Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX64387765

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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.

Arch Tor Platform Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX63167783
NMR record: SX 67 NW 85
Notes: Turner E11.
Nearby sites: SX63167783
Distance: 1.23km

Archerton S.W. (Rowtor Brook) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

OS Map: SX62767880
NMR record: SX 67 NW 8
PMD: Hollowcombe Bottom
Notes: Dixon Chittleford Down, Cherrybrook Cist #75. Bar Rep. 57. Butler Rowtor Brook 3 - Vol. 2. Map 27.17 (diagram Vol. 5. p.55). Turner D24. Grinsell LYDFORD 42. "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."
Nearby sites: SX62767880
Distance: 1.99km

Archerton Tennis Ground Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX63847886
NMR record: SX 67 NW 9
PMD: Archerton Tennis Court
Notes: Dixon #74. Bar Rep. 57. Butler Archerton - Vol. 2. Map 27.18. Turner E49. Grinsell LYDFORD 45.
Nearby sites: SX63847886
Distance: 1.33km

Bellever Tor (SW) Encircled Cairn

OS Map: SX64157628
NMR record: SX 67 NW 44
Nearby sites: SX64157628
Distance: 1.39km

Bellever Tor 1 (W) (Newtake) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64077646
NMR record: SX 67 NW 43
PMD: Bellever Tor W
Notes: Dixon #62. Bar Rep 54. Turner E26. Butler Bellever Tor (Cairn 1) - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.1 (diagram pp.52-3). Grinsell LYDFORD 59. For further coverage see the Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX64077646
Distance: 1.23km

Black Newtake (b) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX63867603
NMR record: SX 67 NW 47
Notes: Turner A50.
Nearby sites: SX63867603
Distance: 1.7km

Black Newtake (C) No. 3 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

OS Map: SX63897585
NMR record: SX 67 NW 49
PMD: Black Newtake Central
Notes: Dixon #79. Bar Rep 57. Turner D4. Butler Bellever Tor - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.6 (Cairn 6 diagram pp.52-3). Grinsell LYDFORD 62. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX63897585
Distance: 1.87km

Black Newtake (N) No. 1 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX63917606
NMR record: SX 67 NW 46
PMD: Black Newtake N
Notes: Dixon #78. Bar Rep 57. Turner D5. Butler Bellever Tor (Cairn 3) - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.3 (diagram pp.52-3). Grinsell LYDFORD 60. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX63917606
Distance: 1.66km

Chittaford Down Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX63687945
NMR record: SX 67 NW 3
PMD: Chittaford Down
Notes: Dixon #73. Bar Rep. 57. Butler Chittaford Down 3 - Vol. 2. Map 27.18 (diagram Vol. 5. p.160). Turner E28. Grinsell LYDFORD 39. "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."
Nearby sites: SX63687945
Distance: 1.93km

Chittaford Down Platform Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX63507920
NMR record: SX 67 NW 4
Notes: Turner E14.
Nearby sites: SX63507920
Distance: 1.78km

Dunnabridge Pound Farm Newtake Cist

OS Map: SX64077568
NMR record: SX 67 NW 52
PMD: Dunnabridge Newtake
Notes: Dixon #87. Bar Rep 59. Butler Bellever Tor - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.10 (Cairn 10 diagram pp.52-3). Grinsell LYDFORD 66. Only one side of this cist remains. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX64077568
Distance: 1.99km

Lakehead Hill Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64357748
NMR record: SX 67 NW 33
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."
Nearby sites: SX64357748
Distance: 0.17km

Lakehead Hill Platform Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64357776
NMR record: SX 67 NW 31
Notes: Turner E16.
Nearby sites: SX64357776
Distance: 0.11km

Lakehead Hill 2 Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64257769
NMR record: SX 67 NW 11
PMD: Lakehead Hill NW
Notes: Dixon #66. Bar Rep 55. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 2) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.2 (diagrams pp.48-52). Grinsell LYDFORD 52. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX64257769
Distance: 0.14km

Lakehead Hill 4 (E or Summit) Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64497760
NMR record: SX 67 NW 32
PMD: Lakehead Great Cairn Stone Row
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)
Nearby sites: SX64497760
Distance: 0.12km

Lakehead Hill 4 (E or Summit) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64507760
NMR record: SX 67 NW 32
PMD: Lakehead Hill Summit
Notes: Dixon #68. Bar Rep 55. Turner D6. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 4) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.4 (diagrams pp.48-52). Grinsell LYDFORD 54. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. 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."
Nearby sites: SX64507760
Distance: 0.13km

Lakehead Hill 6 (Newtake) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64367747
NMR record: SX 67 NW 34
PMD: Lakehead Hill Central
Notes: Dixon #64. Bar Rep 54. Turner D10. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 6) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.6 (diagrams pp.48-52). Grinsell LYDFORD 56. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX64367747
Distance: 0.18km

Lakehead Hill 7 (Newtake) Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64717739
NMR record: SX 67 NW 35
PMD: Lakehead Hill E
Notes: Dixon #63. Bar Rep 54. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 7) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.7 (diagrams pp.48-52). Grinsell LYDFORD 57. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX64717739
Distance: 0.42km

Lakehead Hill 8 Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64717717
NMR record: SX 67 NW 38
PMD: Lakehead Hill SE
Notes: Dixon #37. Bar Rep 33. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 8) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.8 (diagrams pp.48-52). Grinsell LYDFORD 58. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX64717717
Distance: 0.58km

Lakehead Hill S.E. Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64717739
NMR record: SX 67 NW 35
PMD: Lakehead Hill 2 Stone Row
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". "The stone row which falls in an afforested area could not be
identified and has probably been destroyed."(1979) (E. Dart).
Nearby sites: SX64717739
Distance: 0.42km

Lakehead Hill S.W. Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64187730
NMR record: SX 67 NW 13
PMD: Lakehead Hill 6 Stone Row
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: 0.4km

Lakehead Hill Summit Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64387765
NMR record: SX 67 NW 64
PMD: Lakehead Hill 3 Stone Row
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)
Nearby sites: SX64387765
Distance: 0km

Lakehead Newtake Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX64687837
NMR record: SX 67 NW 28
PMD: Lakehead Hill NE
Notes: Dixon #67. Bar Rep 55. Butler Lakehead Hill - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.9 (diagrams pp.48-52). Grinsell LYDFORD 51. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page.
Nearby sites: SX64687837
Distance: 0.78km

Stennen Hill No. 1 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX62567789
NMR record: SX 67 NW 15
PMD: Powder Mills W
Notes: Dixon #76. Bar Rep. 57. Butler Stennen Hill 1 - Vol. 2. Map 29.11 (diagram Vol. 5. p.199). Turner E13. Grinsell LYDFORD 47.
Nearby sites: SX62567789
Distance: 1.84km

Stennen Hill No. 3 Cist

OS Map: SX62607783
NMR record: SX 67 NW 16
PMD: Powder Mills E
Notes: Dixon #77. Bar Rep. 57. Butler Stennen Hill 2 - Vol. 2. Map 29.11 (diagram Vol. 5. p.200). Grinsell LYDFORD 49.
Nearby sites: SX62607783
Distance: 1.79km