Prehistoric sites within 3km of SX 69080 82900
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.
List of sites within 3km of SX 69080 82900
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66319 83190
HER: MDV6580
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br4
Nearby sites: SX 66319 83190
Distance: 2.78km
Metherel Cairn
OS Map: SX 6684 8401
HER: MDV6655
Megalithic Portal: 15138
PMD: Metherel
ShortName: CT?Metherel1
Turner: C2
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: Cairn or hut circle? Excavation of three hut circles in 1936, prior to the construction of new reservoir at Fernworthy, showed the eastern circle, "No 6" (SX66858402), to represent the remains of a cairn with a probable cremation burial in a pit beneath a cover-stone.
Nearby sites: SX 6684 8401
Distance: 2.50km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66309 83171
HER: MDV6582
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br5
Nearby sites: SX 66309 83171
Distance: 2.78km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66301 83156
HER: MDV6581
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br6
Nearby sites: SX 66301 83156
Distance: 2.79km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66273 83116
HER: MDV6579
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br7
Nearby sites: SX 66273 83116
Distance: 2.82km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 6627 8309
HER: MDV6583
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br8
Nearby sites: SX 6627 8309
Distance: 2.82km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66246 83239
HER: MDV6583
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br9
Nearby sites: SX 66246 83239
Distance: 2.85km
Hookney Tor NW Round House
OS Map: SX 69762 81404
HER: MDV103609
ShortName: HT:Hookney T1
Nearby sites: SX 69762 81404
Distance: 1.64km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66238 83436
HER: MDV6599
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br10
Nearby sites: SX 66238 83436
Distance: 2.89km
Hookney Tor NW Round House
OS Map: SX 69758 81401
HER: MDV103609
ShortName: HT:Hookney T2
Nearby sites: SX 69758 81401
Distance: 1.65km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66231 83268
HER: MDV6578
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br11
Nearby sites: SX 66231 83268
Distance: 2.87km
Hookney Tor S Round House
OS Map: SX 69930 81144
HER: MDV6604
ShortName: HT:Hookney T3
Nearby sites: SX 69930 81144
Distance: 1.95km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 6623 8332
HER: MDV6574
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br12
Nearby sites: SX 6623 8332
Distance: 2.88km
Hookney Tor S Round House
OS Map: SX 69929 81150
HER: MDV6604
ShortName: HT:Hookney T4
Nearby sites: SX 69929 81150
Distance: 1.95km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66155 83539
HER: MDV105624
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br13
Nearby sites: SX 66155 83539
Distance: 2.99km
Hookney Tor S Round House
OS Map: SX 69938 81145
HER: MDV6604
ShortName: HT:Hookney T5
Nearby sites: SX 69938 81145
Distance: 1.95km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66346 82886
HER: MDV6644
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br14
Nearby sites: SX 66346 82886
Distance: 2.73km
Lowton Brook E Round House
OS Map: SX 66587 83716
HER: MDV6585
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br15
Nearby sites: SX 66587 83716
Distance: 2.62km
Lowton Brook E Round House
OS Map: SX 66570 83632
HER: MDV6589
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br16
Nearby sites: SX 66570 83632
Distance: 2.61km
Lowton Brook E Round House
OS Map: SX 66584 83649
HER: MDV6588
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br17
Nearby sites: SX 66584 83649
Distance: 2.61km
Lowton Brook E Round House
OS Map: SX 66588 83731
HER: MDV6586
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br18
Nearby sites: SX 66588 83731
Distance: 2.63km
Thornworthy Round House
OS Map: SX 6727 8469
HER: MDV27853
ShortName: HT:Thornwort1
Nearby sites: SX 6727 8469
Distance: 2.55km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70075 80928
HER: MDV43898
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun1
Nearby sites: SX 70075 80928
Distance: 2.21km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70121 80881
HER: MDV43911
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun2
Nearby sites: SX 70121 80881
Distance: 2.27km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70112 80868
HER: MDV43909
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun3
Nearby sites: SX 70112 80868
Distance: 2.28km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70065 80833
HER: MDV43903
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun4
Nearby sites: SX 70065 80833
Distance: 2.29km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70077 80884
HER: MDV43899
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun5
Nearby sites: SX 70077 80884
Distance: 2.25km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68496 82180
HER: MDV6595
ShortName: HT:Bush Down1
Nearby sites: SX 68496 82180
Distance: 0.93km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70112 80873
HER: MDV43910
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun6
Nearby sites: SX 70112 80873
Distance: 2.27km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68486 82158
HER: MDV6596
ShortName: HT:Bush Down2
Nearby sites: SX 68486 82158
Distance: 0.95km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70098 80862
HER: MDV43906
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun7
Nearby sites: SX 70098 80862
Distance: 2.28km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68695 82535
HER: MDV6598
ShortName: HT:Bush Down3
Nearby sites: SX 68695 82535
Distance: 0.53km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70044 80870
HER: MDV43914
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun8
Nearby sites: SX 70044 80870
Distance: 2.25km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68415 82475
HER: MDV6591
ShortName: HT:Bush Down4
Nearby sites: SX 68415 82475
Distance: 0.79km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70042 80904
HER: MDV43917
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun9
Nearby sites: SX 70042 80904
Distance: 2.22km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68408 82476
HER: MDV6590
ShortName: HT:Bush Down5
Nearby sites: SX 68408 82476
Distance: 0.79km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70107 80859
HER: MDV43908
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun10
Nearby sites: SX 70107 80859
Distance: 2.28km
Chagford Common 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6785 8359
HER: MDV13036
ShortName: CN:Chagford 2
Grinsell: CHA 7
Notes: Disturbed cairn. See also CHA 10a-i NMR 443914
Nearby sites: SX 6785 8359
Distance: 1.41km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68402 82477
HER: MDV6590
ShortName: HT:Bush Down6
Nearby sites: SX 68402 82477
Distance: 0.80km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70040 80889
HER: MDV8778
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun11
Nearby sites: SX 70040 80889
Distance: 2.23km
Chagford Common 3 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6784 8362
HER: MDV13037
ShortName: CN:Chagford 3
Grinsell: CHA 8
Notes: Round cairn. Diameter 4.7 metres, height 0.4 metres. Slight unsurveyable central hollow. A fragmentary and spread bank leads away from this mound towards the nearby agglomerated enclosure. See also CHA 10a-i NMR 443914
Nearby sites: SX 6784 8362
Distance: 1.43km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68452 82286
HER: MDV6594
ShortName: HT:Bush Down7
Nearby sites: SX 68452 82286
Distance: 0.88km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70102 80865
HER: MDV43906
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun12
Nearby sites: SX 70102 80865
Distance: 2.28km
Chagford Common 4 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6785 8364
HER: MDV13038
ShortName: CN:Chagford 4
Grinsell: CHA 9
Notes: cairn, slight hollow centre. Diameter 6m, height 0.4m. See also CHA 10a-i NMR 443914
Nearby sites: SX 6785 8364
Distance: 1.44km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68460 82413
HER: MDV6593
ShortName: HT:Bush Down8
Nearby sites: SX 68460 82413
Distance: 0.79km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70037 80903
HER: MDV43916
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun13
Nearby sites: SX 70037 80903
Distance: 2.21km
Chagford Common 6 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 675 830
HER: MDV13039
ShortName: CN:Chagford 6
Grinsell: CHA 10a-i
Notes: 1902 exc. Unlocated - maybe CHA 7-9
Nearby sites: SX 675 830
Distance: 1.58km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68624 82036
ShortName: HT:Bush Down9
Nearby sites: SX 68624 82036
Distance: 0.98km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70060 80902
HER: MDV43901
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun14
Nearby sites: SX 70060 80902
Distance: 2.23km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68702 82575
HER: MDV6597
ShortName: HT:Bush Down10
Nearby sites: SX 68702 82575
Distance: 0.50km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70089 80840
HER: MDV8778
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun15
Nearby sites: SX 70089 80840
Distance: 2.29km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68438 82411
HER: MDV6592
ShortName: HT:Bush Down11
Nearby sites: SX 68438 82411
Distance: 0.81km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69411 82202
HER: MDV6551
ShortName: HT:East Bove1
Nearby sites: SX 69411 82202
Distance: 0.77km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70088 80874
HER: MDV43912
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun16
Nearby sites: SX 70088 80874
Distance: 2.26km
Bush Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68601 82026
ShortName: HT:Bush Down12
Nearby sites: SX 68601 82026
Distance: 1.00km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69391 82215
HER: MDV6551
ShortName: HT:East Bove2
Nearby sites: SX 69391 82215
Distance: 0.75km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70087 80833
HER: MDV43904
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun17
Nearby sites: SX 70087 80833
Distance: 2.30km
Kings Barrow Cairn
OS Map: SX 70927 81449
HER: MDV8743
ShortName: CN:Kings Bar1
Butler map: 20.6
Grinsell: N.BOV 4
Notes: Large circular cairn. Largely grassed over but head-sized granite boulders visible. No remains of kerb visible, but there is a slight trace of an encircling ditch. The centre of the barrow has been robbed.
Nearby sites: SX 70927 81449
Distance: 2.35km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69517 82369
HER: MDV6550
ShortName: HT:East Bove3
Nearby sites: SX 69517 82369
Distance: 0.69km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70087 80883
HER: MDV8778
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun18
Nearby sites: SX 70087 80883
Distance: 2.25km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69396 82210
HER: MDV6551
ShortName: HT:East Bove4
Nearby sites: SX 69396 82210
Distance: 0.76km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70081 80863
HER: MDV8778
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun19
Nearby sites: SX 70081 80863
Distance: 2.27km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69400 82206
HER: MDV6551
ShortName: HT:East Bove5
Nearby sites: SX 69400 82206
Distance: 0.76km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70081 80911
HER: MDV43919
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun20
Nearby sites: SX 70081 80911
Distance: 2.23km
Lowton Brook Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6690 8287
HER: MDV54605
ShortName: CN:Lowton Br
Nearby sites: SX 6690 8287
Distance: 2.18km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69439 82044
HER: MDV64121
ShortName: HT:East Bove6
Nearby sites: SX 69439 82044
Distance: 0.93km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 7008 8092
HER: MDV43918
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun21
Nearby sites: SX 7008 8092
Distance: 2.22km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69518 82402
HER: MDV6550
ShortName: HT:East Bove7
Nearby sites: SX 69518 82402
Distance: 0.66km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70077 80905
HER: MDV43920
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun22
Nearby sites: SX 70077 80905
Distance: 2.23km
Water Hill Round House
OS Map: SX 67238 81415
ShortName: HT:Water Hil1
Nearby sites: SX 67238 81415
Distance: 2.37km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69449 82203
HER: MDV6551
ShortName: HT:East Bove8
Nearby sites: SX 69449 82203
Distance: 0.79km
Grimspound Round House
OS Map: SX 70040 80869
HER: MDV43915
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun23
Nearby sites: SX 70040 80869
Distance: 2.25km
Water Hill Round House
OS Map: SX 67241 81425
ShortName: HT:Water Hil2
Nearby sites: SX 67241 81425
Distance: 2.36km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69405 82204
HER: MDV6551
ShortName: HT:East Bove9
Nearby sites: SX 69405 82204
Distance: 0.77km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 7009 8076
HER: MDV55284
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun24
Nearby sites: SX 7009 8076
Distance: 2.37km
Water Hill Round House
OS Map: SX 67250 81438
ShortName: HT:Water Hil3
Nearby sites: SX 67250 81438
Distance: 2.34km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69422 82133
HER: MDV64121
ShortName: HT:East Bove10
Nearby sites: SX 69422 82133
Distance: 0.84km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 7005 8071
HER: MDV55281
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun25
Nearby sites: SX 7005 8071
Distance: 2.40km
Water Hill Round House
OS Map: SX 67273 81344
ShortName: HT:Water Hil4
Nearby sites: SX 67273 81344
Distance: 2.38km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69530 82357
HER: MDV6550
ShortName: HT:East Bove11
Nearby sites: SX 69530 82357
Distance: 0.71km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 7008 8075
HER: MDV55282
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun26
Nearby sites: SX 7008 8075
Distance: 2.37km
Water Hill N Round House
OS Map: SX 67157 81723
HER: MDV54624
ShortName: HT:Water Hil5
Nearby sites: SX 67157 81723
Distance: 2.25km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69437 82060
HER: MDV64121
ShortName: HT:East Bove12
Nearby sites: SX 69437 82060
Distance: 0.91km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 7010 8077
HER: MDV55285
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun27
Nearby sites: SX 7010 8077
Distance: 2.36km
Water Hill N Round House
OS Map: SX 67162 81732
HER: MDV54624
ShortName: HT:Water Hil6
Nearby sites: SX 67162 81732
Distance: 2.25km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69441 82215
HER: MDV6551
ShortName: HT:East Bove13
Nearby sites: SX 69441 82215
Distance: 0.77km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 7010 8075
HER: MDV55283
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun28
Nearby sites: SX 7010 8075
Distance: 2.38km
East Bovey Head Round House
OS Map: SX 69430 82034
HER: MDV64121
ShortName: HT:East Bove14
Nearby sites: SX 69430 82034
Distance: 0.93km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 7013 8078
HER: MDV55286
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun29
Nearby sites: SX 7013 8078
Distance: 2.37km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 7012 8078
HER: MDV55287
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun30
Nearby sites: SX 7012 8078
Distance: 2.36km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 7011 8079
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun31
Nearby sites: SX 7011 8079
Distance: 2.35km
Grimspound S Round House
OS Map: SX 70108 80785
HER: MDV55288
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun32
Nearby sites: SX 70108 80785
Distance: 2.35km
Grimspound W Round House
OS Map: SX 6985 8084
HER: MDV54579
ShortName: HT:Grimspoun33
Nearby sites: SX 6985 8084
Distance: 2.20km
Shapley Common 1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6969 8276
HER: MDV64821
ShortName: CN:Shapley C5
Butler map: 23.5.1
Nearby sites: SX 6969 8276
Distance: 0.63km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67419 82579
HER: MDV6668
ShortName: HT:Hurston R1
Nearby sites: SX 67419 82579
Distance: 1.69km
Shapley Common 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 69869 82580
HER: MDV6726
ShortName: CN:Shapley C6
Butler map: 23.5.2
Notes: A disturbed heather covered cairn lies on the gently sloping north east flank of Shapley Tor. The slightly ovoid mound measures 8.6 metres north to south by 8 metres and stands a maximum of 1 metres high. An ovoid hollow 2.5 metres by 3 metres and around 0.4 metres deep is visible in the centre of this feature.
Nearby sites: SX 69869 82580
Distance: 0.85km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67350 82705
HER: MDV61935
ShortName: HT:Hurston R2
Nearby sites: SX 67350 82705
Distance: 1.74km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67266 82549
HER: MDV61937
ShortName: HT:Hurston R3
Nearby sites: SX 67266 82549
Distance: 1.85km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67270 82546
HER: MDV61938
ShortName: HT:Hurston R4
Nearby sites: SX 67270 82546
Distance: 1.84km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67271 82570
ShortName: HT:Hurston R5
Nearby sites: SX 67271 82570
Distance: 1.84km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67344 82500
HER: MDV6671
ShortName: HT:Hurston R6
Nearby sites: SX 67344 82500
Distance: 1.78km
Hurston Ridge Round House
OS Map: SX 67266 82562
HER: MDV61936
ShortName: HT:Hurston R7
Nearby sites: SX 67266 82562
Distance: 1.85km
Chagford Common Cairn
OS Map: SX 6780 8365
HER: MDV64199
ShortName: CN:Chagford 1
Butler map: 25.7
Grinsell: CHA 7, 8, 9, 10
Notes: CHA 7, 8, 9, 10
Nearby sites: SX 6780 8365
Distance: 1.48km
Shapley Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 69978 82575
HER: MDV26675
ShortName: HT:Shapley T1
Nearby sites: SX 69978 82575
Distance: 0.96km
Hurston Ridge Stone Row Cairn
OS Map: SX 67268 82446
HER: MDV61939
PMD: Hurston Ridge Stone Row
ShortName: CN:Hurston R6
Butler map: 25.9
Butler Vol 5: p.221 & Fig.154
Grinsell: CHA 5
Notes: The cairn at the upper end of the alignment measures 5.9 metres in diameter and stands up to a height of 0.6 metres. A large slab denoting the north eastern edge of the cairn may represent a second blocking stone of the associated alignment. A cinerary urn was found in the cairn. "The cairn has been throughly rifled ... It's shape is irregular ... but with no sign of the cist at one time visible here" (Butler Vol 2 p.30).
Nearby sites: SX 67268 82446
Distance: 1.87km
Shapley Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 70011 82615
HER: MDV26675
ShortName: HT:Shapley T2
Nearby sites: SX 70011 82615
Distance: 0.97km
Hurston Ridge Cairn
OS Map: SX 67006 81841
HER: MDV6609
ShortName: CN:Hurston R2
Butler map: 25.10
Grinsell: LYD 30
Notes: Hurston ridge; pillaged cairn (diam 8m) examined in 1900. Yielded large portion of broken urn (circumference 1.12m), resting mouth down on flat stone covering pit filled with wood charcoal. The urn was partly protected by a leaning stone kept in position by trigger stones. Highly ornamented. Dark, friable pottery containing little clay. No surrounding stone circle (worth).
Nearby sites: SX 67006 81841
Distance: 2.33km
Shapley Tor N Round House
OS Map: SX 70035 82583
HER: MDV26675
ShortName: HT:Shapley T3
Nearby sites: SX 70035 82583
Distance: 1.01km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70119 81787
HER: MDV8739
ShortName: HT:Shapley T4
Nearby sites: SX 70119 81787
Distance: 1.52km
King's Oven Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 67477 81336
HER: MDV6620
PMD: King's Oven
ShortName: CT?King's Ov1
Butler map: 26.1.2
Notes: In the wall of King's Oven enclosure. Butler gives NGR for CHA 6a by mistake.
Nearby sites: SX 67477 81336
Distance: 2.24km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70424 81983
HER: MDV8730
ShortName: HT:Shapley T5
Nearby sites: SX 70424 81983
Distance: 1.63km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70026 81770
HER: MDV8724
ShortName: HT:Shapley T6
Nearby sites: SX 70026 81770
Distance: 1.47km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70029 81723
HER: MDV8724
ShortName: HT:Shapley T7
Nearby sites: SX 70029 81723
Distance: 1.51km
Leapra Cross E Round House
OS Map: SX 71005 83505
HER: MDV26707
ShortName: HT:Leapra Cr1
Nearby sites: SX 71005 83505
Distance: 2.02km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70036 81773
HER: MDV8724
ShortName: HT:Shapley T8
Nearby sites: SX 70036 81773
Distance: 1.48km
Water Hill 2 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 67158 81306
HER: MDV6675
ShortName: CN?Water Hil3
Butler map: 26.5.2
Notes: Doubtful "a heather covered mound slightly to the n of the large cairn on the summit of water hill. It measures 5.1m in diam and up to 0.6m high with one recumbent granite boulder visible on its s side. It is apparently composed of earth and stone". This record formerly linked to MDV54619 which has presumably been deleted as a duplicate.
Nearby sites: SX 67158 81306
Distance: 2.50km
Leapra Cross E Round House
OS Map: SX 71095 83415
HER: MDV26707
ShortName: HT:Leapra Cr2
Nearby sites: SX 71095 83415
Distance: 2.08km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70147 81656
HER: MDV8724
ShortName: HT:Shapley T9
Nearby sites: SX 70147 81656
Distance: 1.64km
King's Oven (Near) Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 6747 8129
HER: MDV6620
ShortName: CT?King's Ov2
Butler map: 26.5
Grinsell: CHA 6a
Notes: Destroyed? Fragmenary remains of cairn and cist reported by Speence Bate in 1871
Nearby sites: SX 6747 8129
Distance: 2.28km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70118 81718
HER: MDV55156
ShortName: HT:Shapley T10
Nearby sites: SX 70118 81718
Distance: 1.57km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 7029 8159
HER: MDV26662
ShortName: HT:Shapley T11
Nearby sites: SX 7029 8159
Distance: 1.78km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70186 81733
HER: MDV55156
ShortName: HT:Shapley T12
Nearby sites: SX 70186 81733
Distance: 1.61km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70174 81720
HER: MDV55156
ShortName: HT:Shapley T13
Nearby sites: SX 70174 81720
Distance: 1.61km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70155 81705
HER: MDV55156
ShortName: HT:Shapley T14
Nearby sites: SX 70155 81705
Distance: 1.61km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 7035 8161
HER: MDV26659
ShortName: HT:Shapley T15
Nearby sites: SX 7035 8161
Distance: 1.81km
Shapley Tor SE Round House
OS Map: SX 70158 81785
HER: MDV55153
ShortName: HT:Shapley T16
Nearby sites: SX 70158 81785
Distance: 1.55km
Hurston Ridge Reave, adjacent to Cairn
OS Map: SX 6766 8350
HER: MDV61934
ShortName: CN:Hurston R5
Nearby sites: SX 6766 8350
Distance: 1.54km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67985 83756
HER: MDV64180
ShortName: HT:Chagford 1
Nearby sites: SX 67985 83756
Distance: 1.39km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67949 83260
HER: MDV64190
ShortName: HT:Chagford 2
Nearby sites: SX 67949 83260
Distance: 1.19km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 6800 8389
HER: MDV27743
ShortName: HT:Chagford 3
Nearby sites: SX 6800 8389
Distance: 1.47km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67889 83165
HER: MDV64191
ShortName: HT:Chagford 4
Nearby sites: SX 67889 83165
Distance: 1.22km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67982 83628
HER: MDV64183
ShortName: HT:Chagford 5
Nearby sites: SX 67982 83628
Distance: 1.32km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67937 83287
HER: MDV64189
ShortName: HT:Chagford 6
Nearby sites: SX 67937 83287
Distance: 1.21km
Chagford Common 5 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6784 8362
HER: MDV64200
ShortName: CN:Chagford 5
Nearby sites: SX 6784 8362
Distance: 1.43km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 68027 83466
HER: MDV64186
ShortName: HT:Chagford 7
Nearby sites: SX 68027 83466
Distance: 1.20km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 68012 83475
HER: MDV6707
ShortName: HT:Chagford 8
Nearby sites: SX 68012 83475
Distance: 1.21km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67981 83643
HER: MDV64182
ShortName: HT:Chagford 9
Nearby sites: SX 67981 83643
Distance: 1.33km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 68167 83580
HER: MDV6715
ShortName: HT:Chagford 10
Nearby sites: SX 68167 83580
Distance: 1.14km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 6776 8394
HER: MDV27742
ShortName: HT:Chagford 11
Nearby sites: SX 6776 8394
Distance: 1.68km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 68103 83578
HER: MDV64185
ShortName: HT:Chagford 12
Nearby sites: SX 68103 83578
Distance: 1.19km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67796 82967
HER: MDV64194
ShortName: HT:Chagford 13
Nearby sites: SX 67796 82967
Distance: 1.29km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67850 83345
HER: MDV43227
ShortName: HT:Chagford 14
Nearby sites: SX 67850 83345
Distance: 1.31km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67849 83291
HER: MDV6706
ShortName: HT:Chagford 15
Nearby sites: SX 67849 83291
Distance: 1.29km
Hameldown Round House
OS Map: SX 7004 8030
ShortName: HT:Hameldown3
Nearby sites: SX 7004 8030
Distance: 2.77km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67854 83063
HER: MDV64193
ShortName: HT:Chagford 16
Nearby sites: SX 67854 83063
Distance: 1.24km
Hameldown Round House
OS Map: SX 7064 8072
HER: MDV26693
ShortName: HT:Hameldown4
Nearby sites: SX 7064 8072
Distance: 2.68km
Chagford Common Round House
OS Map: SX 67857 83145
HER: MDV64192
ShortName: HT:Chagford 17
Nearby sites: SX 67857 83145
Distance: 1.25km
Challacombe Round House
OS Map: SX 69613 80096
HER: MDV54571
ShortName: HT:Challacom6
Nearby sites: SX 69613 80096
Distance: 2.85km
Challacombe Cross E Round House
OS Map: SX 69781 83138
HER: MDV6543
ShortName: HT:Challacom7
Nearby sites: SX 69781 83138
Distance: 0.74km
Challacombe Cross E Round House
OS Map: SX 69772 83079
HER: MDV6546
ShortName: HT:Challacom8
Nearby sites: SX 69772 83079
Distance: 0.71km
Challacombe Cross E Round House
OS Map: SX 69758 83053
HER: MDV6545
ShortName: HT:Challacom9
Nearby sites: SX 69758 83053
Distance: 0.70km
Challacombe Cross E Round House
OS Map: SX 69755 83036
HER: MDV6547
ShortName: HT:Challacom10
Nearby sites: SX 69755 83036
Distance: 0.69km
Challacombe Cross E Round House
OS Map: SX 69759 83066
HER: MDV6544
ShortName: HT:Challacom11
Nearby sites: SX 69759 83066
Distance: 0.70km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6862 8040
HER: MDV6700
ShortName: HT:Challacom12
Nearby sites: SX 6862 8040
Distance: 2.54km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68593 80233
HER: MDV6700
ShortName: HT:Challacom13
Nearby sites: SX 68593 80233
Distance: 2.71km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68588 80273
HER: MDV6700
ShortName: HT:Challacom14
Nearby sites: SX 68588 80273
Distance: 2.67km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68614 80233
HER: MDV6700
ShortName: HT:Challacom15
Nearby sites: SX 68614 80233
Distance: 2.71km
Headland Warren 1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 69445 81588
HER: MDV103580
ShortName: CN:Headland 1
Nearby sites: SX 69445 81588
Distance: 1.36km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6846 8056
HER: MDV6659
ShortName: HT:Challacom16
Nearby sites: SX 6846 8056
Distance: 2.42km
Headland Warren 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 69359 81735
HER: MDV103581
ShortName: CN:Headland 2
Nearby sites: SX 69359 81735
Distance: 1.20km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68525 80524
HER: MDV6664
ShortName: HT:Challacom17
Nearby sites: SX 68525 80524
Distance: 2.44km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68485 80533
HER: MDV6662
ShortName: HT:Challacom18
Nearby sites: SX 68485 80533
Distance: 2.44km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68492 80512
HER: MDV54550
ShortName: HT:Challacom19
Nearby sites: SX 68492 80512
Distance: 2.46km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68515 80479
HER: MDV6665
ShortName: HT:Challacom20
Nearby sites: SX 68515 80479
Distance: 2.49km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 6850 8058
HER: MDV6663
ShortName: HT:Challacom21
Nearby sites: SX 6850 8058
Distance: 2.39km
Challacombe Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68475 80517
HER: MDV6661
ShortName: HT:Challacom22
Nearby sites: SX 68475 80517
Distance: 2.46km
King's Oven Round House
OS Map: SX 67449 81288
ShortName: HT:King's Ov1
Nearby sites: SX 67449 81288
Distance: 2.29km
King's Oven Round House
OS Map: SX 67452 81312
ShortName: HT:King's Ov2
Nearby sites: SX 67452 81312
Distance: 2.27km
King's Oven Round House
OS Map: SX 67441 81271
ShortName: HT:King's Ov3
Nearby sites: SX 67441 81271
Distance: 2.31km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 66829 84024
HER: MDV6654
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: HT:Metherall1
Nearby sites: SX 66829 84024
Distance: 2.52km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 66823 84014
HER: MDV6624
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: HT:Metherall2
Nearby sites: SX 66823 84014
Distance: 2.52km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 67049 84181
HER: MDV6625
ShortName: HT:Metherall3
Nearby sites: SX 67049 84181
Distance: 2.40km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 67077 84042
HER: MDV6695
ShortName: HT:Metherall4
Nearby sites: SX 67077 84042
Distance: 2.31km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 6697 8411
HER: MDV6656
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: HT:Metherall5
Nearby sites: SX 6697 8411
Distance: 2.43km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 6709 8397
HER: MDV61334
ShortName: HT:Metherall6
Nearby sites: SX 6709 8397
Distance: 2.26km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 6706 8413
HER: MDV6626
ShortName: HT:Metherall7
Nearby sites: SX 6706 8413
Distance: 2.37km
Metherall Round House
OS Map: SX 66862 84021
HER: MDV6655
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: HT:Metherall8
Nearby sites: SX 66862 84021
Distance: 2.49km
Headland Warren 2(duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 69359 81735
HER: MDV103581
ShortName: CN:Headland 3
Notes: Duplicate of NMR 1327521
Nearby sites: SX 69359 81735
Distance: 1.20km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66622 81450
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe9
Nearby sites: SX 66622 81450
Distance: 2.85km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66605 81381
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe10
Nearby sites: SX 66605 81381
Distance: 2.90km
Shapley Common 3 Cairn
OS Map: SX 6984 8175
HER: MDV6648
ShortName: CN?Shapley C3
Nearby sites: SX 6984 8175
Distance: 1.38km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66609 81388
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe11
Nearby sites: SX 66609 81388
Distance: 2.90km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66615 81436
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe12
Nearby sites: SX 66615 81436
Distance: 2.87km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66614 81408
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe13
Nearby sites: SX 66614 81408
Distance: 2.88km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66621 81410
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe14
Nearby sites: SX 66621 81410
Distance: 2.88km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66635 81414
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe15
Nearby sites: SX 66635 81414
Distance: 2.86km
Millawns Round House
OS Map: SX 71847 83673
HER: MDV26705
ShortName: HT:Millawns1
Nearby sites: SX 71847 83673
Distance: 2.87km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66636 81518
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe16
Nearby sites: SX 66636 81518
Distance: 2.81km
Shapley Common 4 Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 7041 8144
HER: MDV8755
ShortName: CT:Shapley C4
Notes: The cist is set in a definite cairn with a retaining kerb within the cairn. May have been confused with cairn to the south; MDV8744.
Nearby sites: SX 7041 8144
Distance: 1.97km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66637 81529
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe17
Nearby sites: SX 66637 81529
Distance: 2.80km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66651 81404
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe18
Nearby sites: SX 66651 81404
Distance: 2.85km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66699 81461
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe19
Nearby sites: SX 66699 81461
Distance: 2.78km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66638 81391
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe20
Nearby sites: SX 66638 81391
Distance: 2.87km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66639 81410
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe21
Nearby sites: SX 66639 81410
Distance: 2.86km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66695 81457
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe22
Nearby sites: SX 66695 81457
Distance: 2.79km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66686 81454
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe23
Nearby sites: SX 66686 81454
Distance: 2.80km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 66642 81394
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe24
Nearby sites: SX 66642 81394
Distance: 2.87km
Assycombe Hill S Round House
OS Map: SX 6662 8141
HER: MDV6676
ShortName: HT:Assycombe25
Nearby sites: SX 6662 8141
Distance: 2.88km
Corndon Down Round House
OS Map: SX 68455 80649
HER: MDV6660
ShortName: HT:Corndon D6
Nearby sites: SX 68455 80649
Distance: 2.34km
Frenchbeer Round House
OS Map: SX 6727 8511
HER: MDV6206
ShortName: HT:Frenchbee1
Nearby sites: SX 6727 8511
Distance: 2.86km
Yardworthy stone row Cairn
OS Map: SX 67596 84383
HER: MDV14228
ShortName: CN:Yardworth2
Nearby sites: SX 67596 84383
Distance: 2.10km
West Vitifer (duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 675 826
HER: MDV-1
ShortName: CT?West Viti2
Notes: Possible location of a Bronze Age cist, although when subject to field investigation in November 2002 the site was not found. Probably a duplicate of NMR 443785.
Nearby sites: SX 675 826
Distance: 1.61km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6797 8478
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha1
Nearby sites: SX 6797 8478
Distance: 2.18km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6802 8475
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha2
Nearby sites: SX 6802 8475
Distance: 2.13km
East Lowton Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 6658 8371
HER: MDV6585
ShortName: CNxEast Lowt1
Grinsell: LYD 25
Turner: C1
Notes: Hut Circle
Nearby sites: SX 6658 8371
Distance: 2.63km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6802 8468
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha3
Nearby sites: SX 6802 8468
Distance: 2.07km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 68075 84693
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha4
Nearby sites: SX 68075 84693
Distance: 2.06km
Lakeland Round House
OS Map: SX 6850 8271
HER: MDV6672
ShortName: HT:Lakeland1
Nearby sites: SX 6850 8271
Distance: 0.61km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6797 8468
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha5
Nearby sites: SX 6797 8468
Distance: 2.10km
Langaford Bridge Round House
OS Map: SX 7014 8509
HER: MDV27521
ShortName: HT:Langaford1
Nearby sites: SX 7014 8509
Distance: 2.43km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 68081 84746
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha6
Nearby sites: SX 68081 84746
Distance: 2.10km
Yardworthy Round House
OS Map: SX 67680 84502
HER: MDV14227
ShortName: HT:Yardworth1
Nearby sites: SX 67680 84502
Distance: 2.13km
Beetor Farm Round House
OS Map: SX 7070 8458
HER: MDV26709
ShortName: HT:Beetor Fa1
Nearby sites: SX 7070 8458
Distance: 2.33km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6808 8472
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha7
Nearby sites: SX 6808 8472
Distance: 2.08km
Hameldown 1 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 7039 8069
HER: MDV26692
ShortName: CN?Hameldown1
Nearby sites: SX 7039 8069
Distance: 2.57km
Lower Shapley Round House
OS Map: SX 6801 8480
HER: MDV55522
ShortName: HT:Lower Sha8
Nearby sites: SX 6801 8480
Distance: 2.18km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66406 82958
HER: MDV6584
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br1
Nearby sites: SX 66406 82958
Distance: 2.67km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 66358 83292
HER: MDV6575
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br2
Nearby sites: SX 66358 83292
Distance: 2.75km
Lowton Brook Round House
OS Map: SX 6634 8307
HER: MDV6718
ShortName: HT:Lowton Br3
Nearby sites: SX 6634 8307
Distance: 2.75km
Assycombe Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Assycombe Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 66101 82649
HER: MDV6537
Megalithic Portal: 1738
PMD: Assycombe Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Assycombe
Butler map: 35.19
DPD page: 135
Notes: Bronze Age stone row and cairn, Assycombe. The double stone row is 120m long terminating in the cairn at the North-East end. The South-West end is blocked by a stone 2.0m high. The largest stone, 2m high, lies at the E end and was re-erected re-erected by Baring-Gould in 1892 or 1893. The cairn is 8.4m in diameter and 0.6m high.
Nearby sites: SX 66101 82649
Distance: 2.99km
Assycombe Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Assycombe Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 66095 82641
HER: MDV6537
Megalithic Portal: 1738
The Stone Rows of GB: Assycombe Stone Row
PMD: Assycombe Stone Row
ShortName: SR Assycombe
Butler map: 35.19
DPD page: 135
Notes: "Bronze Age stone row and cairn, Assycombe. The double stone row is 120m long terminating in the cairn at the North-East end. The South-West end is blocked by a stone 2.0m high, re-erected there by Baring-Gould. The cairn is 8.4m in diameter and 0.6m high. Scheduled." Also from Burnard's 1892 field notes: The row, which starts from a ruined cairn, consists of 84 standing stones, and extends 800 feet E. and W., running in two rows down the hill towards Assycombe. It terminates towards the W. in a stone lying prone, 5' 9" long. 2'' wide. The avenue is from 5' to 6' wide, inner measurement. The stones composing the row are 18" high, and down to 6".
Nearby sites: SX 66095 82641
Distance: 3.00km
Assycombe Hill Encircled Cairn and Cist
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Assycombe Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 66102 82650
HER: MDV6538
Megalithic Portal: 45814
PMD: Assycombe Stone Row
Alternate name: Assycombe Hill Stone Row Encircled Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Assycombe
Butler map: 35.19
Butler Vol 5: p.232 & Fig.164
DPD page: 135
Grinsell: LYD 26
Turner: F16
Notes: The cairn at the E end is in line with the N of the two rows. It measures 8.4m in diameter and is 0.6m high. It contains a large quantity of stone; two stones in the centre, set at right angles to each other around a hollow, suggest the remains of a cist.
Nearby sites: SX 66102 82650
Distance: 2.99km
Birch Tor Ancient Pool
OS Map: SX 68686 81656
HER: MDV127183
ShortName: PO:Birch Tor
Notes: "The pool at Birch Tor measures around 15.5m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period."
Nearby sites: SX 68686 81656
Distance: 1.30km
Birch Tor Cairn
OS Map: SX 68686 81654
HER: MDV6673
Megalithic Portal: 34981
Alternate name: Birch Tor Summit Cairn
ShortName: CN:Birch Tor
Butler map: 24.4
Grinsell: N.BOV 1
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: "The heavily disturbed remains of a large, flat-topped cairn lie on the ridge crest 230 metres north of Birch Tor. The centre and south margin of this feature have apparently suffered from an unrecorded excavation with spoil dumped to the south and on the east fringe of the mound. Two large upright slabs are embedded in the unexcavated interior of the cairn and may have previously been interpreted as elements of a kerb even though they lie several metres in from the actual edge of the feature. 10m to the north-west of the cairn is a warren boundary stone inscribed with the letters`WB'on its eastern side."
Nearby sites: SX 68686 81654
Distance: 1.31km
Bush Down Settlement
OS Map: SX 6849 8217
HER: MDV6596
Megalithic Portal: 7699
ShortName: ST:BushDown
Nearby sites: SX 6849 8217
Distance: 0.94km
Challacombe Down Cairn Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Challacombe Down Triple Stone Row
OS Map: SX 6898 8084
HER: MDV49462
Megalithic Portal: 1819
PMD: Challacombe Down Stone Row
ShortName: CC Challacombe
Butler map: 24.3
Butler Vol 5: p.239 & Fig.169
Turner: G20
Notes: Dubious site - the current arrangement relates to stones placed during restoration of the stone row. See Worth (1953) p. 226 on how "nothing coherent" came of attempts to re-erect stones scattered to the west of the north end of the row which gave the appearance of a stone circle.
Nearby sites: SX 6898 8084
Distance: 2.06km
Challacombe Down Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Challacombe Down Triple Stone Row
OS Map: SX 69021 80723
HER: MDV6600
Megalithic Portal: 10092
PMD: Challacombe Stone Row
ShortName: SS Challacombe
Butler map: 24.3
DPD page: 126
Notes: The largest and most prominent blocking stone of the Dartmoor rows is to be found at the Challacombe triple row. Worth states that it is over 5 feet in width at the base and over 6 feet in height. Butler (Vol. 2) states that the terminal pillar is today 0.5m shorter than when it was measured in 1893.
Nearby sites: SX 69021 80723
Distance: 2.18km
Challacombe Down Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Challacombe Down Triple Stone Row
OS Map: SX 69016 80718
HER: MDV6600
Megalithic Portal: 1819
The Stone Rows of GB: Challacombe Down
PMD: Challacombe Stone Row
ShortName: SR Challacombe
Butler map: 24.3
Butler Vol 5: p.239 & Fig.169
DPD page: 126
Notes: "Bronze Age triple stone row well marked and wider apart at the north, drawing nearer to the south where they meet a blocking stone of unusual size. The stones have suffered little in their restoration except that a stone in the middle row was turned to form a blocking stone for that row. The loose stones scattered to the west of the north end have been suggested to form a stone circle and additional rows but may be stones excavated from the north end of the stone row."
Nearby sites: SX 69016 80718
Distance: 2.18km
East Lowton Settlement
OS Map: SX 666 837
HER: MDV107002
Megalithic Portal: 34966
ShortName: ST:EastLowton
Nearby sites: SX 666 837
Distance: 2.61km
Grimslake Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
OS Map: SX 70418 81165
HER: MDV8744
Megalithic Portal: 44533
The Stone Rows of GB: Grimslake Cist
PMD: Hookney Down
Alternate name: Grimslake Mire Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Grimslake
Butler map: 20.16
Butler Vol 5: p.219 & Fig.153
DPD page: 128
Grinsell: N.BOV 3
Turner: E18
Notes: Cairn with kerb circle and central cist. Lethbridge diagram p.127 and photo top p.128. Butler Grimslake Mire - Vol. 1. Map 20.16 (diagram p.147).
Nearby sites: SX 70418 81165
Distance: 2.19km
Grimslake Cist Stone Row
OS Map: SX 70412 81154
HER: MDV8744
The Stone Rows of GB: Grimslake Cist
PMD: Grimslake Cist Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Grimslake
Butler map: 20.16
Nearby sites: SX 70412 81154
Distance: 2.20km
Grimspound Enclosed Settlement
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Grimspound Enclosed Settlement
OS Map: SX 70073 80909
HER: MDV8778
Megalithic Portal: 1344141065
ShortName: ES Grimspound
DPD page: 127
Notes: Probabaly the best known enclosed settlement on Dartmoor, within walking distance of Warren House Inn. "Prehistoric enclosed settlement with a substantial granite surrounding wall, containing 24 hut circles, as well as several 'pens' built into the enclosure wall, positioned in a valley between Hookney Tor and Hameldon. First planned by A. C. Shillibeer in 1829, this site was excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1894-5. Within the guardianship area managed by Dartmoor National Park Authority". Extensive notes in the NMR record, see also coverage on Wikipedia and Legendary Dartmoor.
Nearby sites: SX 70073 80909
Distance: 2.22km
Hameldown Tor Cairn
OS Map: SX 70318 80574
HER: MDV8768
Megalithic Portal: 16628
ShortName: CN HameldonTor
Butler map: 20.8
Butler Vol 5: p.166 & Fig.106
Grinsell: MAN 2
Turner: E54
Notes: Cairn on hameldown tor.(diam 14m. Heig 700mm)a denuded cairn with kerb of large stones on northern half only. Pillar and conical mound of small stones of evidently modern date. Remainder of kerb visible (11 stones). Remainder of cairn largely grassed over but head sized granite boulders visible (os trig. Point and recent mound of stones on top). Butler Volume 1 Map 20.8.
Nearby sites: SX 70318 80574
Distance: 2.63km
Heath Stone Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Hurston Ridge Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 6712 8375
HER: MDV6650
Megalithic Portal: 14933
ShortName: SS Heath Stone
Butler map: 25.
Notes: The original Heath Stone was a boundary stone which was referred to in the Perambulation of the Forest of Dartmoor in 1240 and some very early maps. According to Butler (Vol. 2 Map 25 p.32) the stone carved with a biblical inscription in 1970 that is currently known as the Heath Stone is unlikely to have been the original Heath Stone as it is in a useless position to be of any use as a boundary stone. The stone was not included in maps from the 18th century and then reappeared in a different location. It is doubtful that the current stone is the original or that it is prehistoric. Crossing suggests that the large standing stone in the Hurston Ridge stone row is the actual Heath Stone. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Dartmoor Heathstone
Nearby sites: SX 6712 8375
Distance: 2.14km
Hookney Tor Cairn
OS Map: SX 69905 81314
HER: MDV6611
Megalithic Portal: 34982
Alternate name: Hookney Tor summit Cairn
ShortName: CN:HookneyTor
Butler map: 20.7
Grinsell: N.BOV 2
Notes: Tor cairn north of Hookney Tor and resembling a barrow in shape. Enough of the topsoil has been removed to show that the mound is a natural outcrop feature covered with turf and heather, enclosed on three sides by a broken turf and stone bank. A footpath approaching the west side has probably effaced the remainder of the circuit.
Nearby sites: SX 69905 81314
Distance: 1.79km
Hookney Tor North A Ancient Pool
OS Map: SX 69843 81721
HER: MDV127212
ShortName: PO:HookneyTorA
Notes: "A pool measuring 15 by 9.5m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies near a prehistoric cairn."
Nearby sites: SX 69843 81721
Distance: 1.40km
Hookney Tor North B Ancient Pool
OS Map: SX 69838 81605
HER: MDV127213
ShortName: PO:HookneyTorB
Notes: "A pool measuring 7.5m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period."
Nearby sites: SX 69838 81605
Distance: 1.50km
Hurston Ridge Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Hurston Ridge Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 67268 82444
HER: MDV6541
Megalithic Portal: 8345
PMD: Hurston Ridge Standing Stone
ShortName: SS HurstonRidg
Butler map: 25.9
DPD page: 136
Notes: Hurston Ridge is one of the best examples of a double stone now on Dartmoor. At the south end is a cairn 22feet in diameter. The space between the rows widens intentionally as it approaches the cairn. The first stone from the south in the eastern row is the largest stone and stands 5 feet 10 inches high. Crossing suggests this may have been the original Heath Stone. A cinerary urn, in fragments except for the rim, was discovered in the cairn in 1900. Restored, the urn, 18 3/4 inches high, 16 inches in diameter at the rim and 8 inches in diameter at the base was revealed as an unusually large and handsome bipartite Overhanging rim or crowned urn of Middle Bronze Age type.
Nearby sites: SX 67268 82444
Distance: 1.87km
Hurston Ridge Settlement
OS Map: SX 674 825
HER: MDV6668
Megalithic Portal: 34979
ShortName: ST:HurstonRidg
Butler map: 25.9
Nearby sites: SX 674 825
Distance: 1.73km
Hurston Ridge Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Hurston Ridge Double Stone Row
OS Map: SX 67260 82437
HER: MDV6541
Megalithic Portal: 8345
The Stone Rows of GB: Hurston Ridge
PMD: Hurston Ridge Stone Row
ShortName: SR Hurston
Butler map: 25.9
Butler Vol 5: p.228 & Fig.161
DPD page: 136
Notes: .Worth: Watern Hill. "A stone alignment which includes two parallel lines of upright stones leading downslope for 143 metres from a round cairn. The lower end of the alignment is denoted by a blocking stone. Midway along the alignment a length of later enclosure walling crosses the row. The cairn at the upper end of the alignment measures 5.9 metres in diameter and stands up to a height of 0.6 metres. A large slab denoting the north eastern edge of the cairn may represent a second blocking stone of the associated alignment. A cinerary urn was found in the cairn." A number of the stones were restored to their original sockets in 1894. A broken hand axe was discovered in the pit in which one of the stones had stood near to the menhir next to the cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 67260 82437
Distance: 1.88km
King's Oven (Water Hill) Cairn
OS Map: SX 67158 81299
HER: MDV6674
Megalithic Portal: 34690
PMD: Water Hill Possible Chambered Cairn
Alternate name: Water Hill 1 Cairn
ShortName: CN Kings Oven
Butler map: 26.5.1
Butler Vol 5: p.156 & Fig.95
Grinsell: CHA 6
Notes: Situated at SX 67158129 on the rounded summit of Water Hill is the remains of a substantial round cairn 18.0 metres in diameter and up to 1.4 metres high in the east and 0.9 metres in the west. The whole of the central area of the cairn has been robbed to construct a superimposed modern boundary cairn 4.0 metres in diam and 2.1 metres high. This has given a 'dished' appearance to the cairn proper. Several large slabs averging 0.8 metres by 0.7 metres scattered around the base of the boundary cairn may be the remains of a destroyed cist.
The southern flat topped cairn measures 18 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres in height and is surmounted by a modern stone pile. A large slab situated to the south of this pile may have been part of a cist.
Nearby sites: SX 67158 81299
Distance: 2.50km
Lowton Brook W. Settlement
OS Map: SX 663 834
HER: MDV104672
Megalithic Portal: 24262
ShortName: ST:LowtonBrW
Nearby sites: SX 663 834
Distance: 2.82km
Metherall Settlement
OS Map: SX 668 840
HER: MDV6624
Megalithic Portal: 15138
ShortName: ST:Metherall
Barrow Report: 56
Nearby sites: SX 668 840
Distance: 2.53km
Shapley Common Standing Stone
OS Map: SX 70012 82227
PMD: Shapley Common
ShortName: SS:Shapley C1
Butler map: 23.5
Butler Vol 5: p.212
Notes: Possible standing stone, see Butler Vol V (1997) p 212.
Nearby sites: SX 70012 82227
Distance: 1.15km
Shapley Common Round House
OS Map: SX 6942 8206
HER: MDV6553
Megalithic Portal: 45859
ShortName: HC:ShapleyComm
DPD page: 128
Notes: Lethbridge p.128 Hut Circle on Shapley Common - particularly fine example.
Nearby sites: SX 6942 8206
Distance: 0.91km
Thornworthy Cist
OS Map: SX 66746 84346
HER: MDV6613
Megalithic Portal: 15453
PMD: Thornworthy
ShortName: CT Thornworthy
Butler map: 35.22
Butler Vol 5: p.64 & Fig.42
DPD page: 137
Grinsell: CHA 3
Turner: E39
Barrow Report: 16 21 56
Notes: Butler Vol. 2. Map 35.22 (p.169, photo on p.136, diagram Vol. 5. p.64).Originally there was a second slightly smaller cist. This was removed after the excavation and re-erected at Torquay Museum. It is now at the High Moorland Visitor Centre at Princetown. See also: Thornworthy 2 Cist
Nearby sites: SX 66746 84346
Distance: 2.75km
West Vitifer Cist
OS Map: SX 67574 82806
HER: MDV6615
Megalithic Portal: 34980
PMD: Chagford Common
ShortName: CT:WestVitifer
Butler map: 25.11
Grinsell: CHA 4
Barrow Report: 16
Notes: "Possible location of a Bronze Age cist, although when subject to field investigation in November 2002 the site was not found" "The cairn was partially excavated in 1897 by the Barrow Committee of the Devonshire Association. This working revealed a ring of slabs surrounding a cist which had not been previously examined. In the cist there was a complete Bronze Age beaker together with charcoal but no trace of a burial." Cairn survives, restored urn thought to be in Plymouth museum. See: Sixteenth Barrow Report 1897. Butler Vol. 2. Map 25.11 ( p.32).
Nearby sites: SX 67574 82806
Distance: 1.51km
Yardworthy Stone Row
OS Map: SX 6760 8439
HER: MDV61337
Megalithic Portal: 6333471
The Stone Rows of GB: Yardworthy
PMD: Yardworthy
ShortName: SR:Yardworthy
Notes: "Stone row in Yardworthy Newtake, an area of rough pasture that has since undergone some stone clearance. Apparently the remains of a double row it starts 3.0 metres from a low barrow at SX67608438 and extends to the north-east for 7.0 metres. The north-west side consists of four stones, 2.0 to 2.5 metres apart. The south-eastern side about 1.4 metres distant has only one stone and two turf humps which may conceal others. Visible stones are barely 0.1 metres high. Immediately beyond the north-east end is a hollow or stone pit about 4.0 by 2.0 metres diameter. This, and clearance in the area may have destroyed any continuation."
Nearby sites: SX 6760 8439
Distance: 2.10km