Prehistoric sites within 5km of SX 51682 74772

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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.

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List of sites within 5km of SX 51682 74772

Whitchurch Common S. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 53032 74954
HER: MDV48865
ShortName: CN?Whitchurch6
Grinsell: WHI 1
Turner: A19
Barrow Report: 39
Notes: Hut Circle or ring cairn? This is probably the cairn referred to by Worth in Barrow Report 39 (not the cist on the southern slope of barn Hill).

It has been difficult to match up these three sites. The listings on this website can be matched in a coherent fashion to those on the HER and there is no doubt on those matches. However, matching records to the actual features is proving difficult. On 09/09/23 I took photos of 3 features and for the purpose of these listings I will refer to them as "northern", "western" and "southern". That clearly defines what i recorded and photographed. However, I'm not certain I have the right records matched and it may take a further site visit to unentangle this.
1. "northern" provisionally matched to SiteID=541 HER record: 4115
2. "western" provisionally matched to SiteID=2509 HER record: 48866
3. "southern" provisionally matched to SiteID=2563 HER record: 48865
NB. This site is identified as "southern" and grid reference and photo reflect this
Nearby sites: SX 53032 74954
Distance: 1.36km

Wedlake Farm Cairn

OS Map: SX 53893 77408
HER: MDV33612
ShortName: CN WedlakeFarm
Notes: "Small turf covered cairn, 5m diameter, 0.5m high, near centre of field". HER grid reference is 6 digit so location could be more that 100 metres out. UPDATE: The author walked along the bridal path near Wedlake Farm on 14/07/19 and a cairn was seen some distance from the HER grid reference SX 538 774 at SX 53893 77408. It seems very likely that this is the site - see photo. This record now uses the new grid reference. Now listed as "cairn" rather than "reported cairn".
Nearby sites: SX 53893 77408
Distance: 3.44km

Yellowmeade 2 Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 56460 74413
HER: MDV28491
ShortName: CN:Yellowm Fm2
Butler map: 44.1.2
Notes: HER: a cairn, of possibly prehistoric date measuring 3.3m across x 0.3m high, with no definite kerb but one recumbent slab stone on the east side. It is near a ruined hut circle and a newtake wall may indicate a collection heap for wall construction. Butler: Yellowmeade Cairn '2' at SX56467442 of 3.0 metres by 4.5 metres by 0.3 metres high. Oval mound lying a few metres from Hut Circle '9' which was obviously the source of its stones. Gerrard: Round cairn 4m by 3.5m by 0.5m high. Cist. Large number of large stones protruding. Several stones are edge set. Low grass cover.

Barrow Report 67 and Gerrard suggest this could be a cist.
Nearby sites: SX 56460 74413
Distance: 4.79km

Merrivale Bridge E. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 557 752
HER: MDV61740
ShortName: CN:Merrivale20
Nearby sites: SX 557 752
Distance: 4.04km

Merrivale 12 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55640 74870
HER: MDV28493
ShortName: CN Merrivale12
Butler map: 44.8.12
Nearby sites: SX 55640 74870
Distance: 3.96km

Merrivale reave 13 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 55605 74758
HER: MDV4961
ShortName: CN-Merrivale13
Butler map: 44.8.13
Notes: Their form and positioning does not suggest either a prehistoric origin nor a sepulchral use. [N.B. This Butler entry Merrivale reave cairns 13 (1-5) has been separated into individual sites.]
Nearby sites: SX 55605 74758
Distance: 3.92km

Vixen Tor 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54174 74459
HER: MDV35898
ShortName: CN Vixen Tor 2
Butler map: 44.10.2
Notes: This entry originates from Butler at SX 5417 7446. Previously this entry had been associated with a mound at SX 54115 74445 (photo and grid reference). On 14/10/24 the author visited this location with Steve Szypko and we concluded this was a misidentification. The photo above and the grid reference have been updated to the correct feature referred to by Butler. The second photo here is of the feature previously recorded as this cairn (photo 14/09/2020) at SX 54115 74445. It is possible they are both cairns.

The HER grid reference is SX 54130 74460
Nearby sites: SX 54174 74459
Distance: 2.51km

Barn Hill N.E. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 53442 75013
HER: MDV63573
ShortName: CN BarnHill NE
Butler map: 44.10.4
Notes: Possibly NMR 1359050. "Despoiled prehistoric barrow on the east side of barn hill just to the west of the streamwork. The top of the monument has recently been dug into."

The author revisited this site on 15/10/2024. I had come via some military redoubts in the vicinity. I made this comment on social media the next day: "It is a bit difficult to capture in a photo but the digging into it is trenching that looks to me like a horse shoe shaped trench like a military redoubt from the second world war. There are quite a few such features in the area which are clearly military". This does not rule out the possibility that it was military interference/reuse of a cairn but I'm inclined to think this feature is not prehistoric. It is now listed here as a "reported cairn" instead of a "cairn".
Nearby sites: SX 53442 75013
Distance: 1.78km

Whitchurch Common E. Cairn

OS Map: SX 54139 74888
HER: MDV64833
ShortName: CN Whitchurch2
Butler map: 44.10.5
Notes: "Diam 6m, height 0.9m. A number of large stones protrude through the surface of the mound, which appears to be intact having escaped antiquarian investigation. Lies within extensive coaxial field system which is the subject of separate schedulings"
Nearby sites: SX 54139 74888
Distance: 2.46km

White Tor S.S.E.8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54348 78421
HER: MDV69503
ShortName: CN White SSE8
Notes: "Small disturbed flat-topped stony mound measuring between 4.2 and 5.9 metres, lies approximately 30 metres to the north of the group of three cairns on the south slope of Whittor. Surveyed in 2003". This cairn is recored by Phil Newman in reports dated 2003 and 2018. The current author visited on 27th May 2022 and the photo is presumably the site in question. It is so runinous and amorphous that initially I was not it is just natural but it is clearly a cairn. The HER gives the NGR as SX 54345 78413 - this is at SX 54348 78421 about 8 metres to the north.
Nearby sites: SX 54348 78421
Distance: 4.52km

White Tor S.S.E.9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5436 7843
HER: MDV69504
ShortName: CN:White SSE9
Notes: "Small cairn lying approximately 60 metres to the north-north-east of the group of three cairns on the south slope of Whittor. Although severely altered it is certainly likely to have been a cairn. Surveyed in 2003." reported by Phil Newman in survey of 2003 . On May 27th 2022 the current author was unable to locate this site although the description does suggest it is is fragmentary.
Nearby sites: SX 5436 7843
Distance: 4.53km

Langstone Moor (c.6) Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 5551 7776
HER: MDV56597
ShortName: CN:Langstone M
Butler map: 30.1
Notes: Peat mounds to east SX552780? See: 439658
Nearby sites: SX 5551 7776
Distance: 4.86km

Merrivale Bridge N. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 55256 75145
HER: MDV28518
ShortName: CN Merrivale22
Butler map: 30.7
Notes: Cairn or hut? "Recorded by Ordnance Survey (1979) as a hut, but Gerrard (1999) suggests it is a cairn. Feature measures 5.7 metres in diameter, height 0.6 metres. Kerb visible in places. Large numbers of rocks with quartz in them. Cairn lies 6 metres from field wall, which appears to kink around it." Visited 09/09/23 - a bit of a jumble of stones covered in vegetation. Identification of correct site not 100% certain but fits with mutilated cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 55256 75145
Distance: 3.59km

Merrivale 18 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55280 74742
HER: MDV103582
ShortName: CN Merrivale18
Nearby sites: SX 55280 74742
Distance: 3.60km

Merrivale 19 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55294 74727
HER: MDV103583
ShortName: CN Merrivale19
Nearby sites: SX 55294 74727
Distance: 3.61km

Langstone Moor S.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54836 77640
HER: MDV4117
ShortName: CN:Langston S1
Butler map: 31.19.1
Grinsell: PET 33
Notes: Newman "Fairly large, flat-topped stony cairn (18) which was excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899, 970 metres south-west of the stone circle. A flat stone was found but no other material retrieved. Disturbance caused by the diggers is visible on the west side of the mound."
Nearby sites: SX 54836 77640
Distance: 4.26km

Cox Tor N.4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53032 76347
HER: MDV4191
ShortName: CN CoxTor 4
Butler map: 31.1.4
Grinsell: PET 37
Nearby sites: SX 53032 76347
Distance: 2.07km

Cox Tor Tor Cairn Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 53012 76012
HER: MDV50062
ShortName: RC:CoxTor 2
Notes: A well preserved Tor cairn approximately 21m in diameter encloses a small, unamed tor 180m SSW of Cox Tor. It comprises a ring of large to medium stones approximately 7m in width which are piled around a natural outcrop. The stones are of a fairly uniform size and most are not earth-fast. To the immediate NE a stretch of low turf-covered rubble walling 1.2m wide, 0.4m high and 15m in length connects two outcrops - it is probably of prehistoric origin but its function is obscure..
Nearby sites: SX 53012 76012
Distance: 1.82km

Cox Tor N.7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53053 76495
HER: MDV49710
ShortName: CN CoxTor 7
Butler map: 31.1.7
Nearby sites: SX 53053 76495
Distance: 2.20km

Cox Tor S.E.8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53206 76138
HER: MDV28512
ShortName: CN CoxTor 8
Butler map: 31.1.8
Notes: Butler lists a pair of two small cairns south of the tor; cairn 8 at SX 5316 7613 and cairn 9 at SX 5318 7614. The author visited this area and found two possible cairns that could match the pair are located around 30-40 metres to the north-east. These match very closely to the NGR given by the the HER for SX 53210 76180 (HER 28512) and SX 53203 76131 (56607). It is impossible to say whether these are the cairns mentioned by Butler or not but these two records assume that is the case and use the grid references of the sites photographed. Butler writes: "The [Dartmoor Exploration] Committee then dug into two small cairns 60 m south of the tor, in neither of which was anything found. These were part of a small cairnfield with five to seven members but only two are easily identifiable south-east of the to, 8 and 9." This area is covered in periglacial mounds which adds to the confusing picture of this area and the author was unable to find anything else that looked man-made. NB. Grinsell's PET 37b probably relates to these two cairns.
Nearby sites: SX 53206 76138
Distance: 2.05km

Cox Tor S.E.9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53228 76174
HER: MDV4108
ShortName: CN CoxTor 9
Butler map: 31.1.9
Notes: Butler lists a pair of two small cairns south of the tor; cairn 8 at SX 5316 7613 and cairn 9 at SX 5318 7614. The author visited this area and found two possible cairns that could match the pair are located around 30-40 metres to the north-east. These match very closely to the NGR given by the the HER for SX 53210 76180 (HER 28512) and SX 53203 76131 (56607). It is impossible to say whether these are the cairns mentioned by Butler or not but these two records assume that is the case and use the grid references of the sites photographed. Butler writes: "The [Dartmoor Exploration] Committee then dug into two small cairns 60 m south of the tor, in neither of which was anything found. These were part of a small cairnfield with five to seven members but only two are easily identifiable south-east of the to, 8 and 9." This area is covered in periglacial mounds which adds to the confusing picture of this area and the author was unable to find anything else that looked man-made. NB. Grinsell's PET 37b probably relates to these two cairns.

UPDATE 31/12/2022. The HER record MDV56607 that this used to link to has been deleted. The record originates with Butler and has possibly located so this record will be retained (see photo).

This record is now linked to MDV4108
Nearby sites: SX 53228 76174
Distance: 2.09km

Smeardon Down Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5228 7814
HER: MDV12800
ShortName: CN:Smeardon 1
Butler map: 31.11
Notes: HER: A cairn prominently situated on the summit of Smeardon Down of 12 metres by 10.7 metres and 0.8 metres high within the prehistoric settlement and field system. A section of wall extends from the cairn for 42 metres to the west
Nearby sites: SX 5228 7814
Distance: 3.42km

White Tor Summit Cairn

OS Map: SX 54220 78638
HER: MDV4147
ShortName: CN WhiteTorSum
Butler map: 31.13
Grinsell: PET 22
Notes: "Cairn in white tor camp. Large cairn in sw portion of the camp. Many hundreds of cartloads of stones are here lying piled up like a cairn against one of the rock outcrops on the summit. The stones are all of handy size, none of them are built in, but thrown together pell mell. On the top of the cairn are two cavities, which seem to have been made by previous explorers. All the stones were removed from the cairn following the contour of rock to a distance of 7.32m, with a width of 3.05m and a depth of 2.75m. The surface of the ground thus exposed, was dug into until the cairn was reached and the only reward obtained after this heavy work consisted of a couple of small flint flakes. No charcoal was seen and nothing to indicate the use of this great heap of stones. It does not seem to be sepulchral nor could it have been used as a beacon, for in the former, some trace of interment would have been disclosed, and in the latter charcoal and signs of fire. May have been a look- out place or stones for ammunition only a large cairn here now, with hollow in centre (baring-gould)."
Nearby sites: SX 54220 78638
Distance: 4.62km

Cudlipptown Down 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53524 79061
HER: MDV56602
ShortName: CN Cudlipp 1
Butler map: 31.16.1
Notes: Cairn is in foreground of photo. NMR C - Butler lists 2 cairns NMR Lists 4. "4 small cairns situated on a slight slope, on the line of a parallel reave, on cudlipptown down. Their origin and function are obscure but they appear to post-date the reave." ... "'a' sx53387898.2m by 1.6m wide, 0.3m high. Partly turf-covered small and medium-size stones forming a low, near circular cairn. 'b' sx53497904.5.6m by 5m wide, 0.4m high. A roundish, flat-topped cairn of small-medium sized, partly turf-covered stones. There appears to be some disturbance, possibly a narrow trench, running from the cairn centre to the n edge. 'c' sx53517905.3.1m diam, 0.35m high. Otherwise very similar to 'b'. 'd' sx53557907.2m diam by 0.3m high (nmr, citing pattison)."

Cairn A SX 53380 78980 (2m x 1.6m)
Cairn B SX 53490 79040 (5.6 x 5 x 0.4m)
Cairn C SX 53510 79050 (3.1 x 0.35m)
Cairn D SX 53550 79070
Nearby sites: SX 53524 79061
Distance: 4.67km

Cudlipptown Down 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53507 79052
HER: MDV56602
ShortName: CN Cudlipp 2
Butler map: 31.16.2
Notes: NMR B - Butler lists 2 cairns NMR Lists 4. "4 small cairns situated on a slight slope, on the line of a parallel reave, on cudlipptown down. Their origin and function are obscure but they appear to post-date the reave." ... "'a' sx53387898.2m by 1.6m wide, 0.3m high. Partly turf-covered small and medium-size stones forming a low, near circular cairn. 'b' sx53497904.5.6m by 5m wide, 0.4m high. A roundish, flat-topped cairn of small-medium sized, partly turf-covered stones. There appears to be some disturbance, possibly a narrow trench, running from the cairn centre to the n edge. 'c' sx53517905.3.1m diam, 0.35m high. Otherwise very similar to 'b'. 'd' sx53557907.2m diam by 0.3m high (nmr, citing pattison)."

Cairn A SX 53380 78980 (2m x 1.6m)
Cairn B SX 53490 79040 (5.6 x 5 x 0.4m)
Cairn C SX 53510 79050 (3.1 x 0.35m)
Cairn D SX 53550 79070
Nearby sites: SX 53507 79052
Distance: 4.65km

Cudlipptown Down N. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5337 7946
ShortName: CN?Cudlipp N
Butler map: 31.17
Notes: Butler: "an isolated stony mound is probably a burial cairn".
Nearby sites: SX 5337 7946
Distance: 4.98km

Wedlake E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54288 77561
HER: MDV4183
ShortName: CN:Wedlake E1
Butler map: 31.18.1
Grinsell: PET 34b
Notes: Probable cairn now bisected by newtake wall.
Nearby sites: SX 54288 77561
Distance: 3.82km

White Tor N.W.4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 53780 79133
HER: MDV56603
ShortName: CN:White NW4
Butler map: 31.23.3
Notes: A small cairn attached to the side of a reave oriented E to W (see SX 57 NW 85), and situated on a slight slope on Cudlipptown Down. It measures 2.8m N to S by 2.5m and is 0.5m high. It is composed of medium sized stones (up to 0.2m diameter) now partly turf-covered.

Formerly marked as a duplicate of White Tor N.W.3 MDV28516 but that has a grid reference 300 metres away so probably an error. It is now presumed to be a separate unique feature.
Nearby sites: SX 53780 79133
Distance: 4.84km

Wedlake E.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54448 77684
HER: MDV4184
ShortName: CN:Wedlake E2
Butler map: 31.18.2
Grinsell: PET 34a
Notes: The remains of what must have been an impressive large cairn lie on a fairly steep north-west facing hillslope in virtually clitter-free open moorland. It measures 17.0m in overall diameter, 0.5m in height and is apparently composed entirely of small stones.
Nearby sites: SX 54448 77684
Distance: 4.02km

Langstone Moor S.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54838 77646
HER: MDV4116
Megalithic Portal: 35802
ShortName: CN Langston S2
Butler map: 31.19.2
Grinsell: PET 34
Notes: "Two round barrows on Peter Tavy Great Common. (A) SX54847764 A flat topped stony mound, probably a cairn, about 12m E-W by 11m transversely and of 0.6m maximum height. There is no apparent kerb and the edges are ill-defined. It is predominantly turf-covered but a small area of stones is exposed in the NW quadrant presumably the site of the 1899 excavation.(B) SX54887765 Located 45m ENE of 'A' or probable cairn visible as a turf covered mound about 5m in diameter and 0.3m high. No kerb is evident and the centre has been disturbed. The mounds are both quite prominently situated on the summit of a gently domed ridge of rough grassland which is generally devoid of surface stone." Previously listed on HER as 4120 - presumably deleted as a duplicate of 4116.

Formerly listed here as Roos Tor N. That naming has been dropped as it appears as part of a pair with Langstone Moor S.1
Nearby sites: SX 54838 77646
Distance: 4.27km

White Tor S.S.E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54339 78370
HER: MDV4182
ShortName: CN White SSE1
Butler map: 31.20.1
Grinsell: PET 30
Notes: HER: The westernmost cairn of a group of three set close together. Mound measures 11.9 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.9 metres high. A stone kerb composed of small boulders defines the outer edge of the mound. A hollow in the centre of the mound and a trench cut into the western side are probably the result of the nineteenth-century partial excavation.
Nearby sites: SX 54339 78370
Distance: 4.47km

White Tor S.S.E.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54356 78359
HER: MDV4181
ShortName: CN White SSE2
Butler map: 31.20.2
Grinsell: PET 32
Notes: HER Southernmost cairn of a group of three partially excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899. This cairn measures 4.7 metres in diameter and is 0.5 metres high. Has a central hollow indicating the location of the earlier partial excavation. Forms part of a widely dispersed group of at least fourteen cairns on the southern and eastern slopes of White Tor.
Nearby sites: SX 54356 78359
Distance: 4.47km

White Tor S.S.E.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54355 78379
HER: MDV4180
ShortName: CN White SSE3
Butler map: 31.20.3
Grinsell: PET 31
Notes: HER Northernmost cairn of a group of three. Measures 4.6 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.5 metres high. Partially excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899 and this work revealed central pits containing ashes, charcoal and flints. Centre of the mound contains a hollow indicating the location of the earlier partial excavation. Forms part of a widely dispersed group of at least fourteen cairns on the southern and eastern slopes of White Tor.
Nearby sites: SX 54355 78379
Distance: 4.49km

White Tor S.S.E.5 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 5448 7825
HER: MDV4180
ShortName: CN?White SSE5
Butler map: 31.20.5
Notes: Butler SSE cairn 5. This is south of the track. Butler in the description refers to one cairn south of the track but lists two (also cairn 6). Two appear on Map 30. One of the two listed in his table of cairns is marked as excavated by the DEC, the other is not. Yet another small cairn accompanied by some rubble banks lies closer to the river to the south-east (to the se of the other SSE group). The author looked for this cairn on 27th May 2022 and was unable to find it. NMR SX 54517823 Butler SX 54487825
Nearby sites: SX 5448 7825
Distance: 4.46km

White Tor S.S.E.7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54688 78177
HER: MDV56606
ShortName: CN:White SSE7
Butler map: 31.20.7
Notes: HER: A turf covered stony mound set on a gentle south facing slope of rough grassland. It measures 6.4 metres diameter and 0.6 metres high and may have been built on a platform around the southern side. Several stones protrude around the perimeter but there would appear to be no kerb as such. Apart from the slight robbing in the south the mound appears to be intact.
Nearby sites: SX 54688 78177
Distance: 4.54km

White Tor S.S.W.1 Long Cairn

OS Map: SX 54023 78321
HER: MDV4179
ShortName: CN White SSW1
Butler map: 31.21.1
Grinsell: PET 29a
Notes: The Dartmoor Exploration Committee (Report 6 1899) describes investigating 3 cairns in this location. The damaged remains are difficult today to interpret. Many authors suggest that the long cairn consists of two or more of these cairns. The current author visited this location on 27th May 2022 with just the knowledge that there were 3 reported cairns. I photographed a very likely cairn, namely, the long cairn (Butler 1). A semi-circular bank (Butler 3) and a faint mound around a natural rock (Butler 2). I noted at the time of the visit that both 2 and 3 are possible but doubtful cairns. I did not have the Butler account with me at the time I photographed and logged these. Looking now at Butler's account it looks like he reached the same conclusions and the entries here follow Butler with similar doubt on Butler 2 and Butler 3.

Gerrard: "cairn forming part of widely dispersed group of at least 14. Cairn mound measures 15m long by 6m wide and stands up to 1m high. A shallow hollow in the northern end of the mound measures 3m long by 1.5m wide and 0.15m deep and at the southern end another hollow measuring 1.5m long by 1m wide and 0.2m deep has been identified. These hollows are probably the result of a partial excavation carried out by the dartmoor exploration committee in 1899. This work revealed a pit containing ashes and charcoal. Grinsell has suggested that this cairn is two joined mounds, but without excavation this hypothesis cannot be tested. Two other doubtful mounds have been identified in close proximity to this cairn. These may be the remnants of two further cairns excavated by the dartmoor exploration committee, though there is not sufficient visible evidence to confirm this identification"
Nearby sites: SX 54023 78321
Distance: 4.25km

White Tor S.S.W.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54038 78328
HER: MDV4179
ShortName: CN White SSW2
Butler map: 31.21.2
Grinsell: PET 29
Notes: The Dartmoor Exploration Committee (Report 6 1899) describes investigating 3 cairns in this location. The damaged remains are difficult today to interpret. Many authors suggest that the long cairn consists of two or more of these cairns. The current author visited this location on 27th May 2022 with just the knowledge that there were 3 reported cairns. I photographed a very likely cairn, namely, the long cairn (Butler 1). A semi-circular bank (Butler 3) and a faint mound around a natural rock (Butler 2). I noted at the time of the visit that both 2 and 3 are possible but doubtful cairns. I did not have the Butler account with me at the time I photographed and logged these. Looking now at Butler's account it looks like he reached the same conclusions and the entries here follow Butler with similar doubt on Butler 2 and Butler 3.

This entry looked very doubtful in the field but looking again at the photograph a faint much bigger possible circular mound is apparent and consistent with a possible cairn. See also entries for Butler 1-3 (entries SiteIDs 1197, 1198, 1199).
Nearby sites: SX 54038 78328
Distance: 4.27km

White Tor S.S.W.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54006 78293
HER: MDV4179
ShortName: CN White SSW3
Butler map: 31.21.3
Grinsell: PET 29b
Notes: The Dartmoor Exploration Committee (Report 6 1899) describes investigating 3 cairns in this location. The damaged remains are difficult today to interpret. Many authors suggest that the long cairn consists of two or more of these cairns. The current author visited this location on 27th May 2022 with just the knowledge that there were 3 reported cairns. I photographed a very likely cairn, namely, the long cairn (Butler 1). A semi-circular bank (Butler 3) and a faint mound around a natural rock (Butler 2). I noted at the time of the visit that both 2 and 3 are possible but doubtful cairns. I did not have the Butler account with me at the time I photographed and logged these. Looking now at Butler's account it looks like he reached the same conclusions and the entries here follow Butler with similar doubt on Butler 2 and Butler 3.

This entry is intriguing. A very clear semi-cirular bank distrupted by the path. Is it a prehistoric feature? See also entries for Butler 1-3 (entries SiteIDs 1197, 1198, 1199).
Nearby sites: SX 54006 78293
Distance: 4.22km

White Tor N.W.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53725 79009
HER: MDV4139
ShortName: CN White NW1
Butler map: 31.23.1
Grinsell: PET 20
Notes: "An oval, flat-topped cairn set on a gently sloping natural plateau of rough grassland with panoramic views in most directions. It is constructed of consolidated small stones and is now predominantly turf-covered. It measures 9m E-W by 8m transversely and is 0.7m high on the N (downhill) side and 0.3m on the S (uphill) side. Only two contiguous earthfast stones of the probable kerb are now evident on the N side. The excavation trench which lies E-W centrally across the cairn is about 1m wide; a second, faint trench is visible at right angles"
Nearby sites: SX 53725 79009
Distance: 4.70km

White Tor N.W.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53773 78847
HER: MDV28516
ShortName: CN:White NW3
Butler map: 31.23.3
Notes: "A cairn is situated at the nw extremity of a plateau. The cairn is in poor condition and measures 3.4m x 2.5m and 0.3m high. A reave passes the cairn at a distance of 4m and it is possible that the stones represent gathering for the reave construction or even clearance though there is no defined field system in the area ". Current author was unable to find this cairn on visit on 27th May 2022. There does seem to be something on satellite imagery. For a time this record had a Lat & Lon that converts to SX 58390 64590 which is 94 metres away to the North east - whether thi swas the feature seen on staellite was not recorded. I have rolled back to the HER grid reference.
Nearby sites: SX 53773 78847
Distance: 4.58km

Whitchurch Common 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 5370 7493
HER: MDV63574
ShortName: CN:Whitchurch4
Notes: Ring cairn c18m diameter surviving as a circular earthwork bank c30cm high on the hillside to the east of the streamwork. Part of the bank has been disturbed by a rectangular hollow which may be the remains of a later building (newman).
Nearby sites: SX 5370 7493
Distance: 2.02km

Whitchurch Common 5 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 53496 75192
HER: MDV56594
ShortName: CN Whitchurch5
Notes: This record originates as a cairn reported in the old NMR listings. It is very likely a round house. The HER entry 56594 relates to round houses and the entry lists 3 items but also includes an NGR (SX 5349 7518) which matches this feature. In these listings we also have a round house listed as SiteID=5112 (HER=56594). The HER entry includes round houses which are apparently over 100m away from this feature and for that reason we will not treat that entry as a duplicate as it represents different unique features.
Nearby sites: SX 53496 75192
Distance: 1.86km

Merrivale Newtake Cist

OS Map: SX 55518 75832
HER: MDV102721
PMD: Merrivale Newtake
ShortName: CT Merrivale25
Notes: Greeves 2006 Very probable prehistoric cist set in a small cairn, with a discrete set slab on east side of cairn mound. The author visited 09/09/23 and while no cist stones were visible (could be covered) the site does look like a possible cist.
Nearby sites: SX 55518 75832
Distance: 3.98km

Whitchurch Common 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53004 74984
HER: MDV48866
ShortName: CN Whitchurch3
Turner: B10
Notes: "A 2m wide rubble bank containing a large number of edge set stones. Bank is up to 0.6m high, surrounding an area of 6.6m diam. A 3m wide, 0.1m deep ditch surrounds the bank. Lies within extensive coaxial field system".
Nearby sites: SX 53004 74984
Distance: 1.34km

Barn Hill Cist

OS Map: SX 53318 74558
HER: MDV14685
Megalithic Portal: 45785
PMD: Barn Hill
Alternate name: Barn Hill S. Cist
ShortName: CT Barn Hill 1
Butler map: 44.10.3
DPD page: 15
Grinsell: WHI 3
Notes: "The cairn mound measures 5.7 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.2 metres high. The cist lies slightly south of the cairn's centre and survives as a 0.98 metre long by 0.6 metre wide and 0.3 metre deep stone-lined pit".

Barrow Report 39 refers to a posible cist on the northern side of Barn Hill and this is a different feature on the southern side. The Barrow Report refers to MDV4114.

Butler Barn Hill S. - Vol. 3. Map 44.10.3. (diagram p.34). Previously listed with an inaccurate grid reference. Now confirmed at SX 53318 74558.
Nearby sites: SX 53318 74558
Distance: 1.65km

Cox Tor Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 53060 76190
HER: MDV4151
Megalithic Portal: 32104
Alternate name: Cox Tor Summit Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC CoxTor 3
Butler map: 31.1.3
Grinsell: PET 37a
Turner: A59
Notes: "Cox tor, ring cairn. The outcrop of granite on the summit is surrounded by an ancient wall, enclosing a space of about 21m in diameter, built of small stones. Pillaged and part used in erection of the cairn for the 1887 jubilee."

NB. The NMR listings had two entries for this feature. The entry SiteID=3229 referred to NMR entry SX 57 NW 132 (Monument Number 919075) which was a duplicate. As the NMR listings are no longer public our entry SiteID=3229 has been deleted.
Nearby sites: SX 53060 76190
Distance: 1.98km

Cox Tor Ancient Pool

OS Map: SX 53635 76205
HER: MDV26281
ShortName: PO:Cox Tor
Notes: "Previously recorded from aerial photographs as a possible quarry. Marked as 'pond' on modern mapping and is one of the examples suggested by Greeves (2019) to potentially have Prehistoric origins."
Nearby sites: SX 53635 76205
Distance: 2.42km

Cox Tor (NE) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 53047 76430
HER: MDV4127
Megalithic Portal: 32104
Alternate name: Cox Tor N.6 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC CoxTor 6
Butler map: 31.1.6
Grinsell: PET 36
Turner: A51
Notes: "Narrow ridge of north-south outcropping rock measuring 10 metres in diameter, surrounded by circular stoney bank 4 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. 1890 excavation showed it to consist of an outer bank with central infill of loose stones and earth. No trace of burials or artefacts." "Cox Tor. Smaller of two adjacent cairns. Lies 12.5 metres south-east of larger one (see related record). Similar in shape, though smaller; diameter 8.23 metres. Construction of centre was loose, much earth being mingled with the stone. Nothing found and no pit in the "calm". (Baring-Gould - fifth report of the DEC) Breton p.16 Two very curious ring cairns; one has a diameter of 55ft and the other 27ft.
Nearby sites: SX 53047 76430
Distance: 2.15km

Cox Tor (NW) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 53024 76424
HER: MDV4128
Megalithic Portal: 32104
Alternate name: Cox Tor N.5 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC CoxTor 5
Butler map: 31.1.5
Grinsell: PET 35
Turner: A48
Notes: Breton p.16 Two very curious ring cairns; one has a diameter of 55ft and the other 27ft.
Nearby sites: SX 53024 76424
Distance: 2.13km

Cox Tor N.E. Settlement

OS Map: SX 536 765
HER: MDV4105
Megalithic Portal: 17508
ShortName: ST:CoxTorNE
Notes: Details via Megalithic Portal.
Nearby sites: SX 536 765
Distance: 2.58km

Cudlipptown Down Embanked Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 53732 78949
HER: MDV13252
Megalithic Portal: 45608
Alternate name: White Tor N.W.2 Embanked Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC White NW2
Butler map: 31.23.2
Butler Vol 5: p.188 & Fig.130
Grinsell: PET 21
Turner: B5
Notes: "A ring cairn set at the eastern end of a natural gently sloping plateau of rough grassland generally devoid of stones. It measures about 11m diameter inside a turf-covered bank, composed generally of smallish stones, which is about 2.2m wide and has a maximum height of 0.4m on the E. It has been mutilated and spread in the south-east and the west. Several stones, are evident, two probably set in the inner face but the rest are apparently part of the bank of even part of the outer face. Two in the east on the uphill side appear to form an entrance but this is possibly due to mutilation. The interior appears to have been levelled and is 0.2m above the ground to the W. There is no evidence of any internal features or a ditch"
Nearby sites: SX 53732 78949
Distance: 4.65km

Ingra Tor Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists
OS Map: SX 55874 72093
HER: MDV4983
Megalithic Portal: 45735
PMD: Ingra Tor
Alternate name: lngra Tor Cist
ShortName: CT Ingra Tor
Butler map: 45.16
DPD page: 19
Grinsell: WAL 9
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: Butler Vol. 3. Map 45.16 (diagram p.51).

Breton (p.12): About 300 yds E. of Ingra tor is a fine kistvaen which has not been disturbed, except that a portion of the capstone has been broken off. [...] Three men from the farm near by about 1910 tried to raise the capstone with crowbars, but they failed to move it ; however, they broke off the piece that is broken.
Nearby sites: SX 55874 72093
Distance: 4.97km

Langstone Moor Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Stone Row & Settlements
OS Map: SX 54843 77922
HER: MDV48862
Megalithic Portal: 45833
ShortName: RC Langstone
Turner: A22
Notes: HER: A semi-circular bank, possibly the remains of a ring cairn.1.4 to 2m wide, 0.4m high. Composed of small + medium sized stones now largely turf-covered. It fades at each end of a near-perfect semi-circle of 14.9m internal diam. There is a low stone pile, 0.2m high, in se quadrant.

The author visited this site on 25/06/2018. A semi circular group of periglacial mounds can indeed be seen. The author on that occasion concluded that what appears to be a ring cairn is in fact simply the natural arrangement of the mounds. Re-visited on 13/08/2025 and the appearance looked very much like a ring cairn. This feature is also listed by some authors Mortar Emplacement 12
Nearby sites: SX 54843 77922
Distance: 4.46km

Langstone Moor Settlement

OS Map: SX 555 779
HER: MDV4219
Megalithic Portal: 17507
ShortName: ST Langstone
Butler map: 30.2
Notes: Details via Megalithic Portal.
Nearby sites: SX 555 779
Distance: 4.94km

Langstone Moor Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Stone Row & Settlements
OS Map: SX 54699 78695
HER: MDV4118
Megalithic Portal: 35807
PMD: White Tor E.
Alternate name: White Tor E.4 Cist
ShortName: CT White E4
Butler map: 31.22.4
Butler Vol 5: p.174 & Fig.114
DPD page: 13
Grinsell: PET 27
Barrow Report: 55
Notes: Butler White Tor E.4. Vol. 2. Map 31.22 (diagram Vol. 5. p.174).
Nearby sites: SX 54699 78695
Distance: 4.95km

Merivale (S) Encircled Cairn

OS Map: SX 55368 74602
HER: MDV3759
Megalithic Portal: 52014
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 4
PMD: Merrivale Menhir
Alternate name: Merrivale 6 (near standing stone) Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC Merrivale 6
Butler map: 44.8.6
Grinsell: WAL 6
Turner: F19
Notes: The cairn now turf-covered with an excavation pit in the centre, has a diameter of 2.4m. and a height of 0.1m. The excavation pit can be seen in the photo. A very irregular "circle" of stones can be seen around this cairn. Turner F19.
Nearby sites: SX 55368 74602
Distance: 3.69km

Merrivale Stone Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 55361 74641
HER: MDV4998
Megalithic Portal: 116
PMD: Merrivale Stone Circle
ShortName: SC Merrivale
DPD page: 17
Turner: G14
Notes: "A stone circle with a diameter of 20.0m. measured from northeast to southwest and 18.0m from northwest to southeast. It is formed by eleven stones spaced between 2.7m and 6.7m. apart and from 0.3m. to 0.5m. high. Three of the stones are of post type and eight are upright slabs. An additional stone, 7.5m. from the northeast side and 0.3m high, is angled towards the circle and may be quite unassociated". According to Breton (p.14) It formerly contained a kistvaen. No other accounts make this claim but the DEC report does mention shallow pits. Baring Gould states: Examination of some depressions in the surface of the turf found several pits dug to a depth of 12 - 18 inches in one of which was a flint flake. These had apparently been the socket holes for standing stones which had been removed to serve as gate posts or reused in the construction of a new-take wall nearby. See also Legendary Dartmoor: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex. Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram 16.
Nearby sites: SX 55361 74641
Distance: 3.68km

Merrivale Standing Stone

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 55359 74599
HER: MDV53395
Megalithic Portal: 115
PMD: Merrivale Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Merrivale
Butler map: 44.8.4
DPD page: 17
Notes: "Two Bronze Age standing stones with a disturbed cairn and a number of small earth fast stones. Located in open generally clitter-free moorland. Only one of the two stones still stands; it is 3.2 metres high and tapers from the base which is 0.7 by 0.5 metres in section. Whether the stone was once the focus or terminus of a stone rows is uncertain. The second stone is now fallen, it is 2.2 metres long, up to 0.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick. An adjacent 0.3 metre deep pit may be its socket hole. "
Nearby sites: SX 55359 74599
Distance: 3.68km

Merrivale Settlement

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 555 749
HER: MDV4897
Megalithic Portal: 1520
ShortName: ST Merrivale
DPD page: 18
Notes: Merrivale Prehistoric Settlement is a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, including at least thirty six hut circles and four separate enclosures. Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram p.16.
Nearby sites: SX 555 749
Distance: 3.82km

Merrivale Ceremonial Complex

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 5545 7479
HER: MDV14795
Megalithic Portal: 2046
PMD: Merrivale
ShortName: CX Merrivale
DPD page: 16
Notes: The Merrivale Ceremonial Complex consists of a stone circle a large menhir and two double stone rows and burial cairns. See also: Legendary Dartmoor: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex. Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram p.16.

Grinsell [Folklore 1976]: Formerly called the Potato Market or the Plague Market, perhaps from a time when goods were brought here for sale when the plague was raging in Tavistock. Bray 1879, letter ix; Crossing 1912/65, 94, note.
Nearby sites: SX 5545 7479
Distance: 3.77km

Merrivale Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: Merrivale Complex
OS Map: SX 55490 74770
HER: MDV3738
Megalithic Portal: 10465
PMD: Merrivale
Alternate name: Merrivale 7 Cist
ShortName: CT Merrivale 7
Butler map: 44.8.7
DPD page: 18
Grinsell: WAL 5
Notes: HER: A very fine Bronze Age cist which measures internally 2.2 metres long by 0.9 metres wide and up to 0.8 metres deep. The triangular-shaped slab which forms the massive cover stone is up to 2.1metres wide and averages 0.4 metres thick; a central part has been removed by stone cutters revealing the water-filled cist and a broken fragment of the coverslab.

Breton (p.14): The capstone was mutilated by a farmer in 1860, who cut a gate post out of the middle of it.

See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Merrivale Kist. Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram p.16. Butler Vol. 3. Map 44.8.7 (diagram of location in ceremonial complex p.24, diagram of cist p.31).
Nearby sites: SX 55490 74770
Distance: 3.81km

Merrivale Embanked Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 55360 74747
HER: MDV4997
Megalithic Portal: 10503
PMD: Merrivale SW.
Alternate name: Merrivale 8 Embanked Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Merrivale 8
Butler map: 44.8.8
Grinsell: WAL 1
Turner: B2
Notes: "The excavation of 1851 seems to have been thorough, completely destroying structural remains of both the cairn and the 'cist or inner circle',. There is now a circular turf covered area, 18.0m. in diameter, with random stones protruding through the surface. Off centre there is a hollow, 7.0m. by 4.0m. and 0.5m. deep." Butler Merrivale Vol. 3. Map 44.8.8 (pp.30-1).
Nearby sites: SX 55360 74747
Distance: 3.68km

Merrivale (Menhir 1) Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 1]
OS Map: SX 55361 74592
HER: MDV53397
Megalithic Portal: 3388
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 4
PMD: Merrivale Menhir I Stone Row
Alternate name: Merrivale 4 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Mer Menhir
Butler map: 44.8.4
DPD page: 17
Notes: Butler Row 4. Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor website Menhir 1. "Stone row 4 is now a trivial affair [Butler] of 3 small slabs aligned towards a squarish block near the base of the standing stone. This area has suffered some damage over the past century. There were 5 stones in 1895, the missing one presumably accounted for by the pit which has appeared between the upper stones. This may well be the site of the cairn, C4, at the head of the rows recorded by Rowe but not included in the plans of Lukis or Worth. Nor is there much surviving from the circle of slabs around the menhir depicted in Bray's plan and recorded by Spence Bate in 1871, or the nearby cist which he excavated, C5. The Exploration Committee excavated at both ends of the row but no more socket holes were found and they concluded that this short alignment was complete." Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram p.16.
Nearby sites: SX 55361 74592
Distance: 3.68km

Merrivale 5 Stone Row

OS Map: SX 55354 74592
HER: MDV53398
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 5
PMD: Merrivale Menhir II
ShortName: SR:Merrivale 5
Butler map: 44.8
Nearby sites: SX 55354 74592
Distance: 3.68km

Merrivale 6 Stone Row

OS Map: SX 55344 74590
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 6
ShortName: SR Merrivale 6
Butler map: 44.8
Nearby sites: SX 55344 74590
Distance: 3.67km

Merrivale 9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55353 74725
HER: MDV28496
ShortName: CN Merrivale 9
Butler map: 44.8.9
Grinsell: WAL 3
Notes: "Cairn measuring 4.0 meters in diameter and standing 0.6 meters high, with a pit 1.3 meters in diameter by 0.4 meters deep in the centre of the mound."
Nearby sites: SX 55353 74725
Distance: 3.67km

Merrivale A Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 1]
OS Map: SX 55541 74809
HER: MDV14797
Megalithic Portal: 2044
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 1
PMD: Merrivale A Stone Row
Alternate name: Merrivale 1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR MerrivaleA
Butler map: 44.8.1
DPD page: 16
Notes: Worth Merrivale A. Butler Merrivale 1. "Two Bronze Age double stone rows and associated cairns are located on open moorland. The rows are oriented roughly east to west and are almost parallel, being 25 metres between centres at their eastern ends increasing to 32 metres at the west. A leat still used to convey water to Hillside Stables separates the two monuments and flows to within 2 metres of the northern row. A single row (see SX 57 SE 115) runs roughly south-west from a small cairn at SX 55397476, some 4.75 metres south of the south row." Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram p.16.
Nearby sites: SX 55541 74809
Distance: 3.86km

Merrivale B Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 1]
OS Map: SX 55567 74788
HER: MDV14795
Megalithic Portal: 117
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 2
PMD: Merrivale B Stone Row
Alternate name: Merrivale 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR MerrivaleB
Butler map: 44.8.2
DPD page: 16
Notes: Butler Merrivale 2. Worth Merrivale B. For description see Merrivale A. Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram p.16.
Nearby sites: SX 55567 74788
Distance: 3.89km

Merrivale C Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 1]
OS Map: SX 55394 74761
HER: MDV5001
Megalithic Portal: 3391
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 3
PMD: Merrivale C Stone Row
Alternate name: Merrivale 3 Stone Row
ShortName: SR MerrivaleC
Butler map: 44.8.3
DPD page: 17
Notes: Butler Merrivale 3. Worth Merrivale C. "A stone row and a small cairn lie to the south of the double stone rows in close-cropped moorland turf. The cairn located at the northern end and slightly off-centre to the row, measures 3.2m across and up to 0.5m high. An 0.3m deep central pit opens out on the southern side. There is no obvious kerb or cist but a transverse slab, the terminal slab of the row, is set within the south side of the mound. The existence of this slab suggest that the row pre-dates the mound. The stone row extends for 41.7m in a southerly direction to an upright stone (SX553774720). However, during the English Heritage 1999 survey a further stone was located on the same alignment beyond this stone indicating an overall length for the row of at least 60m. The new partially buried stone at SX55337484 is visible as a rounded stone 0.15m across; it is similar to others in the row. A total of six upright stones, six stones protruding through the turf and about ten slight depressions, now indicate this 60m long alignment. The transverse stone within the cairn is 0.5m by 0.4 and 0.15m thick. The two adjacent in line slabs are 0.6m 0.3m by 0.15m and 0.3 by 0.2 and 0.2m thick respectively. The other large stone (SX55377472) is 0.5 by 0.4 and up to 0.4m thick. The other stones are up to 0.15m high." Lethbridge pp.16-18 Row C, diagram p.16.
Nearby sites: SX 55394 74761
Distance: 3.71km

Merrivale double row B (centre) Encircled Cairn and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: Merrivale Complex
OS Map: SX 55442 74779
HER: MDV14796
Megalithic Portal: 3389
PMD: Merrivale S row
Alternate name: Merrivale double row 2 centre Encircled Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Merrivale 2
Butler map: 44.8.2
DPD page: 17
Grinsell: WAL 4
Turner: F20
Notes: Butler Merrivale double row 2, (centre) - Vol. 3. Map 44.8.1 (diagram p.27). Lethbridge pp.16-18, diagram p.16.
Nearby sites: SX 55442 74779
Distance: 3.76km

Merrivale NE Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 1]
OS Map: SX 55548 74817
HER: MDV29078
Megalithic Portal: 3390
The Stone Rows of GB: Merrivale 1
PMD: Merrivale A Stone Row
Alternate name: Merrivale double row 1 (east end) Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Merrivale 1
Butler map: 44.8.1
Notes: At the eastern end (of the northern stone row) there is a blocking stone and beyond it a number of earthfast and loose slabs which seem to represent a former kerb or circle about 5.6m. in diameter. The blocking stone is part of the circle with two or possibly three earthfast slabs on end, three recumbent slabs, and four other post or slab stones which are much displaced or entirely unconnected. The stones are spaced at about 2.0m. intervals; uprooted slabs are from 0.3m. square to 0.4m. by 0.5m., earthfast stones 0.1m. high. There is no sign of a cairn or cist.
Nearby sites: SX 55548 74817
Distance: 3.87km

Merrivale North Embanked Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 55340 74845
HER: MDV3757
Megalithic Portal: 10502
Alternate name: Merrivale 10 Embanked Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Merrivale10
Butler map: 44.8.10
Turner: B8
Notes: "Turner describes this site as an embanked stone circle; an annular bank of earth and/or stones with an inner edge of orthostats. Internal diameter is 8.0 meters with a bank 0.8 meters wide and 0.3 meters high. Much disturbed." Turner B8.
Nearby sites: SX 55340 74845
Distance: 3.66km

Merrivale Recumbent Slab Standing Stone

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Merrivale Ceremonial Complex [Photo Set 2]
OS Map: SX 55371 74596
HER: MDV53396
ShortName: SS-Merrivale 2
Butler map: 44.8.4
DPD page: 17
Notes: "The second stone is now fallen, it is 2.2 metres long, up to 0.4 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick. An adjacent 0.3 metre deep pit may be its socket hole." According to Butler it was "erected in 1895 in the pit alongside, toppling again a few years later". Breton (p.14) "A smaller menhir is near ..." [to the Merrivale Longstone].
Nearby sites: SX 55371 74596
Distance: 3.69km

Merrivale row 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55399 74770
HER: MDV5000
PMD: Merrivale Short Stone Row
ShortName: CN Merrivale 3
Butler map: 44.8.3
Grinsell: WAL 2
Notes: Cairn located at the north-eastern end of the short single stone row, immediately south of the southern double stone row. It is of small stone construction, and is now turf-covered. "A small cairn that coontianed a ruined kistvaen" (Baring-Gould DEC Report No.2 1895)
Nearby sites: SX 55399 74770
Distance: 3.72km

Pew Tor (N side) Ancient Pool

OS Map: SX 53354 73597
HER: MDV127216
ShortName: PO Pew Tor
Notes: "A pool measuring 28 by 14m. 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 53354 73597
Distance: 2.04km

Roos Tor N.W. Settlement

OS Map: SX 539 772
HER: MDV4104
Megalithic Portal: 17509
ShortName: ST:RoosTorNW
Notes: Details via Megalithic Portal. Photo is of round house SiteID=8089
Nearby sites: SX 539 772
Distance: 3.29km

Routrundle North Enclosed Settlement

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists
OS Map: SX 55384 71860
HER: MDV105688
Megalithic Portal: 45577
ShortName: ES:Routrundl N
Notes: Routrundle North Pound: "Broadly oval enclosure, 58 by 48 metres diameter. Part of the south-west perimeter is represented by a stony scarp 0.5 metres high, elsewhere it comprises a stone spread of similar height upon which is a modern field wall."
Nearby sites: SX 55384 71860
Distance: 4.71km

Routrundle south Enclosed Settlement

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Walk: Sharpitor area Stone Rows and Cists
OS Map: SX 55262 71735
HER: MDV3775
Megalithic Portal: 45578
ShortName: ES:Routrundl S
Notes: Routrundle South Pound: "A roughly oval field with diameters of 58.0 metres by 64.0 metres and a modern perimeter wall 1.5 metres high. There are no obvious footings of a previous wall but the plan and size (0.25 hectares) suggest that it is the fossilization of a prehistoric enclosure similar to that 250 metres to the north-east."
Nearby sites: SX 55262 71735
Distance: 4.69km

The Trendle Fort

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Resource: Table of Devon Iron Age Forts
OS Map: SX 49067 75341
HER: MDV3829
ShortName: FT:The Trendle
Nearby sites: SX 49067 75341
Distance: 2.68km

Vixen Tor Cist

OS Map: SX 54244 74404
HER: MDV3596
Megalithic Portal: 29932
PMD: Vixen Tor
Alternate name: Vixen Tor 1 Cist
ShortName: CT Vixen Tor 1
Butler map: 44.10.1
DPD page: 15
Grinsell: WHI 2
Barrow Report: 39
Notes: "Cist and possible remains of a barrow. The east and south sides of the cist lean inwards and the north end is slightly defective. The cover stone seems to have been in two parts and it leans against the south corner of the cist. There appears to be traces of a retaining circle of barrows, three stones only, in radius of 3.0m from the centre of the cist. The condition is good. The original dimensions would, however, appear to have been 1.219m x 533mm. One side stone is 1.524m in length, and the other is over 1.372m in length. The present depth below the top of the side stones is 330mm, but excavation would probably prove this to be at least twice this." Vixen Tor has been fenced off by the current landowner. Butler Vol. 3. Map 44.10.1 (diagram p.34). Plan by Butler (1993) shows the capstones to the side. The two stones forming the capstone must have been replaced since then.

See also: Legendary Dartmooor: Vixen Tor and Vixen Tor Forbidden

Nearby sites: SX 54244 74404
Distance: 2.59km

Wedlake E.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54521 77400
ShortName: CN-Wedlake E3
Notes: Possible cairn located and photographed on 29 May 2016 and added to listings June 2019. It appears to be a cairn and the GPS location is some distance from any known recorded cairns - although Wedlake E1 and Wedlake E2 are not far. This is being listed as a reported cairn and only another site visit will throw more light on this. Revisited 13/08/25 and there is no doubt this is a cairn. Changed from reported cairn to cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 54521 77400
Distance: 3.87km

Whitchurch Common (N) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 53020 75005
HER: MDV4115
Megalithic Portal: 3535
Alternate name: Whitchurch Common N. Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC Whitchurch1
Turner: A41
Notes: Hut Circle or ring cairn? "Ring cairn with entrance. Stone ring 5.5m internal diam, with bank 1.5m wide and 0.4m high.2.5m wide entrance on ssw side" " A hut with an internal diam of 5.8m and walling 1.5m wide and 0.4m high; there is an entrance gap in the sw. This is evidently grinsell's cairn and worth's barrow.(broadly it is on the n slope of barn hill as stated by worth, but locally on the sw slope). While the structure might in isolation be construed as a cairn, the lack of any internal stone, the consistently smooth angle of the inner face of the wall and the presence of other huts and a field system militate against the worth and grinsell classifications"
Nearby sites: SX 53020 75005
Distance: 1.36km

Whitchurch Down (Warrens Cross) Ancient Pool

OS Map: SX 51153 73688
HER: MDV127230
ShortName: PO:Whitchurch
Notes: "A pool measuring 38 by 18m. 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 51153 73688
Distance: 1.21km

White Tor Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 54597 78701
HER: MDV4164
Megalithic Portal: 35804
Alternate name: White Tor E.1 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC White E1
Butler map: 31.22.1
Grinsell: PET 24
Turner: A26
Notes: See also duplicate 439800. Turner A26. Butler White Tor E.1. "Round cairn 340 metres east of White Tor summit. This monument includes a round cairn situated on a gentle south-east facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. The cairn mound measures 6m in diameter and stands up to 0.4m high. A hollow in the centre of the mound measuring 3m in diameter and 0.3m deep is the result of a partial excavation carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899. This work recovered a perforated stone. A kerb of small stones defines the outer edge of the mound."
Nearby sites: SX 54597 78701
Distance: 4.89km

White Tor (Whittor) Neolithic Enclosure

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: White Tor Fort
OS Map: SX 5423 7867
HER: MDV4101
Megalithic Portal: 17506
ShortName: NE White Tor
Butler map: 31.13
DPD page: 13
Notes: Neolithic tor enclosure. "A camp on the summit of White Tor formed by a double wall, now in ruinous condition. Both walls appear to have been 10 to 11 feet thick, the outer wall being 4 to 4 1/2 feet high, the inner 6 to 7 feet high. The distance between the walls varies between 10 and 40 feet. The entrances are to the east, where access is easier, they are not opposite and are protected by the spur walls. Within the camp are four hut circles and three possible hut shelters, and two northern circles (numbers 5 and 6 on plan) are joined by a short wall." See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's White Tor Neolithic Settlement. See also HER record MDV4102. See also Dartmoor Tor Enclosures Project.
Nearby sites: SX 5423 7867
Distance: 4.66km

White Tor Fort Fort

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: White Tor Fort
OS Map: SX 54246 78678
HER: MDV4101
Megalithic Portal: 17506
Alternate name: White Tor Fort
ShortName: FT White Tor
DPD page: 13
Notes: "White tor camp.8 hut circles enclosed within the camp. Excavated by baring-gould.". See also Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's White Tor Neolithic Settlement
Nearby sites: SX 54246 78678
Distance: 4.67km

White Tor Long Cairn E.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54606 78667
HER: MDV4163
ShortName: CN:White E2
Butler map: 31.22.2
Grinsell: PET 25
Notes: Long cairn - formerly thought to be two separate cairns. Pet 25 & Pet 26 (HER 4163 & 12793)
Nearby sites: SX 54606 78667
Distance: 4.87km

Yellowmeade Farm Cist

OS Map: SX 56350 74465
HER: MDV5002
Megalithic Portal: 45778
PMD: Yellowmeade Farm NW.
Alternate name: Yellowmeade 1 Cist
ShortName: CT Yellowm Fm1
Butler map: 44.1.1
DPD page: 18
Grinsell: WAL 7
Barrow Report: 67
Notes: Butler Yellowmeade 1 - Vol. 3. Map 44.1 (diagram p.17).
Nearby sites: SX 56350 74465
Distance: 4.68km

Yellowmeade Settlement Round House

OS Map: SX 56480 74420
HER: MDV4954
ShortName: CT-Yellowm Fm3
Notes: Probable hut circle. nw of the nw angle of the ends of yellowmeade farm, practically on the old tavistock-ashburton track. The cairn may contain a kistvaen. To the ne of the cairn there is a pound enclosing 3 hut circles. Large stones are used in the cairn.

This record originated from the HER and it now seems clear it is a duplicate of Yellowmeade 2 which is also of a reported cist. There is a round house at this location. This record is being retained and changed to a round house. This also reflects the current content of the linked HER record.
Nearby sites: SX 56480 74420
Distance: 4.81km