Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX63729164
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: The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. The database is in early stages of development but now has over 400 records. The data is structured to try to minimise duplication but there are separate entries for all stone rows - so row associated structures such as menhirs and cairn circles will have duplicate entries. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.
NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument will give the name of the monument. Where icons overlap they are replaced with an icon with a number - if they are sites that are very close together then zooming in may separate them.
Cosdon Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Cosdon Hill Triple Stone Row
OS Map: SX64329159
NMR record: SX 69 SW 17
PMD: Cosdon Stone Row
Notes: "A triple stone row lies near the summit of Cosdon Hill and is 447 feet in length measured from the centre of the circled cairn which stands at the west end. At 225 feet from the west end there is a slight change in direction and the rows turn somewhat northward. This change of direction may be said to divide the row into western and an eastern section. Overall width, western part is 8 feet 10 inches, eastern part 10 feet 8 inches. The cairn is 26 feet in diameter and contains the remains of two cists; the retaining circle is very irregular. There is no formal feature to mark the termination of the rows at their eastern end"
Nearby sites: SX64329159
Distance: 0.6km
Cosdon (stone row) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Cosdon Hill Triple Stone Row
OS Map: SX64329159
NMR record: SX 69 SW 17
PMD: Cosdon Stone Row
Notes: Dixon #95. Butler Cosdon Hill Stone Row - Vol. 2. Map 40.6 (diagram p.205). Turner Cheriton Combe, E15. Grinsell SOUTH TAWTON 5. "The cairn associated with the Cosdon Hill triple stone row is 26 feet in diameter and contains the remains of two cists; the retaining circle is very irregular. Of the two cists, one is intact, the other has been robbed of the cover-stone and two side-stones."
Nearby sites: SX64329159
Distance: 0.6km
Cosdon Beacon Embanked Cairn Circle and Cist
OS Map: SX63729164
NMR record: SX 69 SW 45
PMD: Cosdon Summit N
Notes: Butler Cosdon Beacon 4 Vol. 2. Map 40.7.4 (diagram of Cosdon Summit cairns on p.207). Turner B14. Grinsell SOUTH TAWTON 1b (Cawsand Hill).
Nearby sites: SX63729164
Distance: 0km
Cosdon Beacon Cist
OS Map: SX63719159
NMR record: SX 69 SW 15
PMD: Cosdon Summit S
Notes: Butler Cosdon Beacon 3 Vol. 2. Map 40.7.3 (diagram Vol. 5. p.164). Grinsell SOUTH TAWTON 2 (Cawsand Hill).
Nearby sites: SX63719159
Distance: 0.05km
Cosdon Hill Platform Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX63709171
NMR record: SX 69 SW 16
Notes: Turner E1.
Nearby sites: SX63709171
Distance: 0.07km