Dartmoor Resource: Table of Dartmoor Iron Age Forts

Cranbrook Castle Iron Age Fort

Photo: Cranbrook Castle

The table below lists the Iron Age Forts on Dartmoor in the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks database. For a table of iron age forts across all of Devon, see: Devon Forts

The major sites are covered here along with most minor sites. Click on the table headers to get listings ordered by Site Name, Short Name or OS number and so on. Clicking on the Site Name will open a site page with a large photo where one is available. Clicking on OS links will list nearby sites and clicking on the HER number or Megalithic Portal link will open the relevant record in a new window.

NB. The White Tor camp was once considered an Iron Age repurposing of a neolithic enclosure. Dewerstone was similiarly thought to have been a neolithic enclosure repurposed in the Iron Age but it is now thought that the inner enclosure is probably bronze age. The two records are retained here for completeness of listings but they are not thought to be Iron Age forts.

FortID	Fox	Site Name	OS Text	HER	ScheduledID	MP	Wikipedia	Access	Visit	Access Details	Further Reading
50		Brent Hill	SX 70394 61725	MDV7957	1002662	7753	Brent Hill	1	1	There is access land on Brent Hill near the fort.	legendarydartmoor
51		Dewerstone	SX 53872 64000	MDV2381	1020241	29453	Dewerstone	1	1	DNP	Legendary Dartmoor
52		Holne Chase Castle	SX 72437 71979	MDV7996	1003842		Holne Chase Castle		1	Private. Permission maybe granted on request.
53		Knowle Wood	SX 53356 64126	MDV125834				1	1	Forestry Commision. Not far from cycle route to Clearwater.
54		Nattadon	SX 70510 86638	MDV8261		43578		1	1	DNP/Common Land.
56		Roborough Down	SX 50557 64141	MDV2366		28812		1	1	DNP
57		White Tor	SX 54246 78678	MDV4101	1004584	17506		1	1	DNP	legendarydartmoor
84		Yellowberries Copse	SX 69217 58614	MDV2925	1019325		Yellowberries Copse		1	Private. Near road South Brent
88		South Longridge Wood	SX 49705 83870	MDV1666	1018518			1	1	DNP. Nr Lydford Gorge
92		The Trendle	SX 49067 75341	MDV3829	1002598				1	Private. Tavistock on side of road.	moortoseaanddo
106		Lydford E.	SX 512 847	MDV104685					1	Private?
25	4	Brent Tor	SX 47100 80400	MDV1669	1003199	28169	Brent Tor	1	1	DNP?	legendarydartmoor
7	12	Cranbrook Castle	SX 73858 89023	MDV8221	1003860	4624	Cranbrook Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	legendary dartmoor
11	16	East Hill	SX 60400 94160	MDV6880	1003873	47073		1	1	Private/Footpath
32	21	Hembury Castle (Buckfast)	SX 72608 68455	MDV7776	1003859	34692	Hembury Castle (Buckfast)	1		National Trust	National Trust
34	24	Hunters Tor	SX 76158 82443	MDV8824	1003827	7759	Hunters Tor	1	1	Common Land	holidayindartmoor
55	34	Prestonbury Castle	SX 74683 90025	MDV8439	1003861	29170	Prestonbury Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	holidayindartmoor
49	48	Wooston Castle	SX 76486 89673	MDV8292	1003822	7767	Wooston Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	holidayindartmoor