Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX640781
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About the database: In all listings clicking on the photo will open a page for the site with a larger photo. 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. 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.
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Arch Tor Platform Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 63168 77843
NMR record: SX 67 NW 85
HER record: 21510
Megalithic Portal: 45618
ShortName: PC:Arch Tor
Butler map: 27.6
Turner: E11
Notes: "A round cairn which survives as an 8.7 metre diameter mound standing up to 0.9 metres high. Large edge set stones on the north western edge of the mound may suggest the presence of a kerb which survives elsewhere as a buried feature."
Nearby sites: SX63177784
Distance: 0.87km
Archerton Settlement
OS Map: SX 64100 78800
NMR record: SX 67 NW 10
HER record: 5931
Megalithic Portal: 42727
ShortName: ST:Archerton
Notes: An oval pound now planted with trees. Rowe noted remains of banks and a hut within the enclosure. Prowse mentions traceable sub-division banks with distinct evidence of nine hut circles and a further one, ten yards diameter, "close outside on the east". See: T.D.A. Vol. 23 pp.311-12
Nearby sites: SX64107880
Distance: 0.71km
Archerton S.W. (Rowtor Brook) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
OS Map: SX 62752 78808
NMR record: SX 67 NW 8
HER record: 5838
Megalithic Portal: 37604
PMD: Hollowcombe Bottom
Alternate name: Rowtor Brook 3 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT:ArchertonSW
Butler map: 27.17.3
Butler Vol 5: p.55 & Fig.33
DPD page: 112
Grinsell: LYD 42
Turner: D24
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: "The cist lies within three concentric circles of stones at 10, 15 and 24 feet diameters, the inner ring being of large stones, the middle ring of smaller stones and the outer ring of even smaller stones. The cist measures internally 0.8m by 0.6m and 0.9m deep. Half of its capstone lies across its north end." For more information see: Prowse TDA 1891 and HER record. Lethbridge Hollowcombe Bottom, diagram and photo p.112. Butler Rowtor Brook 3 - Vol. 2. Map 27.17 (diagram Vol. 5. p.55).
Nearby sites: SX62757881
Distance: 1.44km
Archerton Tennis Ground Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
OS Map: SX 63852 78872
NMR record: SX 67 NW 9
HER record: 5839
Megalithic Portal: 37599
PMD: Archerton Tennis Court
Alternate name: Archerton Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT:Arch Tennis
Butler map: 27.18
DPD page: 114
Grinsell: LYD 45
Turner: E49
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: Lethbridge diagram p.112, photo top p.114. Butler Archerton - Vol. 2. Map 27.18.
Nearby sites: SX63857887
Distance: 0.78km
Bellever Settlement
OS Map: SX 64600 76700
NMR record: SX 67 NW 40
HER record: 5919
Megalithic Portal: 23723
ShortName: ST:Bellever
Notes: Hut circle at Bellever excavated in recent years. See also A dig in Devon reveals how life was lived 3,500 years ago: from cookery to DIY and Bellever's bustling Bronze Age uncovered
Nearby sites: SX64607670
Distance: 1.52km
Bellever Tor (SW) Encircled Cairn
OS Map: SX 64140 76270
NMR record: SX 67 NW 44
HER record: 5885
Megalithic Portal: 3056
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 2 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC:Bellever SW
Butler map: 27.20.2
Grinsell: LYD 59a
Turner: F18
Notes: "cairn, it does not appear to have been excavated, although there is a slight disturbance at the top centre where large granite stones are bared. At the north west extreme are two stones, the positions of which indicate this being part of the retaining circle, no others remain. Height 0.8m, diameter 5.0m." Turner F18
Nearby sites: SX64147627
Distance: 1.84km
Bellever Tor 1 (W) (Newtake) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64089 76472
NMR record: SX 67 NW 43
HER record: 5884
Megalithic Portal: 34876
PMD: Bellever Tor W.
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 1 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT:Bellever 1
Butler map: 27.20.1
DPD page: 119
Grinsell: LYD 59
Turner: E26
Barrow Report: 54
Notes: Further coverage see the Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.119 (uppermost cist) and photo top p.119. Dixon #62. Bar Rep 54. Butler Bellever Tor (Cairn 1) - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.1 (diagram pp.52-3).
Nearby sites: SX64097647
Distance: 1.63km
Bellever Tor N. Enclosed Settlement
OS Map: SX 64500 76800
NMR record: SX 67 NW 40
HER record: 27672
Megalithic Portal: 24263
ShortName: ES:BelleverTor
Notes: The photo was taken at SX 64510 76849.
Nearby sites: SX64507680
Distance: 1.39km
Broadun Enclosed Settlement
OS Map: SX 63540 79930
NMR record: SX 68 SW 11
HER record: 5946
Megalithic Portal: 26043
ShortName: ES:Broadun
Notes: "An enclosed settlement, maximum dimensions 300m NE/SW by 250m NW/SE, giving an area of 6ha. Enclosure cut through on SE by a leat, but wall still visible. Inside are 36 huts, and a further 3 outside. Condition of huts mainly poor. Average internal diameter is 3.7m: the largest is 13m by 10.5m, the smallest 2.5m. The enclosure wall appears contemporary with or later than the huts. The interior of the enclosure appears to have been cleared." See also HER entry 6800
Nearby sites: SX63547993
Distance: 1.89km
Chittaford Down Platform Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 63502 79203
NMR record: SX 67 NW 4
HER record: 5832
Megalithic Portal: 42726
PMD: Archerton
Alternate name: Chittaford Down 1 Platform Cairn Circle
ShortName: PC:Chittaford
Butler map: 27.18.1
Butler Vol 5: p.170 & Fig.109
Grinsell: LYD 38
Turner: E14
Notes: "Remains of a cairn, visible as a turf covered stony mound. The NE quadrant is robbed out but around the rest of the periphery are parts of a kerb of small boulders, some set on edge, giving a diameter of 6.5m NW-SE. Maximum height 0.6m in the SW quadrant, but elsewhere the interior is badly robbed." Butler says there is a possible end slab of a cist.
Nearby sites: SX63507920
Distance: 1.21km
Chittaford Down Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
OS Map: SX 63687 79463
NMR record: SX 67 NW 3
HER record: 5932
Megalithic Portal: 52177
PMD: Chittaford Down
Alternate name: Chittaford Down 3 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT:Chittaford
Butler map: 27.18.3
Butler Vol 5: p.160 & Fig.100
DPD page: 112
Grinsell: LYD 39
Turner: E28
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: "A cist about 350 yards north of Archerton House. It has an irregular shape no coverstone and stands in the centre of a 14ft. diameter ruined cairn. There are traces of an enclosing ring of stones. Excavation in 1900 recovered wood charcoal and a worked flint flake from a small pit within the cist. Under the eastern side stone an archer's polished stone wrist guard was found". Lethbridge diagram and photo bottom p.112. Butler Chittaford Down 3 - Vol. 2. Map 27.18 (diagram Vol. 5. p.160).
Nearby sites: SX63697946
Distance: 1.39km
Kraps Ring Enclosed Settlement
OS Map: SX 64400 78150
NMR record: SX 67 NW 30
HER record: 5861
Megalithic Portal: 11477
ShortName: ES:KrapsRing
Nearby sites: SX64407815
Distance: 0.4km
Lakehead Hill Cairn Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64351 77493
NMR record: SX 67 NW 33
HER record: 5843
Megalithic Portal: 24365
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 5 Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC:Lakehead 5
Butler map: 27.19.5
DPD page: 117
Grinsell: LYD 55
Turner: G24
Barrow Report: 54
Notes: Butler Cairn 5. Tuner lists this as G24 Stone Circle. However, it is clear from its size and location near other Ring Settings that it is in fact better described as a Ring Setting despite having no visible internal structure. In these listings we will leave it as a cairn circle. "The cairn is defined by a circle of edge set stones which measure 7.8 metres in diameter and stand up to 0.9 metres high." Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo top p.117.
Nearby sites: SX64357749
Distance: 0.7km
Lakehead Hill Platform Cairn Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64358 77773
NMR record: SX 67 NW 31
HER record: 5869
Megalithic Portal: 1057
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 1 Platform Cairn Circle
ShortName: PC:Lakehead 1
Butler map: 27.19.1
DPD page: 114
Grinsell: LYD 53
Turner: E16
Barrow Report: 55
Notes: "Ring cairn.(diam 5.95m, n. End stone heig 0.45m, widt 1.0m, thic 0.2m) marked on os 6in map. Included in 1955 spooner/dixon report: (lakehead bellever laughter), site no.10. Site no.10a in bellever plantation, lakehead (with sketch map) in dnp field report (dnp)." Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo bottom p.114.
Nearby sites: SX64367777
Distance: 0.49km
Lakehead Hill 2 Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64261 77701
NMR record: SX 67 NW 11
HER record: 5841
Megalithic Portal: 4612
PMD: Lakehead Hill NW.
ShortName: CT:Lakehead 2
Butler map: 27.19.2
DPD page: 115
Grinsell: LYD 52
Barrow Report: 17 55
Notes: Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photos top p.115. See Seventeenth Barrow report. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 2) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.2 (diagrams pp.48-52).
Nearby sites: SX64267770
Distance: 0.48km
Lakehead Hill 4 (E of Summit) Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64498 77603
NMR record: SX 67 NW 32
HER record: 5873
Megalithic Portal: 2009
The Stone Rows of GB: Lakehead Hill East
PMD: Lakehead Great Cairn Stone Row
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill E Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Lakehead 4E
Butler map: 27.19.4
DPD page: 116
Notes: "A stone alignment and a cairn with cist lying on a gentle slope near the summit of Lakehead Hill. The stone alignment survives as a single row of at least 11 stones leading westward towards the cairn and cist. The cairn measures 6.7 metres in diameter and is defined by several edge set stones, which in turn surround a large restored cist formed by five substantial upright slabs supporting a capstone measuring 2.2 metre long by 1.55 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick." (E. Dart). Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photos p.116.
Nearby sites: SX64507760
Distance: 0.71km
Lakehead Hill 4 (E or Summit) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64499 77611
NMR record: SX 67 NW 32
HER record: 5871
Megalithic Portal: 2009
PMD: Lakehead Hill Summit
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 4 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT:Lakehead 4
Butler map: 27.19.4
Butler Vol 5: p.59 & Fig.37
DPD page: 116
Grinsell: LYD 54
Turner: D6
Notes: A single stone row of at least 11 stones leading westward towards the cairn and cist. "The cairn measures 6.7 metres in diameter and is defined by several edge set stones, which in turn surround a large restored cist formed by five substantial upright slabs supporting a capstone measuring 2.2 metre long by 1.55 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick." Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo top p.116. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 4) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.4 (diagrams pp.48-52).
Nearby sites: SX64507761
Distance: 0.7km
Lakehead Hill 6 (Newtake) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64363 77475
NMR record: SX 67 NW 34
HER record: 5842
Megalithic Portal: 24365
PMD: Lakehead Hill Central
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 6 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT:Lakehead 6
Butler map: 27.19.6
DPD page: 117
Grinsell: LYD 56
Turner: D10
Barrow Report: 54
Notes: Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo bottom p.117. Dixon #64. Bar Rep 54. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 6) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.6 (diagrams pp.48-52).
Nearby sites: SX64367748
Distance: 0.72km
Lakehead Hill 7 (Newtake) Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64720 77395
NMR record: SX 67 NW 35
HER record: 5875
Megalithic Portal: 11137
PMD: Lakehead Hill E.
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 7 Cist
ShortName: CT:LakeNew 7
Butler map: 27.19.7
Butler Vol 5: p.184 & Fig.127
DPD page: 118
Grinsell: LYD 57
Barrow Report: 54
Notes: Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 7) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.7 (diagrams pp.48-52).Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo top p.118.
Nearby sites: SX64727740
Distance: 1km
Lakehead Hill 8 Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64717 77178
NMR record: SX 67 NW 38
HER record: 5879
Megalithic Portal: 24377
PMD: Lakehead Hill SE.
ShortName: CT:Lakehead 8
Butler map: 27.19.8
Butler Vol 5: p.61 & Fig.41
DPD page: 118
Grinsell: LYD 58
Barrow Report: 33 55
Notes: Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo bottom p.118.Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 8) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.8 (diagrams pp.48-52).
Nearby sites: SX64727718
Distance: 1.17km
Lakehead Hill S.E. Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64701 77409
NMR record: SX 67 NW 35
HER record: 5875
Megalithic Portal: 44544
The Stone Rows of GB: Lakehead Hill 2
PMD: Lakehead Hill 2 Stone Row
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Lakehead SE
Butler map: 27.19.7
DPD page: 118
Barrow Report: 54
Notes: "The cist was examined in 1895/6 but nothing was found. It was surrounded by a double retaining circle and a stone row lead from it north west, of which ten stones remained, but these had sunk into the bog leaving only their tops showing". SRGB states: "This description makes it clear that this is unlikely to be a stone row since a row composed of small stones would not have survived the ditch digging involved in the building of the hedge. It is much more likely that they represented stones exposed in the side of the ditch." HER also has: "The stone row which falls in an afforested area could not be identified and has probably been destroyed."(1979) (E. Dart).
Nearby sites: SX64707741
Distance: 0.98km
Lakehead Hill S.W. Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64180 77300
NMR record: SX 67 NW 13
HER record: 5844
Megalithic Portal: 45595
PMD: Lakehead Hill 6 Stone Row
ShortName: SRxLakehead SW
Butler map: 27.19.1
Notes: "Alleged Stone row recorded in 1946 but covered by a forestry plantation in 1979. At that time, 3 stones were visible, but it was uncertain whether they were part of the stone row. It may have been destroyed or covered by humus." (River: Dart/Cherry Brook)
Nearby sites: SX64187730
Distance: 0.82km
Lakehead Hill Summit Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64367 77656
NMR record: SX 67 NW 64
HER record: 5930
Megalithic Portal: 2010
The Stone Rows of GB: Lakehead Hill Summit
PMD: Lakehead Hill 3 Stone Row
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill summit Stone Row
ShortName: SR:LakeheadSum
Butler map: 27.19.3
DPD page: 115
Notes: "A stone alignment lying on a gentle slope near the summit of Lakehead Hill. It includes a 22 metre long, single row of at least 12 stones standing up to 0.75 metres high, aligned east to west." (E. Dart). Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo bottom p.115.
Nearby sites: SX64377766
Distance: 0.57km
Lakehead Newtake Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64677 78385
NMR record: SX 67 NW 28
HER record: 5955
Megalithic Portal: 45734
PMD: Lakehead Hill NE.
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 9 Cist
ShortName: CT:Lakehead 9
Butler map: 27.19.9
Butler Vol 5: p.60 & Fig.40
Grinsell: LYD 51
Barrow Report: 55
Notes: Butler Lakehead Hill - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.9 (diagrams pp.48-52). Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX64687839
Distance: 0.74km
Roundy Park, Postbridge Cist
OS Map: SX 63920 79669
NMR record: SX 67 NW 2
HER record: 5935
Megalithic Portal: 26041
PMD: Roundy Park
Alternate name: Roundy Park Cist
ShortName: CT:Roundy Park
Butler map: 27.4
Butler Vol 5: p.22 & Fig.3
DPD page: 113
Grinsell: LYD 40
Barrow Report: 21
Notes: One of the largest cists on Dartmoor. Discovered in August 1893 by Robert Burnard, who was responsible for the restoration of the grave. Lethbrdige diagram p.112, photo p.113. Butler Vol. 2. Map 27.4 (diagram of location p.41, diagram of site Vol. 5 p.22)
Nearby sites: SX63927967
Distance: 1.57km
Stennen Hill No. 1 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
OS Map: SX 62573 77905
NMR record: SX 67 NW 15
HER record: 5846
Megalithic Portal: 45736
PMD: Powder Mills W.
Alternate name: Stennen Hill 1 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT:Stennen 1
Butler map: 29.11.1
Butler Vol 5: p.199 & Fig.142
DPD page: 111
Grinsell: LYD 47
Turner: E13
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: "Cist lies approximately in the centre of a subcircular cairn measuring 7 by 6.5m the longer axis and cist aligned nne to ssw. It is stony but almost turf-covered with 2 large kerbstones, including burnards `menhir' remaining in situ in the nw. The cist is flush with the cairn top, which is flattish and stands only 0.2m high on the nw but up to 0.7m high on the se, downhill side. This may be the cairn's original form; built into the slope as a flat platform with the cist visible (nmr citing pattison)". See also HER. Lethbridge photo top p.111. Butler Stennen Hill 1 - Vol. 2. Map 29.11 (diagram Vol. 5. p.199).
Nearby sites: SX62577791
Distance: 1.44km
Stennen Hill No. 3 Cist
OS Map: SX 62610 77830
NMR record: SX 67 NW 16
HER record: 5847
Megalithic Portal: 45737
PMD: Powder Mills E.
Alternate name: Stennen Hill 2 Cist
ShortName: CT:Stennen 2
Butler map: 29.11.2
Butler Vol 5: p.200 & Fig.143
DPD page: 111
Grinsell: LYD 49
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: "cist is oriented nw. - se. And is open with the south west side stone and the end stone buried beneath the turf. Internal dimensions 1.3m by 0.85m depth 0.5m. The mound, which is slight with a height of 0.3m is much disturbed. Judging by the remains of the retaining circle of which six stones can be seen the diameter of the mound was 4.5m. Condition of the cist is fair, of mound poor." Only one large stone remains in the mound of a cairn. Lethbridge photo top p.111. Butler Stennen Hill 2 - Vol. 2. Map 29.11 (diagram Vol. 5. p.200).
Nearby sites: SX62617783
Distance: 1.42km