Dartmoor Resource: Search for Sites Nearby

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

Prehistoric sites within 3km of SX 57250 92910

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 3km of SX 57250 92910

Okehampton Park Round House

OS Map: SX 5761 9352
HER: MDV7649
ShortName: HT:Okehampto1
Nearby sites: SX 5761 9352
Distance: 0.71km

Black Down Cairn

OS Map: SX 58463 92328
HER: MDV61330
ShortName: CN Black Dow1
Butler map: 42.5
Notes: "The monument includes a round cairn situated on Black Down on a narrow shelf on a steep east facing slope overlooking the valley of the Moor Brook. The cairn measures 8m in diameter and stands up to 0.8m high. A hollow in the centre of the mound represents the site of an early investigation. A further narrow trench cut next to the north western side of the mound is probably the result of historic military interference."
Nearby sites: SX 58463 92328
Distance: 1.35km

Yes Tor N.W.1 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 5723 9100
ShortName: CN?Yes Tor N1
Butler map: 42.7.1
Notes: Clearance cairn
Nearby sites: SX 5723 9100
Distance: 1.91km

Yes Tor N.W.2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 5724 9102
ShortName: CN?Yes Tor N2
Butler map: 42.7.2
Notes: Clearance cairn
Nearby sites: SX 5724 9102
Distance: 1.89km

Yes Tor N.W.3 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 5728 9100
ShortName: CN?Yes Tor N3
Butler map: 42.7.3
Notes: Clearance cairn
Nearby sites: SX 5728 9100
Distance: 1.91km

Longstone Hill cairn cemetery (c.24) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 568 908
HER: MDV5577
ShortName: CN:Longstone2
Butler map: 42.8
Notes: This record has been separated out into individual entries, hence marked as a duplicate.
Nearby sites: SX 568 908
Distance: 2.16km

Longstone Hill S. Cairn

OS Map: SX 56909 90553
HER: MDV52507
ShortName: CN:Longstone S
Butler map: 42.9
Nearby sites: SX 56909 90553
Distance: 2.38km

Okehampton Camp Road (S of) Cairn

OS Map: SX 59152 93540
HER: MDV20156
ShortName: CN CampRoad
Grinsell: OKE 6
Notes: A small, largely turf-covered cairn, 12 metres north to south by 11.3 metres, standing up to 0.6 metres high.
Nearby sites: SX 59152 93540
Distance: 2.00km

East Bowden Round House

OS Map: SX 5981 9240
HER: MDV60256
ShortName: HT:East Bowd2
Nearby sites: SX 5981 9240
Distance: 2.61km

East Bowden 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5974 9223
HER: MDV60252
ShortName: CN:EastBowden1
Nearby sites: SX 5974 9223
Distance: 2.58km

East Bowden 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5974 9214
HER: MDV60253
ShortName: CN:EastBowden2
Nearby sites: SX 5974 9214
Distance: 2.61km

East Bowden 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5976 9218
HER: MDV60254
ShortName: CN:EastBowden3
Nearby sites: SX 5976 9218
Distance: 2.61km

East Bowden 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5959 9214
HER: MDV60257
ShortName: CN:EastBowden4
Nearby sites: SX 5959 9214
Distance: 2.46km

East Bowden 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5957 9212
HER: MDV60258
ShortName: CN:EastBowden5
Nearby sites: SX 5957 9212
Distance: 2.45km

Homerton Hill 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5623 9037
HER: MDV52470
ShortName: CN:Homerton 1
Nearby sites: SX 5623 9037
Distance: 2.74km

Homerton Hill 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56249 90368
HER: MDV52471
ShortName: CN:Homerton 2
Nearby sites: SX 56249 90368
Distance: 2.73km

Homerton Hill 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5622 9037
HER: MDV52472
ShortName: CN:Homerton 3
Nearby sites: SX 5622 9037
Distance: 2.74km

Homerton Hill 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5616 9032
HER: MDV52473
ShortName: CN:Homerton 4
Nearby sites: SX 5616 9032
Distance: 2.81km

Homerton Hill 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56082 90546
HER: MDV52474
ShortName: CN Homerton 5
Notes: "this cairn forms the westernmost mound in a cairnfield. Measures 5m in diam and stands up to 0.4m high. The s part of the mound has seen limited damage, probably as a result of partial robbing and the core of large stones is therefore exposed. This cairn may contain burials, but the mound does form part of a group which most likely represent stone clearance connected with cultivation of the area"
Nearby sites: SX 56082 90546
Distance: 2.64km

East Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 5973 9369
HER: MDV70197
ShortName: HT:East Hill1
Nearby sites: SX 5973 9369
Distance: 2.60km

Homerton Hill cairn cemetery (c.20) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 561 905
HER: MDV12886
ShortName: CN:Homerton 10
Butler map: 43.15
Notes: This is the master record for a cairn cemetry. See individual entries, this has been set as a duplicate as not actually a cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 561 905
Distance: 2.67km

Homerton Hill 6 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5613 9045
HER: MDV52475
ShortName: CN:Homerton 6
Nearby sites: SX 5613 9045
Distance: 2.70km

Homerton Hill 7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5615 9050
HER: MDV5578
ShortName: CN:Homerton 7
Notes: Update 31/12/2022: This record was previously associated with HER record MDV52476 which has been deleted. This record has now been linked to MDV5578 and the NGRs updated accordingly.
Nearby sites: SX 5615 9050
Distance: 2.65km

Homerton Hill S. Cairn

OS Map: SX 56409 90182
HER: MDV103577
ShortName: CN Homerton S
Butler map: 43.15
Nearby sites: SX 56409 90182
Distance: 2.85km

Homerton Hill 8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56217 90570
HER: MDV52478
ShortName: CN Homerton 8
Nearby sites: SX 56217 90570
Distance: 2.56km

East Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 5998 9405
HER: MDV5582
ShortName: HT:East Hill4
Nearby sites: SX 5998 9405
Distance: 2.96km

Homerton Hill 9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56268 90541
HER: MDV52479
ShortName: CN:Homerton 9
Nearby sites: SX 56268 90541
Distance: 2.56km

Longstone Hill 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56606 91132
HER: MDV5574
ShortName: CN:Longstone 1
Butler map: 42.8.1
Nearby sites: SX 56606 91132
Distance: 1.89km

Longstone Hill 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56691 91140
HER: MDV5575
ShortName: CN:Longstone 2
Butler map: 42.8.2
Nearby sites: SX 56691 91140
Distance: 1.86km

East Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 5999 9408
HER: MDV5581
ShortName: HT:East Hill7
Nearby sites: SX 5999 9408
Distance: 2.98km

Longstone Hill 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56787 91355
HER: MDV20564
ShortName: CN:Longstone 3
Butler map: 42.8.3
Nearby sites: SX 56787 91355
Distance: 1.62km

East Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 5999 9406
HER: MDV12876
ShortName: HT:East Hill8
Nearby sites: SX 5999 9406
Distance: 2.97km

Longstone Hill 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56801 90697
HER: MDV52484
ShortName: CN:Longstone 4
Butler map: 42.8.4
Nearby sites: SX 56801 90697
Distance: 2.26km

Longstone Hill 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5675 9065
HER: MDV52485
ShortName: CN:Longstone 5
Butler map: 42.8.5
Nearby sites: SX 5675 9065
Distance: 2.31km

East Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 5996 9412
HER: MDV70196
ShortName: HT:East Hill10
Nearby sites: SX 5996 9412
Distance: 2.97km

Longstone Hill 6 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56726 90762
HER: MDV52486
ShortName: CN:Longstone 6
Butler map: 42.8.6
Nearby sites: SX 56726 90762
Distance: 2.21km

East Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 6000 9408
HER: MDV27412
ShortName: HT:East Hill11
Nearby sites: SX 6000 9408
Distance: 2.99km

Longstone Hill 7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56684 90617
HER: MDV52487
ShortName: CN:Longstone 7
Butler map: 42.8.7
Nearby sites: SX 56684 90617
Distance: 2.36km

Longstone Hill 8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56745 90399
HER: MDV52488
ShortName: CN:Longstone 8
Butler map: 42.8.8
Nearby sites: SX 56745 90399
Distance: 2.56km

Longstone Hill 9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56724 90352
HER: MDV52489
ShortName: CN:Longstone 9
Butler map: 42.8.9
Nearby sites: SX 56724 90352
Distance: 2.61km

Longstone Hill 10 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56601 90695
HER: MDV52491
ShortName: CN:Longstone10
Butler map: 42.8.10
Nearby sites: SX 56601 90695
Distance: 2.31km

Longstone Hill 11 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56533 90750
HER: MDV52492
ShortName: CN:Longstone11
Butler map: 42.8.11
Nearby sites: SX 56533 90750
Distance: 2.28km

Longstone Hill 12 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56824 90963
HER: MDV52493
ShortName: CN:Longstone12
Butler map: 42.8.12
Nearby sites: SX 56824 90963
Distance: 1.99km

Longstone Hill 13 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56777 90969
HER: MDV52494
ShortName: CN:Longstone13
Butler map: 42.8.13
Nearby sites: SX 56777 90969
Distance: 2.00km

Longstone Hill 14 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56803 91237
HER: MDV52495
ShortName: CN:Longstone14
Butler map: 42.8.14
Nearby sites: SX 56803 91237
Distance: 1.73km

Longstone Hill 15 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56771 91277
HER: MDV52496
ShortName: CN:Longstone15
Butler map: 42.8.15
Nearby sites: SX 56771 91277
Distance: 1.70km

Longstone Hill 16 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56729 90976
HER: MDV52497
ShortName: CN:Longstone16
Butler map: 42.8.16
Nearby sites: SX 56729 90976
Distance: 2.00km

Longstone Hill 17 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56664 91015
HER: MDV52498
ShortName: CN:Longstone17
Butler map: 42.8.17
Nearby sites: SX 56664 91015
Distance: 1.98km

Longstone Hill 18 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56702 91080
HER: MDV52499
ShortName: CN:Longstone18
Butler map: 42.8.18
Nearby sites: SX 56702 91080
Distance: 1.91km

Longstone Hill 19 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56597 91072
HER: MDV52500
ShortName: CN:Longstone19
Butler map: 42.8.19
Nearby sites: SX 56597 91072
Distance: 1.95km

A30 Embankment 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5788 9362
HER: MDV63872
ShortName: CNxA30 Emban2
Notes: Destroyed or still there?
Nearby sites: SX 5788 9362
Distance: 0.95km

Longstone Hill 20 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56566 91105
HER: MDV52501
ShortName: CN:Longstone20
Butler map: 42.8.20
Nearby sites: SX 56566 91105
Distance: 1.93km

A30 Embankment 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5925 9425
HER: MDV63878
ShortName: CNxA30 Emban3
Notes: Destroyed or still there?
Nearby sites: SX 5925 9425
Distance: 2.41km

Longstone Hill 21 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56654 91197
HER: MDV52502
ShortName: CN:Longstone21
Butler map: 42.8.21
Nearby sites: SX 56654 91197
Distance: 1.81km

A30 Embankment 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5959 9432
HER: MDV63879
ShortName: CNxA30 Emban4
Notes: Destroyed or still there?
Nearby sites: SX 5959 9432
Distance: 2.73km

Longstone Hill 22 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56673 91252
HER: MDV52503
ShortName: CN:Longstone22
Butler map: 42.8.22
Nearby sites: SX 56673 91252
Distance: 1.76km

Longstone Hill 23 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56751 91328
HER: MDV52504
ShortName: CN:Longstone23
Butler map: 42.8.23
Nearby sites: SX 56751 91328
Distance: 1.66km

Longstone Hill 24 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56714 91291
HER: MDV52505
ShortName: CN:Longstone24
Butler map: 42.8.24
Nearby sites: SX 56714 91291
Distance: 1.71km

Longstone Hill 25 Cairn

OS Map: SX 56791 90896
HER: MDV52506
ShortName: CN:Longstone25
Butler map: 42.8.25
Nearby sites: SX 56791 90896
Distance: 2.07km

Okehampton Castle Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5780 9396
HER: MDV70193
ShortName: CN?OkeCastle
Nearby sites: SX 5780 9396
Distance: 1.19km

Moor Gate 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59350 93705
HER: MDV70198
ShortName: CN-Moor Gate
Notes: "A low stony mound 13m in diameter and 0.6m high lies on the edge of a marshy area 150m S of the cattle grid on the Halstock track. Much of the cairn's stony fabric protrudes through a thin covering of soil and the top possesses a distinct lip around its edge. The crest of this feature has been used as a site for a cattle feeder which has resulted in the erosion of much of the former turf covering and the creation of the lip around the top on the mound. There is no trace of a cist or kerb."
Nearby sites: SX 59350 93705
Distance: 2.25km

Roebuck Hotel (NW of) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5459 9191
HER: MDV4771
ShortName: CN?Roebuck
Grinsell: B:SOU 1
Notes: Square? Thought to be Roman or later. "A Civil War redoubt situated 750 metres south east of East Linnacombe in an elevated position overlooking Dartmoor and the valley of the River Thrushel. The earthwork was possibly erected in 1642 to guard the Cornish side of Okehampton. The monument survives as a double ditched, square-shaped enclosure with a square central platform measuring 13.9 metres across by 0.7 metres high, topped by a slight bank up to 3.6 metres wide and 0.2 metres high. Surrounding the platform is a 2 metre wide and 0.2 metre deep ditch, beyond which is a second bank 1.8 metres wide and 0.2 metres high and a second ditch up to 2.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep. Scheduled."
Nearby sites: SX 5459 9191
Distance: 2.84km

Moor Gate 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 59208 93696
ShortName: CN-MoorGate2
Notes: Author encountered this mound not far from the Moor Gate cairn. It looks modern and is being listed as a clearance cairn of uncertain date. Not listed elsewhere.
Nearby sites: SX 59208 93696
Distance: 2.11km

South Down Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5587 9140
HER: MDV12883
ShortName: CN:South Down
Notes: Presumed prehistoric cairn on the north end of South Down
Nearby sites: SX 5587 9140
Distance: 2.05km

West Mill Tor Round House

OS Map: SX 5887 9073
HER: MDV11813
ShortName: HT:West Mill1
Nearby sites: SX 5887 9073
Distance: 2.72km

East Hill Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 5977 9382
HER: MDV20457
ShortName: CN East Hill
Barrow Report: 17
Notes: NMR suggests "Post medieval clearance". The photo is presumably of this site. It was taken not long after the platinum jubilee celebrations in 2022 when a number of beacons were contructed on Dartmoor. The assumption is this was built up on top of the clearance cairn but the quantity of material obscures whether or not there is a mound there. No other obvious clearance cairn could be found in the vicinity suggesting this is it. THE HER gives the location as SX 59770 93820 and this is at SX 59746 93844. As this identification is not certain the grid reference will be left as that given by the HER.
Nearby sites: SX 5977 9382
Distance: 2.68km

Moorgate Farm Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 5984 9224
HER: MDV60255
ShortName: CT:Moorgate 1
Notes: Cairn and cist 830m s of moorgate farm
Nearby sites: SX 5984 9224
Distance: 2.68km

Homerton Hill Round House

OS Map: SX 5662 9032
HER: MDV52490
ShortName: HT:Homerton 1
Nearby sites: SX 5662 9032
Distance: 2.67km

Black Down W. Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 57398 91540
HER: MDV61332
Megalithic Portal: 45801
PMD: Black Down
ShortName: CT:BlackDown W
Butler map: 42.6
Butler Vol 5: p.58 & Fig.35
Notes: Not located at SX 57409153 on 28/08/16. Butler SX57389153. NMR SX57469153."The cairn is 6 metres in diameter and 0.7 metres in height. The cist is 0.9 metres long with 2 end stones in the original position. Remains of a kerb are visible around the north west edge of the mound". 1.6km east of Higher Bowden. nb. Not listed by Turner - assigned as "Platform Circle" type cairn due to description in NMR. "A flat-topped cairn". Butler Black Down W. Vol. 2. Map 42.6 (diagram Vol 5. p.58).
Nearby sites: SX 57398 91540
Distance: 1.38km

Homerton Hill N. Cist

OS Map: SX 56132 90651
HER: MDV12884
Megalithic Portal: 45808
PMD: Homerton Hill
ShortName: CT Homerton N
Butler map: 43.15
Butler Vol 5: p.177 & Fig.119
DPD page: 157
Notes: Butler Homerton Hill N. Vol. 2. Map 43.15 (diagram Vol. 5. p.177). "A small, disturbed cairn containing three edge set stones of a cist ... The turf covered cairn measures 3.5 x 3.1m and 0.3m max. height. The top and north side of the mound has been disturbed exposing the three in situ cist stones. The cist measures 0.8 x 0.6m and 0.3mdeep. It is now open to the north. A large stone lying flush with the ground lies immediately north east of the cairn and probably represents the missing endstone or the coverstone". Lethbridge diagram p.156 and photos p157.
Nearby sites: SX 56132 90651
Distance: 2.52km

Longstone Hill Standing Stone

OS Map: SX 56725 90890
HER: MDV5571
Megalithic Portal: 36422
PMD: Longstone Hill Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Longstone
Butler map: 42.
Butler Vol 5: p.220
DPD page: 156
Notes: Possible recumbent longstone on summit of Longstone Hill, east of Meldon Reservoir. Suggested as possible menhir by Butler and Newman.
Nearby sites: SX 56725 90890
Distance: 2.09km

Yes Tor E Cairn

OS Map: SX 58044 90185
HER: MDV4814
Megalithic Portal: 36416
Alternate name: Yes Tor 2 Cairn
ShortName: CN Yes Tor E
Butler map: 42.1.2
Grinsell: OKE 2
Notes: One of two cairns on Yes Tor. On the top of the flat outcrop of Yes Tor and piled against the west side is an amorphous mass of stones representing a ruined cairn. The patch of stones on the top is more or less 14.0m across and 0.3 m high and the piling against the outcrop is 2.3m high. It is possible that this has resulted from bulldozing the cairn over the side of the outcrop but the stones appear quite stable and compacted.

The central excavation is approximately 12.0m across and extends to 0.5m below the natural ground level. In the base of the hollow and on its south side are three partly buried slabs each about 1.7m long, 0.2m thick and more than 0.5m wide, which look like the displaced remains of a former cist.
Nearby sites: SX 58044 90185
Distance: 2.84km

Yes Tor W Cairn

OS Map: SX 57955 90210
HER: MDV4813
Megalithic Portal: 36416
Alternate name: Yes Tor 1 Cairn
ShortName: CN Yes Tor W
Butler map: 42.1.1
Grinsell: OKE 1
Notes: Western of two round barrows on the summit of yes tor. About 36.6m nw of flag staff on the top of yes tor is an incomplete ring of rough granite boulders varying in size but generally 0.3m - 0.9m. Long. The ring is about 6.1m long and is defective on the north east side where there is evidence of a slightly sunken trackway. In the interior of this ring the ground is slightly irregular and contains blocks of granite. At the south western part of the circle a smaller circle of stones abuts on the previous circle. Butler Volume 2 Map 42.1.
Nearby sites: SX 57955 90210
Distance: 2.79km