Dartmoor Resource: Search for Sites Nearby

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

Prehistoric sites within 3km of SX 63750 62000

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.

OS Map: SX 63864 60225
HER: MDV4336
ShortName: HT:Burford D11
Nearby sites: SX 63864 60225
Distance: 1.78km

Ranny Brook 22 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6193 6343
ShortName: CN-Ranny Bro2
Butler map: 52.9
Notes: A mound at SX 61940 63452 (Garmin GPS) is possibly the Ranny Brook 22 Cairn that Butler Map 52.9 refers to as a hut having been converted into a cairn. Butler gives SX 6193 6343 as the location - there are many huts in very close proximity in this area so certain identification is a bit tricky. The closest hut in the HER is 43759 which is thought to be located at SX 61956 63442 which is 19 metres from this mound. The site in the HER is supposedly 7.5 metres in diameter. So in terms of location this would almost be close enough to touch this mound - so maybe the grid references are slightly out and they are the same site. However, currently it would require a further visit to be certain. For now PDW sites 1590 and 7904 are being kept as separate unique records with their original OS grid references. If and when they are confirmed as the same site 1590 will be marked as a duplicate of 7904 and the details merged.
Nearby sites: SX 6193 6343
Distance: 2.31km

OS Map: SX 62836 61777
HER: MDV19980
ShortName: HT:Watercomb5
Nearby sites: SX 62836 61777
Distance: 0.94km

Watercombe Gate Round House

OS Map: SX 62598 61979
HER: MDV19979
ShortName: HT:Watercomb6
Nearby sites: SX 62598 61979
Distance: 1.15km

East Glaze Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 6658 6146
HER: MDV13267
ShortName: HT:East Glaz5
Nearby sites: SX 6658 6146
Distance: 2.88km

Glasscombe Corner stone row (S.W. end) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 66010 60646
HER: MDV49562
ShortName: CN Glasscomb9
Grinsell: UGB 5a
Notes: The supposed remains of cairn at the SW end of a stone row is now almost invisible.
Nearby sites: SX 66010 60646
Distance: 2.63km

East Glaze Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 66389 61594
ShortName: HT:East Glaz7
Nearby sites: SX 66389 61594
Distance: 2.67km

Glasscombe Ball (UGB 9) Cairn

OS Map: SX 65930 60452
HER: MDV28480
ShortName: CN:Glasscomb1
Grinsell: UGB 9
Notes: cairn sited on ridge
Nearby sites: SX 65930 60452
Distance: 2.67km

OS Map: SX 63522 63796
HER: MDV4247
ShortName: HT:Blatchfor14
Nearby sites: SX 63522 63796
Distance: 1.81km

Quickbeam Hill W Round House

OS Map: SX 63812 64138
HER: MDV19972
ShortName: HT:Quickbeam8
Nearby sites: SX 63812 64138
Distance: 2.14km

Stalldown SE Round House

OS Map: SX 64045 61634
HER: MDV19973
ShortName: HT:Stalldown20
Nearby sites: SX 64045 61634
Distance: 0.47km

Blatchford Bottom Foot Round House

OS Map: SX 63581 63838
HER: MDV4247
ShortName: HT:Blatchfor15
Nearby sites: SX 63581 63838
Distance: 1.85km

Stalldown SE Round House

OS Map: SX 63717 61218
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown21
Nearby sites: SX 63717 61218
Distance: 0.78km

OS Map: SX 63638 61259
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown36
Nearby sites: SX 63638 61259
Distance: 0.75km

Butter Brook 1 stone row Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 65157 59942
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN Butter Br1
Butler map: 53.11.1
Nearby sites: SX 65157 59942
Distance: 2.49km

Erme Plains S Round House

OS Map: SX 63579 64326
HER: MDV4243
ShortName: HT:Erme Plai15
Nearby sites: SX 63579 64326
Distance: 2.33km

Stalldown SE Round House

OS Map: SX 64018 61442
HER: MDV4351
ShortName: HT:Stalldown37
Nearby sites: SX 64018 61442
Distance: 0.62km

Piles Hill S.W.2 Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 64812 59675
HER: MDV13091
PMD: Butter Brook
ShortName: CN Piles Hil19
Butler map: 53.11.2
Grinsell: HAR 25
Notes: This cairn may also have headed a stone row but only one slab remains. At the centre of the cairn there is a flat slab which was probably the cover of a cist [Butler]. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. A mound could be identified on Lidar at SX 64810 59670 - this fits closely with both Butler's location and with the Garmin location of the object in the photo.
Nearby sites: SX 64812 59675
Distance: 2.56km

Erme Plains S Round House

OS Map: SX 63658 64356
HER: MDV28105
ShortName: HT:Erme Plai16
Nearby sites: SX 63658 64356
Distance: 2.36km

Stalldown SE Round House

OS Map: SX 63691 61134
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown38
Nearby sites: SX 63691 61134
Distance: 0.87km

Piles Hill S.W.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 648 595
HER: MDV13094
ShortName: CN:Piles Hil20
Butler map: 53.11.3
Notes: We have the following which might refer to the same cairn but it is hard to tell. 1)Butler 53.11.3 Piles Hill SW (SX64785963) size 10.0 x 0.4 2) HER MDV13094 (SX64805950) size 7 x 0.25. NOTE. Butler also listed this as being Grinsell Harford 25 (SX64885966) size 12 x 0.3 but that we have listed as another site. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and was unable to find it.
Nearby sites: SX 648 595
Distance: 2.71km

Erme Plains S Round House

OS Map: SX 63548 64270
HER: MDV4243
ShortName: HT:Erme Plai17
Nearby sites: SX 63548 64270
Distance: 2.28km

Stalldown SE Round House

OS Map: SX 64045 61663
HER: MDV19975
ShortName: HT:Stalldown39
Nearby sites: SX 64045 61663
Distance: 0.45km

Piles Hill S.W.4 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 64697 59781
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN-Piles Hil21
Butler map: 53.11.4
Notes: Butler describes as cairn. However, possibly a clearance cairn associated withthe `Bulllaven Reave'. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The Butler cairns 53.11.4 and 53.11.5 have NGRs given by Butler as SX 6468 5975 and SX 6465 5974 respectively. Possible matches to these sites on Lidar data are mounds a few metres away to the north-east at SX 64679 59766 and SX 64692 59773. These two mounds could be found and have the locations of SX 64684 59771 and SX 64697 59781 as taken on a Garnmin on 20/04/2019. The sites in the phots correspond to this.
Nearby sites: SX 64697 59781
Distance: 2.41km

Erme Plains S Round House

OS Map: SX 63556 64270
HER: MDV4243
ShortName: HT:Erme Plai18
Nearby sites: SX 63556 64270
Distance: 2.28km

Stalldown SE Round House

OS Map: SX 6397 6151
HER: MDV27888
ShortName: HT:Stalldown40
Nearby sites: SX 6397 6151
Distance: 0.54km

OS Map: SX 63606 64317
HER: MDV4243
ShortName: HT:Erme Plai21
Nearby sites: SX 63606 64317
Distance: 2.32km

Hangershell Rock W Round House

OS Map: SX 65097 59361
HER: MDV3127
ShortName: HT:Hangershe2
Nearby sites: SX 65097 59361
Distance: 2.96km

Stalldown SE Round House

OS Map: SX 63996 61477
HER: MDV4351
ShortName: HT:Stalldown43
Nearby sites: SX 63996 61477
Distance: 0.58km

OS Map: SX 64426 62591
HER: MDV19978
ShortName: HT:Harford M1
Nearby sites: SX 64426 62591
Distance: 0.90km

Stalldown SE Round House

OS Map: SX 63963 61441
HER: MDV4351
ShortName: HT:Stalldown47
Nearby sites: SX 63963 61441
Distance: 0.60km

Piles Hill S.W.12 Cairn

OS Map: SX 64914 60068
HER: MDV13483
ShortName: CN Piles Hil12
Butler map: 53.11.12
Grinsell: HAR 24
Notes: Sited on a hill slope at the juncion of two reaves. This area has very many patches of gorse that look like they could conceal a mound but could just be vegetation. This makes identifying claimed cairns very difficult. The author looked for this cairn on 20/04/2019 and found this. The mound is long and thin and consistent with a fragmentary section of a reave rather than a cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 64914 60068
Distance: 2.26km

Erme Plains S Round House

OS Map: SX 63614 64322
HER: MDV4243
ShortName: HT:Erme Plai26
Nearby sites: SX 63614 64322
Distance: 2.33km

Harford Moor Round House

OS Map: SX 64440 62758
HER: MDV4288
ShortName: HT:Harford M2
Nearby sites: SX 64440 62758
Distance: 1.03km

OS Map: SX 63737 61232
HER: MDV4259
ShortName: HT:Stalldown51
Nearby sites: SX 63737 61232
Distance: 0.77km

OS Map: SX 62274 62419
HER: MDV4345
ShortName: HT:Coombe Br7
Nearby sites: SX 62274 62419
Distance: 1.53km

Harford Moor Round House

OS Map: SX 64491 62843
HER: MDV13229
ShortName: HT:Harford M42
Nearby sites: SX 64491 62843
Distance: 1.12km

Middle Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 6642 6327
HER: MDV25723
ShortName: HT:Middle Br14
Nearby sites: SX 6642 6327
Distance: 2.96km

Stalldown S. Cairn

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63219 61864
HER: MDV4303
ShortName: CN Stalldown6
Butler map: 54.18.2
Grinsell: COR 23
Nearby sites: SX 63219 61864
Distance: 0.55km

Coombe Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62277 62529
HER: MDV4345
ShortName: HT:Coombe Br8
Nearby sites: SX 62277 62529
Distance: 1.57km

Harford Moor Round House

OS Map: SX 64450 62892
HER: MDV13229
ShortName: HT:Harford M43
Nearby sites: SX 64450 62892
Distance: 1.13km

Coombe Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62277 62517
HER: MDV4345
ShortName: HT:Coombe Br9
Nearby sites: SX 62277 62517
Distance: 1.56km

Harford Moor Round House

OS Map: SX 64313 62754
HER: MDV4288
ShortName: HT:Harford M44
Nearby sites: SX 64313 62754
Distance: 0.94km

OS Map: SX 64453 62756
HER: MDV4288
ShortName: HT:Harford M52
Nearby sites: SX 64453 62756
Distance: 1.03km

Piles Hill N.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 65360 61041
HER: MDV13485
ShortName: CN Piles Hil7
Butler map: 54.19.1
Grinsell: HAR 10
Notes: "Cairn found. Grass covered. Diameter 10m, height 0.3m."
Nearby sites: SX 65360 61041
Distance: 1.87km

Coombe Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62335 62516
HER: MDV4345
ShortName: HT:Coombe Br18
Nearby sites: SX 62335 62516
Distance: 1.51km

Harford Moor Round House

OS Map: SX 64474 62642
HER: MDV19978
ShortName: HT:Harford M53
Nearby sites: SX 64474 62642
Distance: 0.97km

Piles Hill N.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 65330 61002
HER: MDV5708
ShortName: CN Piles Hil8
Butler map: 54.19.2
Grinsell: HAR 11
Notes: "Resistance survey convincing detected a low-resistance ring around this cairn; likely encircling ditch. Magnetic survey detected a short arcing anomaly west of the cairn, which may or may not be related" (2022)
Nearby sites: SX 65330 61002
Distance: 1.87km

Coombe Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62359 62474
HER: MDV4345
ShortName: HT:Coombe Br19
Nearby sites: SX 62359 62474
Distance: 1.47km

Piles Hill N.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6532 6084
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN?Piles Hil9
Butler map: 54.19.3
Notes: Unable to find a match on HER
Nearby sites: SX 6532 6084
Distance: 1.95km

Coombe Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62360 62436
HER: MDV4345
ShortName: HT:Coombe Br20
Nearby sites: SX 62360 62436
Distance: 1.46km

Coombe Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62278 62407
HER: MDV4345
ShortName: HT:Coombe Br21
Nearby sites: SX 62278 62407
Distance: 1.53km

Three Barrows N.W. Cairn

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65220 62648
HER: MDV5746
ShortName: CN Three Bar2
Butler map: 54.20
Butler Vol 5: p.53
Grinsell: UGB 1
Barrow Report: 1
Nearby sites: SX 65220 62648
Distance: 1.61km

OS Map: SX 6405 6060
HER: MDV27889
ShortName: HT:Yadsworth3
Nearby sites: SX 6405 6060
Distance: 1.43km

Glasscombe Corner W.4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66193 60845
HER: MDV42780
ShortName: CN:Glasscomb12
Butler map: 56.12.4
Nearby sites: SX 66193 60845
Distance: 2.70km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 61956 63442
HER: MDV43759
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro25
Notes: A mound at SX 61940 63452 (Garmin GPS) is possibly the Ranny Brook 22 Cairn that Butler Map 52.9 refers to as a hut having been converted into a cairn. Butler gives SX 6193 6343 as the location - there are many huts in very close proximity in this area so certain identification is a bit tricky. The closest hut in the HER is 43759 which is thought to be located at SX 61956 63442 which is 19 metres from this mound. The site in the HER is supposedly 7.5 metres in diameter. So in terms of location this would almost be close enough to touch this mound - so maybe the grid references are slightly out and they are the same site. However, currently it would require a further visit to be certain. For now PDW sites 1590 and 7904 are being kept as separate unique records with their original OS grid references. If and when they are confirmed as the same site 1590 will be marked as a duplicate of 7904 and the details merged.
Nearby sites: SX 61956 63442
Distance: 2.30km

Glasscombe Ball N. stone row Cairn

OS Map: SX 65783 60473
HER: MDV5660
ShortName: CN Glasscomb4
Butler map: 56.13
Grinsell: UGB 8
Notes: ne cairn with row
Nearby sites: SX 65783 60473
Distance: 2.54km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 61947 63624
HER: MDV4273
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro26
Nearby sites: SX 61947 63624
Distance: 2.43km

Glasscombe Ball N.W. Cairn

OS Map: SX 65724 60426
HER: MDV5660
ShortName: CN Glasscomb5
Butler map: 56.13
Grinsell: UGB 8a
Notes: sw cairn with row
Nearby sites: SX 65724 60426
Distance: 2.52km

Piles Brook 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 649 611
HER: MDV16518
ShortName: CN:Piles Bro1
Nearby sites: SX 649 611
Distance: 1.46km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 61940 63445
HER: MDV43760
ShortName: HT Ranny Bro27
Nearby sites: SX 61940 63445
Distance: 2.32km

Glas Barrow Cairn

OS Map: SX 65981 60272
HER: MDV5665
ShortName: CN Glas Barr1
Butler map: 56.13
Grinsell: UGB 10
Nearby sites: SX 65981 60272
Distance: 2.82km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 61940 63624
HER: MDV4273
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro28
Nearby sites: SX 61940 63624
Distance: 2.43km

Glasscombe Ball S.2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 65837 60192
HER: MDV103623
ShortName: CN-Glasscomb6
Butler map: 56.13
Notes: Cairn west of the Butterdon Hill stone row; 5 metres in diameter. May be medieval or later feature, rather than prehistoric. See also site 1768 which has a very simimilar appearance and is 100 m due east of this cairn. The HER grid reference closely matches the location in this record. Butler lists one such cairn which he refers to as beign closr to the stone row - so probably the other one.
Nearby sites: SX 65837 60192
Distance: 2.76km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 61937 63628
HER: MDV4273
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro29
Nearby sites: SX 61937 63628
Distance: 2.44km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62012 63724
HER: MDV43753
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro30
Nearby sites: SX 62012 63724
Distance: 2.45km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62182 63457
HER: MDV50919
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro31
Nearby sites: SX 62182 63457
Distance: 2.14km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62088 63598
HER: MDV4273
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro32
Nearby sites: SX 62088 63598
Distance: 2.31km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62182 63443
HER: MDV4271
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro42
Nearby sites: SX 62182 63443
Distance: 2.13km

Piles Brook Head Reported Cairn

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Piles Hill Double Stone Row & Cairns
OS Map: SX 65048 61118
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CN-Piles Bro3
Notes: The NMR record states: "High on the valley side a little to the South of the hallow of Piles Brook Head are the unrecorded relics of a dalmen. Of the two remaining uprights, one leaning, the other fallen, the longer measures 7 feet 6 inches and the smaller 4 feet 4 inches in length. Traces of a barrow are slight. (The caption to plate 153 reads "traces of a long barrow are slight.")".

The stone that was still standing fell in recent years and both have now been restored - see photo. This is clearly not a dolmen or cairn but the spectacular start of what would probably once have been the most impressive double stone rows on the moor.
Nearby sites: SX 65048 61118
Distance: 1.57km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62187 63460
HER: MDV50918
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro43
Nearby sites: SX 62187 63460
Distance: 2.14km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62012 63492
HER: MDV43757
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro44
Nearby sites: SX 62012 63492
Distance: 2.29km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62193 63463
HER: MDV43609
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro45
Nearby sites: SX 62193 63463
Distance: 2.14km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62193 63447
HER: MDV50920
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro46
Nearby sites: SX 62193 63447
Distance: 2.13km

Ranny Brook Round House

OS Map: SX 62064 63653
HER: MDV4273
ShortName: HT:Ranny Bro51
Nearby sites: SX 62064 63653
Distance: 2.36km

Blatchford Brook Foot Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 63551 63821
HER: MDV27894
Megalithic Portal: 14935
ShortName: ES:Blatchford
Nearby sites: SX 63551 63821
Distance: 1.83km

Burford Down Standing Stone

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 63703 60687
HER: MDV4333
Megalithic Portal: 1463
PMD: Burford Down Stone Row
ShortName: SS BurfordDown
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Notes: "The alleged blocking stone noted by Parsons measures 2.7m by 1.0m and has been split by drilling." TDA Vol. 85 (1953) pp. 145-147 (Hamlyn Parsons).
Nearby sites: SX 63703 60687
Distance: 1.31km

Burford Down Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 63695 60165
HER: MDV4333
Megalithic Portal: 1463
The Stone Rows of GB: Burford Down
PMD: Burford Down Stone Row
ShortName: SR Burford Dn
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Barrow Report: 14 40
Notes: "This single stone row on a slight north slope extends from a crest at 260m OD to a col at 255m OD. It can be traced from its south terminal, marked by a cairn, at SX 63706017 for 336m, bearing 1o, to a possible blocking stone at SX 63706051 and of different character for a further 120m to SX63706062. The recumbent stone, considered ... to be the north terminal lies yet a further 47m distant at SX 63706067." See also: Sea Views at Burford Down
Nearby sites: SX 63695 60165
Distance: 1.84km

Burford Down Encircled Cairn

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 63704 60178
HER: MDV4257
Megalithic Portal: 719
PMD: Burford Down Stone Row
Alternate name: Burford Down stone row Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC BurfordDown
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Grinsell: HAR 5
Turner: F10
Barrow Report: 14 40
Notes: "The south terminal cairn, 9.0m diameter and 0.6m high, has a central depression, about 2.5m diameter and 0.4m deep, and is edged by 3 upright and 2 fallen orthostats, average 0.7m by 0.2m and up to 0.9m high, the remains of a retaining circle or peristalith."
Nearby sites: SX 63704 60178
Distance: 1.82km

Burford Down (Tristis Rock) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Burford Down stone row and cairns
OS Map: SX 6378 6016
HER: MDV4258
Megalithic Portal: 45689
PMD: Tristis Rock
Alternate name: Tristis Rock Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT TristisRock
Butler map: 54.17
DPD page: 70
Grinsell: HAR 6
Turner: E22
Barrow Report: 14 40
Notes: "Retaining circle of a barrow, internal diameter between 16 and 17 feet and consisting of twelve stones which enclose the remaining south side stone of a cist. The overall length of the side stone is 4 feet 6 inches, the internal length of the cist would not have been more than 3 feet". Butler Tristis Rock - Vol. 4. Map 54.17 (p.60 diagram of Tristis Rock cairn p.59).
Nearby sites: SX 6378 6016
Distance: 1.84km

Butter Brook Standing Stone

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 64747 59301
HER: MDV13095
Megalithic Portal: 45565
PMD: Butterbrook Standing Stone
Alternate name: Butterbrook Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Butter Br
Notes: The stone is easy to approach from the dry ground to the south but just beyond the stone to the north is marshland. A standing-stone, possibly prehistoric, near Butter Brook (near Harford) is 2.03m long and has a standing height of 1.77m. The stone is located towards the north of the eastern side of the plantation around Butterbrook reservoir. [Entry no. 70 in An archaeological check-list for Harford, Devon Archaeological Society/DCRA publications no. 11 (1982)]
Nearby sites: SX 64747 59301
Distance: 2.88km

Butter Brook N Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 652 599
HER: MDV13166
Megalithic Portal: 1970
The Stone Rows of GB: Butterbrook 2
PMD: Butter Brook 2 Stone Row
Alternate name: Butterbrook 1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Butter Br N
Butler map: 53.11
DPD page: 78
Notes: Continued notes from Butter Brook S. "At 73 metres from the terminal there is a single orthostat 0.5 metre high, standing 3.25 metres off centre south from the projection of the rows, at the edge of a small clitter of broken stones. A third row, irregularly spaced and not showing much above ground, meets the double section of the rows at an angle of about 10o on the north-west side, extending westward to about level with the terminal. Visual projection east-ward along the third row appears to be in line with the orthostat". Lethbridge 78 Rows 4/5 diagram p.77. Formerly listed as Butter Brook 2.
Nearby sites: SX 652 599
Distance: 2.55km

Butter Brook S Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 651 599
HER: MDV13166
Megalithic Portal: 1971
The Stone Rows of GB: Butterbrook 1
PMD: Butter Brook 1 Stone Row
Alternate name: Butterbrook 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Butter Br S
Butler map: 53.11
DPD page: 78
Notes: "A stone row about 42 metres long is situated on south sloping ground at SX 65145995, just north of the marshy Butterbrook valley. It is aligned south south west/north north east, and terminates at the south end in a hollow-centred ring of turf and stones of 2.5 metres diameter east/west, 3.2 metres north/south. The first stone in the row is 10.35 metres from the centre of the terminal, thereafter the spacing becomes about 3 metres. The maximum height of the stones is 0.67 metre. The row becomes double for about 12.5 metres (four to five pairs of stones), with a distance of 0.4 to 0.5 metre between rows, after which only the second row appears to continue." Lethbridge p.78 Rows 4/5 diagram p.77. Formerly listed as Butter Brook 1
Nearby sites: SX 651 599
Distance: 2.50km

Dendles Waste Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

OS Map: SX 61535 62804
HER: MDV4276
Megalithic Portal: 45691
PMD: Dendles Waste
Alternate name: Dendles Waste S. Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Dendles 1
Butler map: 52.15
DPD page: 64
Grinsell: COR 14
Turner: D19
Barrow Report: 43
Notes: "The circle, consists of eight flat slabs, set on edge and has an internal diameter of approximately 3.4m. Some of the stones from the western quadrant of the circle are missing; a single earthfast stone is all that survives. The rectangular cist lies roughly centrally within the circle and is oriented E to W. It measures 1.2m long by 0.6m and 0.5m deep with slabs still in place both sides". Lethbridge diagram p.63, photo p.64. Butler Dendles Waste S. - Vol. 3. Map 52.15 (diagram p.194).
Nearby sites: SX 61535 62804
Distance: 2.36km

Dry Lake North Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 63922 63602
HER: MDV4294
Megalithic Portal: 14934
ShortName: ES:DryLakeN
Nearby sites: SX 63922 63602
Distance: 1.61km

East Glazebrook Platform Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 66623 61237
HER: MDV15960
Megalithic Portal: 808
Alternate name: Corringdon Ball 6 Platform Cairn Circle
ShortName: PC E Glaze Row
Butler map: 56.8.6
Grinsell: UGB 3a
Turner: E50
Barrow Report: 68
Notes: Platform Cairn with Outer Stone Circles. "A ruined cairn with a very stony centre and the remains of multiple concentric rings of small stones visible on the south side. A substantial bank survives on the north side." Lethbridge p.82
Nearby sites: SX 66623 61237
Distance: 2.97km

Erme Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Upper Erme Stone Row & Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 63517 64442
HER: MDV4310
Megalithic Portal: 533
Alternate name: Upper Erme stone row Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC The Dancers
Butler map: 55.7.1
DPD page: 71
Grinsell: COR 10
Turner: G16
Notes: An impressive cairn circle (often referred to as a stone circle) on Stall Moor which is also known as The Dancers, Kiss in the Ring or Stall Moor Circle. "Round barrow with retaining circle at south end of longest Dartmoor stone row. Diameter 16m, height of mound 0.3m." Lethbridge pp.70-71, diagram p.71
Nearby sites: SX 63517 64442
Distance: 2.45km

Glasscombe Ball N. Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65733 60429
HER: MDV5659
Megalithic Portal: 1952
The Stone Rows of GB: Glasscombe Ball North
PMD: Glasscombe Ball Stone Row
Alternate name: Glasscombe Ball N Stone Row
ShortName: SR GlassBall N
Butler map: 56.13
DPD page: 78
Notes: "A single stone row on the northern verge of Glasscombe Ball lies a little west of north from the row near Spurrell's Cross (SX 65 NE 16) and about a third of a mile from it" ... "A stone row extending between two cairns. The north-east cairn is 0.6m high and is now elongated north-west to south-east to 6.0m. by 4.0m, and is turf-covered. The south-west cairn, 4.0m. in diameter and 0.8m. high is of close-packed stones and turf-covered." Lethbridge p.78, diagram p.77 Row 2
Nearby sites: SX 65733 60429
Distance: 2.53km

Glasscombe Corner Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 66100 60802
HER: MDV49561
Megalithic Portal: 1951
PMD: Glasscombe Corner Stone Row
Alternate name: Glasscombe Corner stone row Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Glasscombe
Butler map: 56.12
Grinsell: UGB 5
Turner: G28
Notes: Lower end of stone row. "A stone row, 300 yds S 41o W from Glasscombe Corner. The southern 368 feet are a double row and the northern 212 feet 6 inches a single row. The northern part has lost no stones and the change from double to single is abrupt and complete. At the S.W. end are the remains of a cairn and at the NE. end is a retaining circle with many of the stones fallen. It would appear thus that there was a grave at either end of the row. "
Nearby sites: SX 66100 60802
Distance: 2.64km

Glasscombe Corner Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65997 60748
HER: MDV5661
Megalithic Portal: 3254
The Stone Rows of GB: Glasscombe Corner
PMD: Glasscombe Corner Stone Row
ShortName: SR Glasscombe
Butler map: 56.12
Butler Vol 5: p.229 & Fig.162
DPD page: 81
Notes: "A stone row partly double and partly single ending on the remains of a cairn circle. The length of the double row is 111.0m. and of the single row 61.0m, the total length to the centre of the cairn circle being 177.0m". Lethbridge Avon Valley stone row pp.81-82, diagram p.81.
Nearby sites: SX 65997 60748
Distance: 2.57km

Harford Gate Encircled Cairn

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 64494 59677
HER: MDV13092
Megalithic Portal: 3281
Alternate name: Piles Hill S.W.9 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC HarfordGate
Butler map: 53.11.9
Grinsell: HAR 26
Turner: F3
Notes: "This cairn occupies a prominent position on the brow of a hill and is one of two north-west of Harford Moor Gate. Measures 13 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres in height, it is turf-covered and has a retaining kerb." Visited by the author 20/04/19. Garmin gives location as SX 64495 59682 but a Lidar source gives location as SX 64494 59677 - which matches closely the HER NGR.
Nearby sites: SX 64494 59677
Distance: 2.44km

Harford Moor Settlement

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 6445 5931
HER: MDV2849
Megalithic Portal: 23440
ShortName: ST HarfordMoor
Notes: On the western side of Harford Moor reservoir.
Nearby sites: SX 6445 5931
Distance: 2.78km

Harrowthorn (North of) Cist

OS Map: SX 62446 62645
HER: MDV4269
Megalithic Portal: 45746
PMD: Harrowthorn Plantation
Alternate name: Coombe Brook N.E. Cist
ShortName: CT Harrowthorn
Butler map: 52.11
DPD page: 66
Grinsell: COR 15
Barrow Report: 58
Notes: "A cist lies 700 yards north of Harrowthorn Plantation and a few feet west of the track from Watercombe Moorgate to Ranny Brook. Only the two side stones and the eastern end stone remain. The structure is unusual in that the southern side stone is an earth fast boulder, an approximately vertical face of which forms a side of the cist." Lethbridge p.66. diagram p.65 Ranny Brook Cist 3. Butler Coombe Brook N.E. - Vol. 3. Map 52.11. Located 200m due east up hill of the Coome Brook enclosure.
Nearby sites: SX 62446 62645
Distance: 1.45km

Hickley Ridge W Cist

OS Map: SX 6659 6203
HER: MDV13283
Megalithic Portal: 45809
PMD: Hickley Ridge W.
Alternate name: Hickley Ridge 3 Cist
ShortName: CT:HickleyW
Butler map: 56.14.4
Butler Vol 5: p.176 & Fig.118
DPD page: 84
Notes: "Cairn and cist on the East side of Brent Fore Hill. The cairn is 6.0m in diameter, merging into the slope of the hill and being about 0.5m high on the downslope side, which has a retaining kerb. There is a central cist of which two parallel slabs remain set on edge at the NW and SE sides. An upright stone 0.9m high is offset from the cist on the NW side." Lethbridge p.84 diagram and photo top left. Butler Hickley Ridge 3 56.14.4 diagram Vol 5 p.176.
Nearby sites: SX 6659 6203
Distance: 2.84km

Hillson's House Cairn

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 63668 62292
HER: MDV4302
Megalithic Portal: 45592
ShortName: CN Hillson Hse
Butler map: 54.18.7
DPD page: 69
Grinsell: COR 22
Notes: Butler Cairn 7 (Vol 3 54.18). On the summit of Stalldown barrow is a large flat-toped cairn around 17.5m across. The cairn has been damaged by the construction of shelters within it - hence it is known as Hillson's House.
Nearby sites: SX 63668 62292
Distance: 0.30km

Lower Piles Enclosed Settlement

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 64396 60528
HER: MDV4354
Megalithic Portal: 45580
ShortName: ES:Lower Piles
Notes: "Within the newtake known as lower piles. A group of seven huts near the south east corner of the enclosed land. All now composed of fairly small stones the walls appearing as thick banks of stone and turf, not high, but spreading to a width of 1.8m or more. The diameters vary from c 9.20 to c 12.20m outside measurements. Only one hut has a well defined entrance, this is on the south east side of the circle."
Nearby sites: SX 64396 60528
Distance: 1.61km

Lower Piles Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Neolithic tombs of Cuckoo Ball & Corringdon Ball
OS Map: SX 64540 60262
HER: MDV4256
Megalithic Portal: 1108
PMD: Lower Piles
Alternate name: Piles Hill S.W.15 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Lower Piles
Butler map: 53.11.15
DPD page: 76
Grinsell: HAR 8
Turner: D13
Barrow Report: 36 62
Notes: "A cist with a retaining circle, diameter 14 to 15 feet, of which seven stones still remain, lies about 150 yds south of the south east angle of Lower Piles enclosure. The cist measures 3 feet 7 inches in length by 1 foot 4 inches wide at the south-eastern end and 2 feet wide at the north western. The present depth is from 2 feet 9 inches to 3 feet. The cover-stone and the north-western end-stone are missing." Letchfield diagram p.76. Barrow Report 36 says "To the south-east, in the direction of the length of the kistvaen, stands a single large stone, about 100 feet distant; to the north-west, with its centre 110 feet away from the centre of the kistvaen, there is a small cairn of 20 feet diameter; this also is in the line of the length of the kistvaen." The stone is at SX 64518 60236 Butler Piles Hill S.W. - Vol. 4. Map 53.11.15 (p.33 diagram of cist & plan of cairns on Piles Hill p.30).
Nearby sites: SX 64540 60262
Distance: 1.91km

Piles Hill Standing Stone

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Piles Hill Double Stone Row & Cairns
OS Map: SX 65433 60746
HER: MDV5653
Megalithic Portal: 10003
PMD: Piles Hill Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Piles Hill
Butler map: 53.8
DPD page: 77
Notes: The fallen menhir on Piles Hill: "The 'Longstone' is a block of very coarse-grained pinkish granite. It is now 2.5m long and of rough rectangular section tapering from a base formerly about 0.4m. by 0.7m. which has been squared and snapped by drilling. The stone lies in a northwest to southeast direction. To its northeast side there is a boundary stone erected in 1803 and shaped by drilling. It is of identical stone and appears to have been fashioned from the 'Longstone' which would therefore have originally been some 4.5m long." Lethbridge p.77
Nearby sites: SX 65433 60746
Distance: 2.10km

Piles Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 65334 60849
HER: MDV5763
Megalithic Portal: 10030
Alternate name: Piles Hill Summit Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:Piles Hill
Butler map: 54.19
Butler Vol 5: p.162 & Fig.103
Grinsell: HAR 12
Turner: A53
Notes: Bell cairn of Wessex type. "Cairn on piles hill. An unusual monument, the equivalent of a bell barrow in stone. Cairn (diam 17.8m, heig 1.37m), berm(widt 3.05m), stone circle (diam 2.1m, heig 457mm)vis=12/4/1950 (os). Cairn with bell disc features. Slight hollow in the centre of the tump (mound), otherwise in good condition. No distinct outer bank could be found, but the berm and central tump were quite evident."
Nearby sites: SX 65334 60849
Distance: 1.96km

Piles Hill Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Piles Hill Double Stone Row & Cairns
OS Map: SX 65016 61113
HER: MDV5662
Megalithic Portal: 2080
The Stone Rows of GB: Piles Hill
PMD: Piles Hill Stone Row
ShortName: SR Piles Hill
Butler map: 54.19
DPD page: 74
Notes: "The double stone row formed by 139 stones, 7 of which lean; the others are either stumps with drill marks, cleanly snapped off stones, or recumbent posts, whole or split by drilling. Some 30 stones exceed 2.0m. in length with a maximum of 3.0m. A few take the form of slabs or boulders but the majority are of post-type up to 0.6m. square in section, with an angled top created by a single 'chamfer'. The rows in the main alignment are from 21.0m. to 30.0m. apart and within them the gaps between stones vary from 3.0m. to 30.0m. At each end the rows are close, 12.0m. to 17.0m. apart with fewer large gaps between stones". Lethbridge pp.74-6, diagram p.74.
Nearby sites: SX 65016 61113
Distance: 1.55km

Ranny Brook Cist

OS Map: SX 62616 63543
HER: MDV4270
Megalithic Portal: 14987
PMD: Ranny Brook Head
Alternate name: Ranny Brookhead Cist
ShortName: CT Ranny Brook
Butler map: 52.10
DPD page: 66
Grinsell: COR 12
Barrow Report: 64 68 69 71
Notes: "Three sides of the grave are still in place; the third has been turned back and lies parallel to its original position. To the south of the cist, and about a foot away from the nearest point of the buried side-stone, lies the displaced coverstone. This stone has a greatest length of four feet and a greatest width of two feet six inches". Sides of cist sunken below surface. Lethbridge p.66. diagram p.65 Cist 2.Butler Ranny Brook Head - Vol. 3. Map 52.10 (diagram p.186).
Nearby sites: SX 62616 63543
Distance: 1.91km

Ranny Brook (North of) Cist

OS Map: SX 62154 63547
HER: MDV4272
Megalithic Portal: 45747
PMD: Ranny Brook settlement
Alternate name: Ranny Brook N.3 Cist
ShortName: CT Ranny Brk N
Butler map: 52.9.3
DPD page: 65
Grinsell: COR 11
Barrow Report: 58
Notes: "The northern end-stone and the western side-stone survive, whilst smaller stones may represent the other sides. This agrees with Worth's survey, but in his report he has transposed north and south." Lethbridge diagram p.65 Cist 1. Butler Ranny Brook N. 3 (Cist 3) - Vol. 3. Map 52.9. (pp.184-7 general plan of Ranny Brook settlements and cairns p.184, diagram of cists p.186).
Nearby sites: SX 62154 63547
Distance: 2.22km

Ranny Brook (Yealm) Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 62352 63670
HER: MDV43608
Megalithic Portal: 45574
ShortName: ES:Ranny Brook
Notes: An enclosure of earth and stone walling 0.5m wide by 0.4m high encompasses an oval area 18.0m by 16.0m. It lies on the South facing slope to the North of Ranny Brook. Scheduled: Devon 10853.
Nearby sites: SX 62352 63670
Distance: 2.18km

Sharp Tor North East Stone Row

OS Map: SX 6500 6188
HER: MDV5764
The Stone Rows of GB: Sharp Tor North East
PMD: Sharp Tor NE. Stone Row
Alternate name: Sharp Tor NE Stone Row
ShortName: SR:SharpTor NE
Nearby sites: SX 6500 6188
Distance: 1.26km

Spurrell's Cross Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65846 59856
HER: MDV2890
Megalithic Portal: 2137
The Stone Rows of GB: Spurrells Cross
PMD: Spurrells Cross Stone Row
ShortName: SR Spurrells X
Butler map: 53.10
DPD page: 78
Notes: "The row has apparently been double, but since only seven stones still stand, which together with six sunken stones form the fixed points now determinable, it is difficult to ascertain the original spacing. The lines were probably about 3 feet 6 inches apart and the spacing between the stones about 3 feet. The length of the row is 370 feet as measured from the centre of the cairn and the direction of length is N 20o W. The largest standing stone is 2 feet in height. The cairn, at the south end of the row is 50 feet in diameter with only two stones remaining of the retaining circle". Lethbridge p.78, diagram p.77 Row 3. The photo here is most probably not of the row. The row runs parallel to Butterdon row and does not orientate on Spurrel's Cross.
Nearby sites: SX 65846 59856
Distance: 3.00km

Spurrells Ancient Pool

OS Map: SX 65810 60059
HER: MDV127224
ShortName: PO:Spurrells
Notes: "A pool measuring around 18m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies to the north of a stone row. Livestock watering pond modified by peat cutting of 25 metres by 16 metres and 0.4 metres deep. The edges show the remains of peat cutting"
Nearby sites: SX 65810 60059
Distance: 2.83km

Staldon Row Ancient Pool

OS Map: SX 63293 62442
HER: MDV127226
ShortName: PO:Staldon Row
Notes: "A pool measuring around 6.5 metres. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies to the north of a stone row."
Nearby sites: SX 63293 62442
Distance: 0.64km

Stall Moor Reported Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 63231 62759
HER: MDV12421
ShortName: SC:Stall Moor
Notes: "An irregular circuit of small, earthfast stones 200 metres to the north of the Stall Down stone row, may represent the remains of an alleged stone circle, which was recorded 64 metres to the northwest of this location, though it is not circular. The internal distance across the stones is 11.5 metres maximum with a minimum of 9 metres. None of the stones exceed 0.4 metres in heightThis site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites."
Nearby sites: SX 63231 62759
Distance: 0.92km

Stalldown Enclosed Settlement

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63665 61217
HER: MDV4351
Megalithic Portal: 45322
ShortName: ES Stalldown
Notes: "This settlement consists of 6 enclosures, mostly in poor condition, with 13 associated hut circles and 17 detached ones and extends over 5ha of a gentle to moderate, well drained, southeast facing slope at 270m above OD."
Nearby sites: SX 63665 61217
Distance: 0.79km

Stalldown Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63244 62423
HER: MDV4300
Megalithic Portal: 3474
PMD: Staldon Stone Row
Alternate name: Stalldown stone row Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Stalldown
Butler map: 54.18.1
DPD page: 68
Grinsell: COR 21
Turner: D26
Notes: Cairn in middle of length of stone row. "The northern part of the row is aligned precisely in the centre of the cairn circle, both of which would therefore seem part of the original design. The cairn is not visible from the south end of the southern extension of the row. This extension consists of four general alignments more of which focus on the cairn circle, and the northern end of the extension is tangential to the west side of the circle. These factors, and the larger size of the stones in the northern extension of the row, suggest two phases of construction." Butler Cairn 1 (Vol 3 54.18). Turner Type Diii 'Ring Setting with Central reduced to subsoil level or paved'.
Nearby sites: SX 63244 62423
Distance: 0.66km

Stalldown Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63223 62558
HER: MDV4277
Megalithic Portal: 531
The Stone Rows of GB: Stalldown
PMD: Staldon Stone Row
Alternate name: Stalldon Row Stone Row
ShortName: SR Stalldown
Butler map: 54.18
Butler Vol 5: p.20 & Fig.2
DPD page: 67
Notes: "Bronze Age stone row and cairn circle on stall down. The stone row runs north -south for about 850m ow which 500m has been restored. It is associated with three cairns (one either side) and a cairn circle. The stones are mostly 1m to 1.5m high with four over 2m". Lethbridge pp.67-68
Nearby sites: SX 63223 62558
Distance: 0.77km

Stalldown Encircled Cairn

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 63208 62489
HER: MDV4298
Megalithic Portal: 531
Alternate name: Stalldown Summit 3 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC Stalldown
Butler map: 54.18.3
Grinsell: COR 19
Turner: F22
Notes: Cairn with double or multiple ring. Butler Cairn 3 just to the west of the stone row, Butler Cairn 4 is just to the east. A flat topped turf-covered cairn 9.0m in diameter and 0.7m high, in good condition. Settings of Stones in and around the structure suggests a complex cairn circle. The author counted 17 stones in the circle around this cairn. This is difficult to see in the photo as most are concealed under vegetatio, the stone row can be seen in the background. Also visible towards the centre of the circle is a rectangular pit which is probably evidence of excavation. Turner F22, Type Fii
Nearby sites: SX 63208 62489
Distance: 0.73km

Stalldown Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 63529 62310
HER: MDV4301
Megalithic Portal: 45819
Alternate name: Stalldown Summit 6 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC Stalldown
Butler map: 54.18.6
Turner: A4
Notes: A circular turf-covered stone ring on the summit of Stalldown Barrow hill. It is 25.5m in diameter, comprising a bank of small stones, 2.0m to 3.0m wide and 0.2m to 0.7m high. There is a 5.0m gap in the south-west but no evidence of disturbance to the interior or of a surrounding ditch. Not far to the east is Hillson's House. Butler Cairn 6 (Vol 3 54.18).
Nearby sites: SX 63529 62310
Distance: 0.38km

Stalldown (N) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63274 63239
HER: MDV4296
Megalithic Portal: 45688
PMD: Stall Moor N.
Alternate name: Stalldown N.9 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Stalldown N
Butler map: 54.18.9
DPD page: 69
Grinsell: COR 13
Turner: E17
Barrow Report: 14 37 62
Notes: "A cist measuring 2 feet 3 inches wide at the south end, 1 foot 7 1/2 inches wide at the north and probably originally 3 feet 6 inches long. Both the coverstone and the north end stone are missing. The cist stands in a barrow which has a retaining circle, five stones of which are still erect, and one fallen. The largest stone is 3 feet 4 inches wide by 2 feet 7 inches high. The diameter of the retaining circle varies from 20 to 22 feet". Lethbridge p.69. diagram p.65 Cist 5. Butler Stalldown N. (Cairn 9) - Vol. 4. Map 54.18.9 (diagram p.62).
Nearby sites: SX 63274 63239
Distance: 1.33km

Stalldown (W) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row
OS Map: SX 62833 62327
HER: MDV13234
Megalithic Portal: 45791
PMD: Stall Moor W.
Alternate name: Stalldown W.11 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Stalldown W
Butler map: 54.18.11
DPD page: 67
Grinsell: COR 11c
Turner: E30
Notes: "This small round cairn, diameter 5.7 to 6.4m, height 0.5m, is built of small boulders ... It contains a cist, the south side stone, 1.2m long, both end stones, 0.4m long ...On the south side of the cairn 3 large stones, 0.8m to 1.0m long and set on edge are the probable remains of a kerb". Lethbridge pp.65-67. diagram p.65 Cist 4, photo p.67. Butler Stalldown W. (Cairn 11) - Vol. 4. Map 54.18.11 (p.61-2 diagram p.62).
Nearby sites: SX 62833 62327
Distance: 0.97km

Stalldown Row Terminal Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Stalldown Stone Row
OS Map: SX 63176 61737
Megalithic Portal: 531
PMD: Staldon Stone Row
ShortName: CC StallTermin
Butler Vol 5: p.20 & Fig.2
Notes: Unconfirmed terminal cairn. Not listed on HER or NMR
Nearby sites: SX 63176 61737
Distance: 0.63km

Stalldown South East Stone Row

OS Map: SX 63746 61059
The Stone Rows of GB: Stalldown South East
PMD: Stalldown SE1
Alternate name: Stalldown SE1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR StalldownSE
Butler map: 54.4
Notes: The Stone Rows of Great Britain states: "This line of seven stones seems to be artificial and certainly looks like a stone row. The proximity of a number of small cairns further enhances this interpretation as does the visual relationship with Plymouth Sound. The stones however lies between two reaves (prehistoric boundary banks) and close to other boundaries. The possibility of this feature being an unfinished or partly robbed field boundary cannot therefore be wholly discounted." The author visited this site on 16/07/2021 and logged the lcoation of 6 of the 7 stones of this row (must have missed one): SX 63748 61049, SX 63750 61056, SX 63751 61058, SX 63750 61060, SX 63751 61063, SX 63751 61065.
Nearby sites: SX 63746 61059
Distance: 0.94km

Three Barrows Cairn

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: The Erme East stone rows
OS Map: SX 65315 62601
HER: MDV5666
Megalithic Portal: 45593
PMD: Three Barrows NW
Alternate name: Three Barrows Central Cairn
ShortName: CN 3 Barrows
Butler map: 54.20
Butler Vol 5: p.53
Grinsell: BRE 6
Barrow Report: 1 56 63
Notes: "Three very large cairns known as the Three Barrows (see SX 66 SE 54, 56), one of which, being about 50 yards in diameter, and 8 feet high, is reputed to be perhaps the largest on Dartmoor". See also HER Southern cairn 5830 and HER Northern cairn 5746
Nearby sites: SX 65315 62601
Distance: 1.68km

Three Barrows W. Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 64414 62651
HER: MDV4252
Megalithic Portal: 36352
ShortName: ES:3BarrowsW
Butler map: 54.20
Nearby sites: SX 64414 62651
Distance: 0.93km

Upper Erme Cairn

OS Map: SX 63522 64958
HER: MDV4366
Megalithic Portal: 15210
Alternate name: Erme Plains Cairn
ShortName: CN Upper Erme
Butler map: 55.7.2
Grinsell: COR 9
Notes: "A round cairn, measuring 13.8 to 14.6m diameter and 1.0m high. It lies on a false crest, adjacent to a stone row, SX 66 NW 20, and just above the River Erme, at 380m above OD, is constructed of small boulders, and has a central hollow, 0.7m deep. In fair condition, though a small shelter has been built on its north side." The photo used here was taken in 2011 and attached to this record retrospectively in 2020 - identification is most probable but not 100% certain.
Nearby sites: SX 63522 64958
Distance: 2.97km

Upper Glazebrook Neolithic Enclosure

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Corringdon Ball Chambered Tomb & Stone Rows
OS Map: SX 6636 6126
HER: MDV5692
Megalithic Portal: 45594
ShortName: NE Upper Glaze
Butler Vol 5: p.155
Notes: A rectangular enclosure not far from Corringdon Ball chambered tomb measuring 112m by 34m that can be seen clearly on aerial and satellite photos of the area. The walls are up to 1.5m thick and 0.3m high, and have been entirely destroyed on the east and north-west sides. There is no obvious entrance and the interior is empty of any structure. According to Butler the east to west orientation of the long axis could suggest a mortuary enclosure of mid-neolithic date (Vol 5 pp.155-6).
Nearby sites: SX 6636 6126
Distance: 2.71km

Yealm Steps Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 62065 63607
HER: MDV4273
Megalithic Portal: 45575
ShortName: ES Yealm Steps
Notes: "A fine example of enclosure and hut circles. Extensive prehistoric settlement area. Two villages contiguous, the larger pound a development of the smaller. Pound walls and those of huts consist of stone and turf. At least 22 huts within the enclosure. To the north and south of the pounds are scatters of isolated huts generally much larger than the enclosed huts. On the south there are remains of fields or paddocks. Rough moorland."
Nearby sites: SX 62065 63607
Distance: 2.33km