This is cairn 2 in Fig. 175 (p.249 Vol 5), it is the cairn that heads the claimed stone row on Fig 112.
Formerly CN:Scorhill 8
Nearby sites: SX 65485 87212
Distance: 0.62km

Kestor Round House

OS Map: SX 66448 86784
HER: MDV59166
ShortName: HT Kestor2
Nearby sites: SX 66448 86784
Distance: 1.63km

Stonetor Hill SW Round House

OS Map: SX 64564 85082
HER: MDV58342
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 28
Nearby sites: SX 64564 85082
Distance: 2.67km

Scorhill N.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 65740 87734
HER: MDV6201
ShortName: CN Scorhill N1
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. See also Butler Vol 5 p. 249 fig. 175
Nearby sites: SX 65740 87734
Distance: 0.64km

Kestor Round House

OS Map: SX 66247 86256
HER: MDV59190
ShortName: HT:Kestor3
Nearby sites: SX 66247 86256
Distance: 1.84km

Stonetor Hill SW Round House

OS Map: SX 64530 85183
HER: MDV4689
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 29
Nearby sites: SX 64530 85183
Distance: 2.58km

Stonetor Hill SW Round House

OS Map: SX 64554 85203
HER: MDV4694
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 32
Nearby sites: SX 64554 85203
Distance: 2.56km

Kestor Round House

OS Map: SX 66476 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 66476 86905
Distance: 1.59km

Stonetor Hill SW Round House

OS Map: SX 64551 85066
HER: MDV4705
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 33
Nearby sites: SX 64551 85066
Distance: 2.69km

Scorhill N.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6538 8775
HER: MDV132802
ShortName: CN:Scorhill N3
Notes: HER: Turner recorded a possible cairn here in 1978 but a subsequent Ordnance Survey visit cast doubt on the identification / location; appears a mis-identification of the hut circle MDV132781 to the north.
Nearby sites: SX 6538 8775
Distance: 0.28km

Stonetor Hill SW Round House

OS Map: SX 64485 85227
HER: MDV4687
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 50
Nearby sites: SX 64485 85227
Distance: 2.55km

Kestor Round House

OS Map: SX 66737 86874
HER: MDV59176
ShortName: HT Kestor30
Nearby sites: SX 66737 86874
Distance: 1.83km

Stonetor Hill SW Round House

OS Map: SX 64500 85166
HER: MDV4695
ShortName: HT:Stonetor 56
Nearby sites: SX 64500 85166
Distance: 2.60km

OS Map: SX 64097 87648
HER: MDV59153
ShortName: HT:Gallaven 4
Nearby sites: SX 64097 87648
Distance: 1.00km

Buttern Hill 7 Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 6570 8896
HER: MDV6191
PMD: Ensworthy
ShortName: CT?Buttern 7
Notes: The remains of two alleged cists are reported at this location. Recent field investigation could not locate them and therefore it is thought likely that they are probably natural features.
Nearby sites: SX 6570 8896
Distance: 1.40km

Gallaven Brook S Round House

OS Map: SX 64081 87686
HER: MDV59150
ShortName: HT:Gallaven 5
Nearby sites: SX 64081 87686
Distance: 1.02km

Gallaven Brook S Round House

OS Map: SX 64094 87632
HER: MDV59154
ShortName: HT:Gallaven 6
Nearby sites: SX 64094 87632
Distance: 1.01km

Throwleigh Common 6 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 65203 89798
HER: MDV13020
PMD: Forder Brook
ShortName: CT:Throw 6
Notes: Round cairn. Diameter 6.4 metres, height 1 metre. Cist 0.6 metres wide, oriented north-south. Central pit 1.5 metres by 1.1 metres by 0.25 meters deep. Situated on downslope edge of a natural terrace. Three edge set stones lying parallel to each other are exposed in the central pit. The two eastern ones may represent the edges of a cist with a length or width of 0.6 metres. A number of edge set stones around the edge represent a kerb. Gorse covered. NOTE: NMR gives location as SX 6519 8978.

The overgrown feature in the photo from 17/03/2025 is possibly this feature but it is a considerable distance from the NMR grid reference. That is located at SX 65203 89798

Nearby sites: SX 65203 89798
Distance: 2.10km

Shoveldown Central Settlement Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 65764 85857
HER: MDV54531
PMD: Shovel Down W.
ShortName: CT:ShovelSet
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: 1.96km

Central Settlement Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6570 8624
HER: MDV134083
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: 1.58km

North Creaber Round House

OS Map: SX 65833 88347
HER: MDV6135
ShortName: HT:North Cre1
Nearby sites: SX 65833 88347
Distance: 0.98km

Fourfold Circle (near) Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 6595 8599
HER: MDV6160
PMD: S of Fourfold Circle
ShortName: CT?FourFoldNr
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: 1.91km

North Creaber Round House

OS Map: SX 65848 88338
HER: MDV6135
ShortName: HT:North Cre2
Nearby sites: SX 65848 88338
Distance: 0.98km

Kennon Hill 2 Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64201 88735
HER: MDV130499
ShortName: SC:KennonHill2
Notes: Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 796-797 When referring to Sandy Road, Hemery records that in crossing the south foot of Kennon between Rewelake Pit and Sandy Ford, it passes below the ruins of a possible stone circle. Spencer (Maps) has marked this as 'Kennon Circle six stones standing' and, running north-eastward from it, 'stone row one hundred yards'. The circle is decribed as 'completely unphotogenic', appears to have had a diameter of approximately sixty feet and now has only one standing stone. Not able to confirm the stone row.

Cunis, E, 2020, Possible stone circle and row, Kennon (14/12/2020) Features recorded during site visit with archaeologist from Dartmoor National Park Authority. Photographs of the features included. Possible stone circle and row recorded. In a very ruinous condition with vegetation covering the majority of the stone row. Circle SX 64201 88735, Row SX 64246 86657.
Nearby sites: SX 64201 88735
Distance: 1.37km

Buttern Hill 3 Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64769 88580
HER: MDV4392
ShortName: SC:Buttern 3
Notes: HER: Possible circle circa 180 metres north-west of the Buttern Hill circle comprising four or five stones around a fallen standing stone. Recorded by Worth (1894) and apparently seen by the Ordnance Survey in 1950, although the recorder in 1951 could not locate it, this feature has not been confirmed since 1950.
Nearby sites: SX 64769 88580
Distance: 0.94km

Thornworthy Corner W. Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 6599 8550
HER: MDV48855
ShortName: CN?Thornwort W
Butler map: 36.7
Grinsell: LYD 9
Turner: A24
Nearby sites: SX 6599 8550
Distance: 2.37km

Stonetor Brookhead E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 65324 85630
HER: MDV13027
ShortName: CN Stonetor E1
Butler map: 37.2.1
Notes: ?
Nearby sites: SX 65324 85630
Distance: 2.08km

Shoveldown N.W Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 6435 8610
HER: MDV28132
ShortName: CN:ShovelNW M
Notes: Cairn cemetery on Long Ridge between Stonetor Brook and th North Teign River with eight cairns, one with a cist.

HER: The monument, which falls into five areas, includes eight round cairns and a cist situated on Long Ridge, locally known as Langridge, overlooking the valley of the River North Teign. These mounds form a cairn cemetery situated between two broadly contemporary stone hut circle settlements. Six of the mounds are circular in shape, vary in diameter between 4.1 metres and 6 metres and stand between 0.5 metres and 0.7 metres high. The remaining two mounds are oval and the largest of these measures 6 metres long by 4 metres wide and stands up 0.7 metres high. One cairn contains a cist which measures 0.83 metres square by up to 0.47 metres deep. The capstone, which once covered the cist, now lies 0.7 metres north-north-west of the cist. At least three of the cairns are partly surrounded by edge set stones indicating the presence of kerbs.
Nearby sites: SX 6435 8610
Distance: 1.77km

Shoveldown N.W.9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6441 8611
HER: MDV54480
ShortName: CN:ShovelNW 9
Notes: HER: Eastern of three cairns of 3.9 metres diameter by 0.6 metres high within the cairn cemetery on Long Ridge ... Two well-preserved cairns and a further probable cairn lie in an area of low heather and long tufty grass on the gentle N-facing slope of Langridge.
SX 64418611. The E cairn, 3.9m in diameter and 0.6m high, is similarly steep-sided with two large boulders embedded in the otherwise flat top. A single upright stone, possibly part of a former kerb, is situated in the edge of the cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 6441 8611
Distance: 1.73km

Shoveldown N.W.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6431 8630
HER: MDV54501
ShortName: CN:ShovelNW 2
Butler map: 37.5.2
Notes: "a turf-covered cairn on the gentle w-facing slope of langridge overlooking the north teign river. It measures 5.5m in diam with a maximum height of 0.6m. The steeply sloping sides give way to a virtually flat top with a slight hollow sw of centre. There are no obvious signs of robbing or excavation (probert)"
Nearby sites: SX 6431 8630
Distance: 1.61km

Shoveldown N.W.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6436 8625
HER: MDV58684
ShortName: CN:ShovelNW 3
Butler map: 37.5.3
Nearby sites: SX 6436 8625
Distance: 1.63km

Raybarrow Pool Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 642 905
HER: MDV58681
PMD: Raybarrow Pool
ShortName: CNxRaybarrow1
Notes: Recorded as a possible cist and retaining circle, but confirmed as natural fetaure.
Nearby sites: SX 642 905
Distance: 2.94km

Shoveldown N.W.4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6438 8612
HER: MDV4395
ShortName: CN:ShovelNW 4
Butler map: 37.5.4
Grinsell: GID 2
Notes: "The n cairn, probably that described by os and grinsell, measures 4.5m in diam and stands a maximum of 0.55m high. It possesses steep sides with some protruding stone and a very slightly hollowed centre. There are no obvious signs of disturbance (probert)"
Nearby sites: SX 6438 8612
Distance: 1.74km

Shoveldown N.W.5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6439 8611
HER: MDV54481
ShortName: CN:ShovelNW 5
Butler map: 37.5.5
Notes: "a probable mutilated cairn measures 3.6m n-s by 4.2m and 0.5m high on the n by 0.15m on the s. Though disturbed there is no distinct hollow usually associated with deliberate robbing. Some small stones protrude from the mound (probert)".
Nearby sites: SX 6439 8611
Distance: 1.74km

Shoveldown N.W.6 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6435 8593
HER: MDV58683
ShortName: CN:ShovelNW 6
Butler map: 37.5.6
Nearby sites: SX 6435 8593
Distance: 1.92km

Gidleigh Common Round House

OS Map: SX 6512 8753
HER: MDV59585
ShortName: HT:Gidleigh 1
Nearby sites: SX 6512 8753
Distance: 0.17km

Scorhill S.4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 65520 87196
ShortName: CN Scorhill S4
Butler map: 38.4.1
Butler Vol 5: p.249 & Fig.175
Notes: Butler entry, coords given are for 38.8.1. Previously listed here as Scorhill S.1 (duplicate) CNxScorhill 7. In volume Two on p.243 are listed entries 4.1 and 4.2 as S.1 and S.2 which appears to duplicate other entries. The diagram in Fig. 175 in Volume 5 has 5 Scorhill South cairns. This entry and 4.2 have been resinstated as non-duplicates and arbitrarily assigned to S4 and S5.
Nearby sites: SX 65520 87196
Distance: 0.66km

Gidleigh Common Round House

OS Map: SX 6507 8752
HER: MDV59584
ShortName: HT:Gidleigh 2
Nearby sites: SX 6507 8752
Distance: 0.18km

Buttern Hill Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 64949 88481
HER: MDV4371
Megalithic Portal: 724
PMD: Buttern Hill Stone Circle
ShortName: SC Buttern 1
DPD page: 147
Turner: G7
Notes: NNE of Scorhill about 2Km. "The remains of a Bronze Age stone circle situated on level ground overlooking the valley of the North Teign River and Whitemoor Marsh. The stone circle measures 24.8 metres in diameter and is denoted by five upright granite slabs standing up to 0.76 metres high. A further 12 recumbent stones lie where they have fallen." Also known as the Throwleigh circle. According to R.N. Worth, although not confirmed since, there was "a small cairn between five and six yards in from the southern edge" and also there is a companion circle a short distance on the slope westward, 60 feet in diameter consisting of four stones with a possible large central pillar, see. The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 3. Breton p.58. - Throwleigh Circle.
Nearby sites: SX 64949 88481
Distance: 0.80km

Buttern Hill Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 65501 89146
HER: MDV6140
Megalithic Portal: 25242
ShortName: ES:ButternHill
Nearby sites: SX 65501 89146
Distance: 1.50km

Gidleigh Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6554 8758
HER: MDV6188
ShortName: CC:Gidleigh
Notes: HER: Possible stone circle on Gidleigh Common, first recorded in 1925. Doubtful feature not positively identified since 1925.

(Area centred SX 65548758) Stone Circle, 6 metres in diameter. Ten stones remain, three still standing. (H H Breton undated but thought to be around 1925)
Doubtful; probably a retaining circle. (R H Worth, 1948)

Formerly listed as a reported stone circle but stone circles are not this size. The feature, if it exists, will be a cairn circle, so this entry has been changed to reported cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 6554 8758
Distance: 0.46km

Gidleigh - North Chambered Tomb

OS Map: SX 65867 88956
HER: MDV6212
Megalithic Portal: 45581
PMD: Gidleigh North Chambered Cairn
Alternate name: Buttern Hill 2 Chambered Tomb
ShortName: NT Gidleigh N
Butler map: 38.7.2
Butler Vol 5: p.157
Grinsell: A:GID 1
Notes: "A chambered cairn located on an east facing slope of Buttern Hill. The cairn mound measures 26 metres long and 9 metres wide and stands up to 1 metre high. Several set stones at the western end of the mound represent the remains of a passage leading towards a chamber."
Nearby sites: SX 65867 88956
Distance: 1.47km

Gidleigh - South Chambered Cairn

OS Map: SX 65534 88378
HER: MDV20318
Alternate name: Buttern Hill 3 Chambered Cairn
ShortName: CN Gidleigh S2
Notes: HER quoting Turner: Possible chambered cairn recorded at SX 6554 8837 on Gidleigh Common. A simple chamber cairn with evidence of a chamber (two fallen large stones at south, south-west end). Although many large boulders still remain in position, cairn has obviously been heavily robbed for later enclosure lying to the north.
Measurements: length 15.5m, width 3.5 to 5.5m, height 0.8m. This features differs from the other Gidleigh chamber tombs (North and South) as there is no evidence for a passage. It appears to be on the same axis and similar to the Corringdon ball example. Orientation south, south-west by north, north-east.
Nearby sites: SX 65534 88378
Distance: 0.81km

Gidleigh - South Chambered Tomb

OS Map: SX 6567 8855
HER: MDV6213
Megalithic Portal: 10040
PMD: Gidleigh South Chambered Cairn
Alternate name: Buttern Hill 1 Chambered Tomb
ShortName: NT Gidleigh S
Butler map: 38.7.1
Butler Vol 5: p.157
DPD page: 147
Notes: "The remains of a Neolithic chambered cairn on Buttern Hill. The cairn survives as a mound standing up to 0.6 metres high. The chamber and associated entrance passage include seven orthostats, two of which form a portaled entrance. A leat runs to the west of the cairn."
Nearby sites: SX 6567 8855
Distance: 1.02km

Kennon Hill Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 64213 88723
HER: MDV130499
ShortName: CC:Kennon Hill
Notes: This cairn circle has a diameter of 10 metres or approx 30 feet. It has a slab in its centre which matches the 1894 report by R.N. Worth except for the size and distance/location of the Buttern Hill stone circle. The central area of the circle is raised and the circle has a ring or bank. The raised centre suggests it is not a round house.

R.N.Worth Throwleigh [Buttern] circle is also noteworthy for having a companion, a short distance on the slope to the westward. The existence of this circle has not been put on record until now, and indeed it might well escape observation, seeing that there are only four certain stones still standing, with possibly a fifth, and that the remainder have disappeared. This circle was clearly not less than 60 feet in diameter. There is a very large block of irregular outline within its limits, which at one tirne may have stood fully six feet high. Menhirs occur in circles in Cornwall.

Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 796-797 When referring to Sandy Road, Hemery records that in crossing the south foot of Kennon between Rewelake Pit and Sandy Ford, it passes below the ruins of a possible stone circle. Spencer (Maps) has marked this as 'Kennon Circle six stones standing' and, running north-eastward from it, 'stone row one hundred yards'. The circle is decribed as 'completely unphotogenic', appears to have had a diameter of approximately sixty feet and now has only one standing stone. Not able to confirm the stone row.

Cunis, E, 2020, Possible stone circle and row, Kennon (14/12/2020) Features recorded during site visit with archaeologist from Dartmoor National Park Authority. Photographs of the features included. Possible stone circle and row recorded. In a very ruinous condition with vegetation covering the majority of the stone row. Circle SX 64201 88735, Row SX 64246 86657.
Nearby sites: SX 64213 88723
Distance: 1.35km

Kennon Hill Reported Stone Row

OS Map: SX 64246 88657
HER: MDV130499
ShortName: SR:KennonHill
Notes: Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 796-797 When referring to Sandy Road, Hemery records that in crossing the south foot of Kennon between Rewelake Pit and Sandy Ford, it passes below the ruins of a possible stone circle. Spencer (Maps) has marked this as 'Kennon Circle six stones standing' and, running north-eastward from it, 'stone row one hundred yards'. The circle is decribed as 'completely unphotogenic', appears to have had a diameter of approximately sixty feet and now has only one standing stone. Not able to confirm the stone row.

Cunis, E, 2020, Possible stone circle and row, Kennon (14/12/2020) Features recorded during site visit with archaeologist from Dartmoor National Park Authority. Photographs of the features included. Possible stone circle and row recorded. In a very ruinous condition with vegetation covering the majority of the stone row. Circle SX 64201 88735, Row SX 64246 88657.

NB. Grid reference for row confirmed by Emma and corrected.
Nearby sites: SX 64246 88657
Distance: 1.28km

Kennon Hill Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 64375 88926
ShortName: CT KennonHill
Notes: This looks like a cist but is in fact remains from tar and feather work as identified by Robert Naylor. This photo taken in August 2014 by the author and labelled as "looks like a cist" and marked as a Garmin waypoint "cist?". Located on the southern slope of Kennon Hill in an area of very deep tussocky grass. The author was unable to get back to check it out and posted about this on 4 February 2020 on a Dartmoor Facebook group. The author is grateful to Robert Naylor for having checked it out and clarifying that it is not a cist. Listing here as not a cist will help those in future who stumble across this. For more on this thanks to Max Piper and Dartefacts, see: feather-and-tare-cist-on-kennon-hill
Nearby sites: SX 64375 88926
Distance: 1.42km

Kes Tor Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 66532 86276
HER: MDV21222
Alternate name: Kestor Reported Cairn
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: 2.02km

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: 1.55km

Little Hound Tor (or White Moor) Stone Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Little Hound Tor Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 63285 89611
HER: MDV4374
Megalithic Portal: 528
PMD: White Moor Stone Circle
ShortName: SC White Moor
DPD page: 154
Turner: G11
Notes: The circle is in good condition today but only 13 stones remained standing when the Dartmoor Exploration Committee re-erected 5 of the stones in 1896. The site is a fairly accurate circle of circumference 20.2m. A cairn lies close to the circle, a heather covered mound about 8.5m across. The White Moor stone lies 160m to the SE of the circle and it is thought to be contemporary with the circle but probably out of position having been re-erected at some point. It is now a boundary marker. Breton p.52. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's Bronze Age Landscape of Whitmoor.
Nearby sites: SX 63285 89611
Distance: 2.64km

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: 1.55km

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
Butler Vol 5: p.249 & Fig.175
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: 0.47km

Scorhill Reported Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Scorhill Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 65485 87207
HER: MDV130497
Megalithic Portal: 25238
PMD: Scorhill Stone Row
ShortName: SR Scorhill
Butler map: 38.8
Butler Vol 5: p.172 & Fig.112
DPD page: 146
Notes: N. Teign. Claimed by Butler.See also Butler Vol 5 p. 249 fig. 175. Possible stone row near long cairn south-east of the Scorhill stone circle recorded by Butler (1991), although Gerrard was not convinced during Monument Protection Programme visit in 1998 and was not included in scheduling. Site visit in 2021 recorded potential row.. Visited by author on 06/02/2025 and the feature can be seen but currently looks like stones that may have been disturbed, tumbled, from the cairn that happen to form a short linear features. Changed entry from stone row to reported stone row as I'm inclined to agree with Gerrard.
Nearby sites: SX 65485 87207
Distance: 0.63km

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: 0.48km

Scorhill N Reported Stone Row

OS Map: SX 6574 8782
HER: MDV6189
Megalithic Portal: 25238
ShortName: SR:ScorhillN
Notes: HER: (1950) Stone row. SX 65628794 to SX 65748782. (09/07/1974) There is no alignment of stones in this area of moorland which can be considered other than natural. It is doubtful if the alleged stone row was ever seen by Crawford. The information most probably came from H H Breton, an unreliable correspondent of c 1925.
Nearby sites: SX 6574 8782
Distance: 0.39km

Shilstone Lane Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 65955 90139
ShortName: CN-Shilstone
Notes: This record arose from a posting by Clive Darke on a Dartmoor Facebook forum. Clive posted a photo of this feature on the side of the road and asked whether it could perhaps be a re-used menhir in a Devon wall. Alan Endacott observed that it is on Shilstone Lane and Shilstone is a place name often associated with dolmens such as Shilstone common by Spinsters Rock near Drewsteignton. There are also other large slabs that could conceivably be remains of a destroyed site in the wall. The location of this feature is the side of the road between Shilstone Tor and Shilstone Farm. This particlaur stone is in fact a large slab that goes back into the bank and as such could perhaps have been a capstone. This combination of place name suggesting a long lost dolmen and possible remains is reminiscent of another site called Shilstone near Widecombe, see Chittleford Hill Reported Cairn. That location was registered on the HER and NMR as a "Possible site of a Neolithic barrow found in the field walls by the roadside [...] A very large orthostat, or shiner (sic), standing here which may have been a capstone. Nearby fields called 'Shelstone Lay' point to the existence of a cromlech. Also the walls of the field contain a large number of very large slabs and pillar-like stones such as might have formed a megalthic tomb". That description could almost apply to this record. The author would like to thank Clive Darke and Alan Endacott for the information behind this record. The photo was kindly supplied by Alan and copyright remains with him.

Breton p.57 At the next fork of the road there is a farm whose name is Langstone, indicates that a menhir or longstone once stood there. There is a road which turns to the left from Throwleigh Church which leads to a farm named Shilstone. Shilstone or Shelf Stone, was the name for a cromlech. One of these monuments formerly stood near by.
Nearby sites: SX 65955 90139
Distance: 2.58km

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: 1.67km

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: 1.95km

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: 1.93km

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: 1.99km

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: 1.88km

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
Alternate name: Fourfold Circle Standing Stone
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: 1.87km

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

Grinsell [Folklore 1976]: At the beating of the bounds of Gidleigh Common, the first man to reach the Long Stone is (or was) given a money prize. Fielden 1933. The current author has been informed this tradition continues.
Nearby sites: SX 66031 85683
Distance: 2.22km

Shoveldown 1 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
ShortName: SR ShovelRow 1
Butler map: 36.7.1
DPD page: 139
Notes: Worth Row G, Butler Row 1. This row is considered to be one long partially robbed row. Previously listed here as Shoveldown D-G-H-J now Shoveldown 1 after Butler and Gerrard.
Nearby sites: SX 66049 85707
Distance: 2.21km

Shoveldown 2 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
ShortName: SR ShovelRow 2
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.

Previously listed here as Shoveldown B now Shoveldown 2 after Butler and Gerrard.
Nearby sites: SX 65955 86026
Distance: 1.88km

Shoveldown 3 Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65932 86073
HER: MDV6168
Megalithic Portal: 2130
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 3
PMD: Shovel Down D-E Stone Row
ShortName: SR ShovelRow 3
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.

Previously listed here as Shoveldown A now Shoveldown 3 after Butler and Gerrard. Photo included here previously (taken in 2010) had misidentified Shoveldown 4 for this row.
Nearby sites: SX 65932 86073
Distance: 1.83km

Shoveldown 4 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
ShortName: SR ShovelRow 4
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)."

Previously listed here as Shoveldown C now Shoveldown 4 after Butler and Gerrard.
Nearby sites: SX 65998 85903
Distance: 2.01km

Shoveldown 5 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
ShortName: SR ShovelRow 5
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.

Previously listed here as Shoveldown E-F now Shoveldown 5 after Butler and Gerrard.
Nearby sites: SX 66017 85840
Distance: 2.07km

Shoveldown 6 Stone Row

OS Map: SX 66024 85681
HER: MDV6148
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 6
PMD: Shovel Down South
ShortName: SR:ShovelRow 6
Butler map: 36.7.6
Notes: Previously listed here as Shoveldown Longstone to Three Boys Stone Row now Shoveldown 6 after Butler and Gerrard.
Nearby sites: SX 66024 85681
Distance: 2.22km

Shoveldown D Reported Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 66040 85680
HER: MDV6145
Megalithic Portal: 2128
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 1
PMD: Shovel Down H-K Stone Row
ShortName: SR:ShovelRow D
Butler map: 36.7.1
DPD page: 139
Notes: Worth Row D, Butler Row 1. This row is considered to be one long partially robbed row - previously listed as four separate rows.
Nearby sites: SX 66040 85680
Distance: 2.23km

Shoveldown H Reported Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65990 85950
HER: MDV14881
Megalithic Portal: 2128
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 1
PMD: Shovel Down H-K Stone Row
ShortName: SR:ShovelRow H
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.
Nearby sites: SX 65990 85950
Distance: 1.96km

Shoveldown J Reported Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 65980 86030
HER: MDV14882
Megalithic Portal: 2128
The Stone Rows of GB: Shoveldown 1
PMD: Shovel Down H-K Stone Row
ShortName: SR:ShovelRow J
Butler map: 36.7.1
DPD page: 139
Notes: Worth Row D, Butler Row 1. This row is considered to be one long partially robbed row - previously listed as four separate rows.
Nearby sites: SX 65980 86030
Distance: 1.89km

Shoveldown N.W. 1 Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Shovel Down Ceremonial Complex
OS Map: SX 64389 86247
HER: MDV4394
Megalithic Portal: 45782
PMD: Stonetor Hill
Alternate name: Shoveldown N.W.1 Cist
ShortName: CT:ShovelNW 1
Butler map: 37.5.1
Butler Vol 5: p.202 & Fig.145
Grinsell: GID 1
Notes: NB. NGR from PMD is SX64398640. "The remains of a Bronze age cairn and cist which form part of a cairn cemetery on Long Ridge, known locally as Langridge, overlooking the valley of the River North Teign. The cairn has a circular mound which measures 5.2 metres in diameter and 0.5 metres high. The cist measures 0.83 metres square by up to 0.47 metres deep. The capstone, which once covered the cist, now lies 0.7 metres NNW of the cist." Butler Shoveldown N.W.1. - Vol. 2. Map 37.5. (diagram Vol. 5. p.202).
Nearby sites: SX 64389 86247
Distance: 1.62km

Stonetor Brookhead E. Cist

OS Map: SX 65279 85642
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 65279 85642
Distance: 2.07km

Stonetor Hill Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 65244 85468
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 65244 85468
Distance: 2.24km

Stonetor Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 6520 8536
HER: MDV48856
Megalithic Portal: 3478
Alternate name: Stonetor Hill 4 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:Stonetor 4
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: 2.34km

Thornworthy Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 65930 85035
ShortName: SC Thornworthy
Notes: Possible stone circle at Thornworthy reported by Sam Goodwin on a Facebook posting. Facebook: Possible Stone Circle at Thornworthy?. The HER entry MDV6666 perhaps relates to this feature, a discounted reported stone row.

Sam had been looking at the "sacred Crescent" of stone circles and postulated that to complete the pattern one was missing between Fernworthy and Shovel Down at a point "X". This location turns out to be close to the boundary wall of the Thornworthy enclosure and Sam noticed that "at Point X the concentration of larger stones is noticable, with more than 26 'well shaped' slabs and pillars incorporated into the wall."

The suggestion is the possibility that a stone circle, or stone row, was destroyed at this location and the stones incorporated in the wall.

The references below are not about this possible feature. They are early accounts of the area by authors who all complained of sites in this area being robbed out. They maybe useful background reading. Robbed stones from nearby monuments? If these stones do not represent a destroyed stone circle or stone row, another possibility is they may have originated from some of the other monuments in the area which is also of great interest.

The photo has been reproduced with kind permission from Sam and copyright remains with Sam.

The author visited this feature on 03/03/2025 with Steve Szypko. The grid reference has been updated. We can confirm that there are substantial stones in the wall at this location which could be robbed from monuments or could just be the stones to hand for the wall builders. One of the stones has signs of a rock basin in it which suggests it was brought in from one of the nearby tors, maybe Thornworthy Tor.
Nearby sites: SX 65930 85035
Distance: 2.79km

Thornworthy Reported Stone Row

OS Map: SX 66375 85001
HER: MDV6666
ShortName: SR Thornworthy
Notes: HER: A series of large stones set into a prominent field bank of a field system. It was alleged to be a stone row but this is thought unlikely.

OS(1978): (SX 664850 to SX 663849) 'Stone Row' (NR) (1971 OS map).(10/02/1978) This recent publication entry (not on OS 25" 1904 or OS 6" 1961) is not a stone row but refers to some large stones set at irregular intervals along the course of a prominent field bank of a field system oriented on Thornworthy Tor (SX 68 NE146).

The author located this feature on 03/03/2025 with Steve Szypko and we concluded this is regular stones in a reave, most probably prehistoric, but not a stone row.
Nearby sites: SX 66375 85001
Distance: 2.99km

Thornworthy Corner (N) Cist

OS Map: SX 66113 85468
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 66113 85468
Distance: 2.45km

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: 2.40km

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: 2.40km

White Moor Cairn

OS Map: SX 63299 89545
HER: MDV4372
Megalithic Portal: 10327
Alternate name: White Moor Stone (NW of) Cairn
ShortName: CN White Moor
Butler map: 40.5
Grinsell: ST 7
Notes: "Cairn, nw of white moor stone … turf and heather covered, in good condition … small cairn 64m nw of whitmoor stone, … (grinsell) cairn, slightly hollowed towards centre. Diameter 7.0m, height 0.6m"
Nearby sites: SX 63299 89545
Distance: 2.58km

White Moor Stone Standing Stone

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Little Hound Tor Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 63359 89491
HER: MDV4391
Megalithic Portal: 10326
PMD: White Moor Stone
ShortName: SS White Moor
Butler map: 40.5
Butler Vol 5: p.53
DPD page: 154
Notes: The White Moor stone lies 160m to the SE of the Little Hound Tor stone circle and it is thought to be contemporary with the circle but probably out of position having been re-erected at some point. It is now a boundary marker.
Nearby sites: SX 63359 89491
Distance: 2.50km

Wild Tor Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 62218 87124
HER: MDV107564
ShortName: CN-Wild Tor 3
Notes: Photo by Steve Granger and reproduced here with his kind permission (copyright remains with Steve). This site is clearly not a prehistoric cairn but is of interest as a reported cairn. Eric Hemery in High Dartmoor (pp.824-5) states "approximately opposite the centre of the south 'bulb' of Bow Combe hour-glass, is a ruined cairn om a square base where a path branches right from the crest and descends the east flank of the ridge towards Gallavan Down. Not far from the cairn are the remains of two shelters, one circular, the other oval. The first may have been a shepherd's shelter, and the latter, the larger of the two a peat-cutter's house."
Nearby sites: SX 62218 87124
Distance: 2.94km