Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX65177075

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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.

Down Ridge Stone Circle

OS Map: SX65507207
NMR record: SX 67 SE 64
PMD: Down Ridge Stone Circle
Notes: Turner G9. Also known as Hexworthy Circle. "situated on a gentle north facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Dart. The stone circle measures 25 meters in diameter and is denoted by five upright granite slabs, standing up to 1.45 meters high, which are confined to its south western sector. A further six recumbent stones lie where they have fallen. The stone circle was partially excavated in 1904 by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee and their work revealed the original ground surface covered with charcoal. An associated outlying standing stone is located 85 meters south-east of the stone circle and survives as a triangular shaped block up to 0.86 meters high." [HER MDV6400]. For photos of this site, see: Megalithic Portal: Down Ridge - Stone Circle
Nearby sites: SX65507207
Distance: 1.36km

Holne Moor Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX66917078
NMR record: SX 67 SE 38
Notes: Turner A12.
Nearby sites: SX66917078
Distance: 1.74km

Holne Ridge Stone Row

OS Map: SX66737108
NMR record: SX 67 SE 60
PMD: Holne Ridge Stone Row
Notes: "One or two cairns and a short probably unfinished stone row lie in the north west facing hollow above Horse Ford on the O Brook. The cairn described by Authority 2 lies at the south end of the site with the surviving stones of the stone row to the north. As so few stones survive the exact form and extent of the rows is impossible to determine but there may have been as many as three parallel rows approximately 1.0 metre apart. Overlying or abutting the east row at SX 6672 7109 is a low turf covered mound 3.0 metes in diameter and 0.4 metres high. It is not clear whether this feature forms part of the monument or if it is associated with the shallow turf cuttings to the east."
Nearby sites: SX66737108
Distance: 1.59km

Holne Ridge N. Cist

OS Map: SX66647112
NMR record: SX 67 SE 110
PMD: Holne Ridge N
Notes: Butler Cist 3 Vol. 4. Map 60.26 (diagram p.195). "A probable but unusual cist is on steep well drained, NW facing slope. It utilizes the south east side of a massive slab, 1.6m long, 0.4m thick and 0.7m high, with smaller slabs 0.6m to 0.9m long and 0.2m thick, which barely project above ground level."
Nearby sites: SX66647112
Distance: 1.52km

Horn's Cross Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX66917112
NMR record: SX 67 SE 40
Notes: Turner A35.
Nearby sites: SX66917112
Distance: 1.78km

Skir Hill (Henroost) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

OS Map: SX65177075
NMR record: SX 67 SE 62
PMD: Skir Hill
Notes: Dixon #18. Turner D18. Bar Rep. 24. Butler Vol. 4. Map 61.8 (diagram p.203). Grinsell LYDFORD 102. "A Bronze Age cairn containing a cist located on the north east facing slope of Skir Hill 590 metres south of Skir Ford. The cairn survives as a 4.1 diameter ring of edge set slabs up to 0.5 metres high. The cist is situated slightly west of the cairns centre and survives as a 0.82 metres long by 0.52 metres wide and 0.82 metres deep stone lined pit."
Nearby sites: SX65177075
Distance: 0km