Prehistoric sites within 5km of SX 67243 73209

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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 67243 73209

Holne Ridge N.2 stone row Cairn

OS Map: SX 66732 71089
HER: MDV61452
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg 2
Butler map: 60.26.2
Grinsell: HOL 6b
Notes: Cairn associated with stone alignment and a second cairn to the east. This cairn stands a short distance north of the alignment and survives as a 3.8 metre diameter mound standing up to 0.4 metres high.
Nearby sites: SX 66732 71089
Distance: 2.18km

Snowdon 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66871 68281
HER: MDV5220
ShortName: CN:Snowdon 2
Butler map: 58.10.2
Grinsell: BUC 3
Notes: One of a line of four cairns. Visible on Google earth. HER: Round platform cairn, 16.5 m diameter and 11m high, and has been badly mutilated by the erection of a modern marker cairn, 1.5 m high and 3m diameter with a shelter upon it. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites. Butler: 18 metres diameter by 1.2 metres high. This cairn has a deep central pit and is slightly smaller than its southern neighbour. It is crowned with a modern stone heap.
Nearby sites: SX 66871 68281
Distance: 4.94km

Snowdon 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66846 68395
HER: MDV5222
ShortName: CN:Snowdon 3
Butler map: 58.10.3
Grinsell: BUC 2
Notes: One of a line of four cairns. Visible on Google Earth. HER: The remains of a cairn of 16 metres diameter and 1.1 metres high constructed of turf covered boulders. It is in good condition except for a small central disturbance and a modern marker cairn, 0.8 m high and 1 m diameter. Butler: This cairn retains its shape better than the others, with fewer stones exposed and more shallow pitting.
Nearby sites: SX 66846 68395
Distance: 4.83km

Snowdon 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66878 68562
HER: MDV13203
ShortName: CN:Snowdon 4
Butler map: 58.10.4
Grinsell: BUC 1
Notes: One of a line of four cairns. Butler: This cairn is the northernmost of four cairns on Snowdon and is ill-defined, blending into the slope of the hillside but apparently little interfered with.
Nearby sites: SX 66878 68562
Distance: 4.66km

Holne Lee 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67847 69575
HER: MDV5200
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee 1
Butler map: 58.11.1
Grinsell: HOL 9
Notes: HER: A round cairn, overall diameter 22.5 metres with a central platform, 7 metres diameter and 0.6 metres high, surrounded by a rim, 7.8 metres average width and 0.9 metres high. Butler: deformed by a saucer shaped depression in the surface now turfed over and comparatively smooth, the product of some ancient excavation.
Nearby sites: SX 67847 69575
Distance: 3.68km

Holne Lee 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67884 69583
HER: MDV13208
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee 2
Butler map: 58.11.2
Grinsell: HOL 10
Notes: HER: Grinsell (1978) described an additional cairn 'D' here, 10.0m. in diameter and 0.6m. high with a hollow in or near the centre. The Royal Commission Holne survey (1997) records this possible feature as 'somewhat enigmatic'; while from some aspects it resembles a cairn, it is probably the debris from a prospecting pit allied to the nearby extensive tinworking remains. Gerrard: One of 5 cairns on Holne Lee situated 2 kilometres south-west of Fore Stoke. Round cairn. Measures 9.5m by 7.8m. Central pit 4.4m by 2.9m. The mound is orientated at 340 degrees. The structure now looks like a rectangular building rather than a cairn. On balance, however, given its location it is more likely to represent a cairn. Butler: trenched and hollowed out to ground level.
Nearby sites: SX 67884 69583
Distance: 3.68km

Holne Lee 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67921 69599
HER: MDV5201
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee 3
Butler map: 58.11.3
Grinsell: HOL 11
Notes: HER: Round cairn, overall diameter 19.8m, is of similar form to A. having a central platform 8.7m diameter and 0.6m high, surrounded by a rim, 5.5m average width and 1.0m high. Gerrard: One of 5 cairns on Holne Lee situated 2 kilometres south-west of Fore Stoke. Round cairn. Diameter 21m, height 1.3m. Central pit 6m by 6m by 0.3m deep. Robbing pit is slightly east of the mound centre. Old animal burrows within the pit. Rushes in the pit, grass, gorse, bilberry and heather elsewhere.
Nearby sites: SX 67921 69599
Distance: 3.67km

Holne Lee 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67992 69641
HER: MDV5202
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee 4
Butler map: 58.11.4
Grinsell: HOL 12
Notes: HER: Oval cairn, 12 metres by 11 metres overall and 0.9 metres high with a regular central depression, 6 metres diameter and 0.9 metres deep. The surround is noticeably dipped to the east-south-east on the long axis, where it is only 0.6 metres high. The even turf cover of the stones and the regular profile suggest that this cairn has not been disturbed and maintains its original form as a hollow top cairn. Historic England: The monument, which falls into three areas of protection, includes five cairns forming a cairn cemetery situated on a high ridge on Holne Lee overlooking the valley of the River Dart. Four of the mounds contain pits which indicate that they have been subjected to early undocumented investigations. The eastern cairn includes a 13.3 metres diameter mound standing up to 1.3 metres high. In the centre of the mound is a 4.8 metres long by 4 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep pit. Spoil thrown up during the digging of this pit forms a heap on the southern side of the cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 67992 69641
Distance: 3.65km

Holne Lee 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68495 69805
HER: MDV5198
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee 5
Butler map: 58.11.5
Grinsell: HOL 16
Notes: HER: One of two cairns of probable Bronze Age date on Holne Lee. Cairn has an overall diameter of 18.5m and is constructed of small boulders and comprises a central mound, 12.8m diameter, 0.9m high, which has been extensively disturbed. It is immediately surrounded by a ring, 2.9m thick and 0.5m high resulting in a cairn of embankment bowl type.
Nearby sites: SX 68495 69805
Distance: 3.63km

Ter Hill N.W.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6289 7109
HER: MDV12969
ShortName: CN:Ter Hill 3
Grinsell: LYD 98a
Notes: A low turf-covered mound situated at SX 62887108 is probably the feature noted by both Fox and Grinsell. It lies in tall cotton grass on a south-west facing peat-covered hiislope in an area covered by low swellings, gullies and a marked accumulation of surface peat.
Nearby sites: SX 6289 7109
Distance: 4.84km

Holne Lee 6 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6849 6982
HER: MDV13209
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee 6
Butler map: 58.11.6
Grinsell: HOL 16a
Notes: HER: Oval cairn, 16 metres by 14 metres and 0.6 metres high. The central area (11 metres to 13 metres diameter) is very disturbed, with a small, off centre mound 0.6 metres high. The cairn has a rim 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres high, with a south-west facing gap, 2 metres wide. There is a single orthostat set into the rim on its east arc. Butler: Originally an outer bank seems to have surrounded a raised interior but this has become badly disordered and further damage has been caused to the edges by the well worn tracks approaching uphill from the ford across the Mardle
Nearby sites: SX 6849 6982
Distance: 3.61km

Weal Emma Leat (S) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6388 7199
HER: MDV12970
ShortName: CN?Weal Emma S
Grinsell: LYD 99
Notes: Hut circle
Nearby sites: SX 6388 7199
Distance: 3.58km

Brake Corner 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 7022 7170
HER: MDV8030
ShortName: CN?Brake 1
Butler map: 11.1.1
Turner: A17
Notes: Hut circle at brake corner. HER: A circular enclosure bounded by a bank consisting of small stone. Part of the interior has been filled in with cleared field stones. there is no trace of an entrance. Certain identification of the feature as a hut circle could not be made. No orthostats are visible and the construction using small stones is unusual for a hut. The exposed situation on the crest of a spur is more appropriate to a cairn but the walling, at best about 0.4 m. high, appears too regular for a cairn rim
Nearby sites: SX 7022 7170
Distance: 3.34km

Holne Lee 8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6869 6993
HER: MDV13198
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee 8
Butler map: 58.11.8
Grinsell: HOL 18
Notes: HER: A disturbed cairn 9.0 metres in diameter lies on the northern tip of Holne Lee overlooking Venford reservoir. Now standing 0.4 metres high this feature has suffered severe disturbance to its centre.
Nearby sites: SX 6869 6993
Distance: 3.58km

Brake Corner 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 7018 7168
ShortName: CN?Brake 2
Butler map: 11.1.2
Notes: Possible hut circle.
Nearby sites: SX 7018 7168
Distance: 3.31km

Mardle Valley 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6761 6922
HER: MDV5203
ShortName: CN:Mardle 2
Butler map: 58.12.2
Grinsell: HOL 13
Notes: HER quoting Gerrard: Round cairn. Diameter 8m, height 0.4m. A small trench leading in from the north-west is 1.5m long by 1m wide and 0.2m deep.

This cairn has been cleared of vegetation by the DPA in September 2025 and the author visited shortly afterwards on 02/10/2025. Of the 4 cairns cleared this one I was unable to locate with certainty but I was lacking time for a thorough search. I had probably located it but was uncertain I had correctly identified it. It maybe more obvious when the bracken has died back.
Nearby sites: SX 6761 6922
Distance: 4.01km

Mardle Valley 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67727 69038
HER: MDV5204
ShortName: CN:Mardle 3
Butler map: 58.12.3
Grinsell: HOL 14
Notes: HER: Round cairn measures 8.5m diameter and 0.5m high. It has a rectangular trench, 2.3m by 1.6m and 0.3m deep dug into its centre.

This cairn has been cleared of vegetation by the DPA in September 2025 and the author visited shortly afterwards on 02/10/2025. Photos added and grid references updated.
Nearby sites: SX 67727 69038
Distance: 4.20km

Mardle Valley 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67627 68957
HER: MDV24792
ShortName: CN:Mardle 4
Butler map: 58.12.4
Grinsell: HOL 15
Notes: HER quoting Gerrard: Round cairn. Diameter 9.8m, height 0.7m. A flat topped stoney mound with several hollows. A small number of edge set stones around the periphery may represent the remnants of a kerb.

This cairn has been cleared of vegetation by the DPA in September 2025 and the author visited shortly afterwards on 02/10/2025. Photos added and grid references updated.
Nearby sites: SX 67627 68957
Distance: 4.27km

Yar Tor N.E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68014 74182
HER: MDV14377
ShortName: CN:Yar Tor N 1
Butler map: 14.11
Grinsell: WID 19
Notes: HER: Barrow north-east of Yar Tor on Corndon Down; located at the northern end of the stone row. Within area of Dartmeet parallel reave system and later prehistoric fields / enclosures. The north cairn comprises vegetation covered mound of earth, slightly ovoid in shape, 6 metres by 6.3 metres by 1 metres high.
Nearby sites: SX 68014 74182
Distance: 1.24km

Mardle Valley 5 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6779 6889
HER: MDV62034
ShortName: CN:Mardle 5
Butler map: 58.12.5
Notes: HER: Ovoid feature measuring 4.5 metres north to south by 5.2 metres and stands 1.1 metres high. An amorphous hollow roughly 1.0 metres in diameter is situated in the centre of the mound.

Visit by author 02/10/2025 to look for this site. Unable to locate cairns 5-8 due to dense vegetation cover. This site might be easier to locate when the bracken has died back more in the winter or early spring.
Nearby sites: SX 6779 6889
Distance: 4.35km

Mardle Valley 6 Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 6781 6872
HER: MDV5307
ShortName: CN:Mardle 6
Butler map: 58.12.6
Notes: HER: Oval cairn, 16 metres by 14 metres and 0.6 metres high. The central area (11 metres to 13 metres diameter) is very disturbed, with a small, off centre mound 0.6 metres high. The cairn has a rim 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres high, with a south-west facing gap, 2 metres wide. There is a single orthostat set into the rim on its east arc.

Visit by author 02/10/2025 to look for this site. Unable to locate cairns 5-8 due to dense vegetation cover. This site might be easier to locate when the bracken has died back more in the winter or early spring.
Nearby sites: SX 6781 6872
Distance: 4.52km

Yar Tor E.1 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6815 7384
HER: MDV21514
ShortName: CN?Yar Tor E 1
Butler map: 14.11.1
Grinsell: WID 21a
Notes: HER 21514 includes two possibe cairs, maybe clearance cairns. WID 21a and WID 21b
Nearby sites: SX 6815 7384
Distance: 1.10km

Mardle Valley 7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6792 6855
HER: MDV5214
ShortName: CN:Mardle 7
Butler map: 58.12.7
Grinsell: BUC 5
Notes: HER: Round cairn measuring approximately 9 metres in diameter (around 0.6 metres high), almost on the summit of hill east of the River Mardle. It is constructed of small boulders and the centre has been disturbed.

Visit by author 02/10/2025 to look for this site. Unable to locate cairns 5-8 due to dense vegetation cover. This site would appear to be located in widespread dense gorse which is head height - impossible to investigate.
Nearby sites: SX 6792 6855
Distance: 4.71km

Yar Tor E.2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6815 7383
HER: MDV21514
ShortName: CN?Yar Tor E 2
Butler map: 14.11.2
Grinsell: WID 21b
Notes: HER 21514 includes two possibe cairs, maybe clearance cairns. WID 21a and WID 21b
Nearby sites: SX 6815 7383
Distance: 1.10km

Ryders Hill Cairn

OS Map: SX 65982 69068
HER: MDV5223
ShortName: CN:Ryders Hill
Butler map: 58.13
Butler Vol 5: p.162 & Fig.101
Grinsell: HOL 8
Notes: HER: Large platform cairn, 30.5 m diameter and on average 1.0 m high is turf covered and in good condition, except for the erection of Petre's Bound Stone, a modern boundary stone, and an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar upon it. It lies on the broad level summit of Ryder's Hill.
Nearby sites: SX 65982 69068
Distance: 4.33km

Sherwell Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6838 7455
ShortName: CN?Sherwell
Butler map: 15.1
Notes: Butler: "A small cairn lies within a neighbouring field, obviously trenched with the stones thrown downhill". Not listed on NMR or HER.
Nearby sites: SX 6838 7455
Distance: 1.76km

Holne Lee N. Cairn

OS Map: SX 6884 7032
HER: MDV6472
ShortName: CN:HolneLee N
Butler map: 59.1
Grinsell: HOL 7
Notes: HER: A cairn situated within the field system at SX68847032 survives as a 9.7 metre diameter flat-topped mound standing up to 0.8 metres high. A small hollow in the centre of the cairn suggests that it has been partially excavated or robbed.. Possibly visible at around 20m to the east of Butler's grid reference at SX 68864 70324 on Google satellite. This record will revert to Butler's NGR until location confirmed.

NB. record duplicated on HER as MDV129703 see SiteID=1841.
Nearby sites: SX 6884 7032
Distance: 3.30km

Yar Tor (SE of) Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6815 7381
HER: MDV21514
ShortName: CN?Yar Tor SE
Grinsell: WID 21c
Nearby sites: SX 6815 7381
Distance: 1.09km

Corndon Tor 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68601 74158
HER: MDV16727
ShortName: CN:CorndonTor2
Butler map: 15.4.2
Grinsell: WID 18
Barrow Report: 56 62
Notes: HER: On the main outcrop of Corndon Tor is a possible tor cairn (south of MDV6387). Stones piled around the base of the outcrop may be remains of cairn which has been much disturbed and is now very spread and fragmentary The cairn overlies a reave which runs up to the tor, a shelter has been built against the tor very recently using stone from the cairn. Maximum diameter 27.2m.

The Google satellite imagery shows that this feature has the clear appearance of a tor cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 68601 74158
Distance: 1.66km

Bench Tor S. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6916 7140
HER: MDV130253
ShortName: CN?Bench Tor
Butler map: 59.2
Notes: Butler: in the field system "a small mound near the north end was probably a cairn".
Nearby sites: SX 6916 7140
Distance: 2.64km

Rowden Down Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6993 7602
HER: MDV12961
ShortName: CN?Rowden Dn
Grinsell: WID 23
Notes: Hut circle or ring cairn
Nearby sites: SX 6993 7602
Distance: 3.89km

Venford Brook W.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6822 7154
HER: MDV13003
ShortName: CN:Venford W1
Butler map: 60.8.1
Notes: HER: One of four small clearance cairns within the medieval and later field system west of Venford Reservoir. The Ordnance Survey (1977) suggested these as Prehistoric cairns, but 1996 Royal Commission field survey (1996) reclassified as Medieval or later clearance mounds. It measures 4.0m in diameter and 0.4m high with a stone content, now turf and heather covered, but no particular features. It is within a reave system and 3.0m from a north to south lynchet
Nearby sites: SX 6822 7154
Distance: 1.93km

Corndon Down 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68678 74766
HER: MDV6385
ShortName: CN:CorndonDn 1
Butler map: 15.5.1
Grinsell: WID 17
Barrow Report: 56 62
Notes: HER: Large stone cairn; one of a pair approximately 530m north of Corndon Tor. The eastern cairn comprises a stony mound standing to over 2m high with a flattish top surface which has been badly disturbed by recent building of shelters. One very pronounced example is in centre of the cairn and appears recent. A reave, part of the Dartmeet system, touches the cairn tangentially on the west side but is not covered by it.
Nearby sites: SX 68678 74766
Distance: 2.12km

Corndon Down 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68579 74731
HER: MDV6386
ShortName: CN:CorndonDn 2
Butler map: 15.5.2
Grinsell: WID 16
Barrow Report: 56 62
Notes: HER: Large stone cairn; one of a pair approximately 530m north of Corndon Tor. A mound of loose stone over 2m high in places. Upper surface extensively disturbed and undulating caused by interference, including recent shelter building.
Nearby sites: SX 68579 74731
Distance: 2.03km

Venford Brook S.1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6763 7047
HER: MDV128837
ShortName: CN?Venford S1
Butler map: 60.8.3
Notes: HER: Two cairns or disturbed hut circles overlain by later clearance material lie at the foot of a steep north-facing slope above the right bank of the western tributary of the Venford Brook. These features have been Scheduled as cairns. The huts are largely infilled with small boulders and rocks and measure 6.5m and 5.5m in external diameter respectively. Both possess off-centre hollows roughly 0.5m deep and neither displays evidence of a former entrance. The fact that these features appear to be terraced into the slope would preclude their interpretation as burial cairns as suggested by Butler
Nearby sites: SX 6763 7047
Distance: 2.77km

Lower Cator Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 68420 75800
HER: MDV26442
ShortName: CN?Lower Cator
Butler map: 17.2
Notes: Round House reused as a clearance cairn. Butler. A cairn, with a trench across the centre, lies at the middle of a field between these huts, trimmed to a pear shape by ploughing around the edges.
HER quoting Butler: Lower Cator Prehistoric setlement includes this hut circle with a diameter of circa 6 metres with its lower half filled with clearance stones. a few slabs surround this hut. Other details: Map 17, Site 2.
Nearby sites: SX 68420 75800
Distance: 2.85km

Venford Brook S.2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6764 7046
HER: MDV128837
ShortName: CN?Venford S2
Butler map: 60.8.4
Notes: HER: Two cairns or disturbed hut circles overlain by later clearance material lie at the foot of a steep north-facing slope above the right bank of the western tributary of the Venford Brook. These features have been Scheduled as cairns. The huts are largely infilled with small boulders and rocks and measure 6.5m and 5.5m in external diameter respectively. Both possess off-centre hollows roughly 0.5m deep and neither displays evidence of a former entrance. The fact that these features appear to be terraced into the slope would preclude their interpretation as burial cairns as suggested by Butler
Nearby sites: SX 6764 7046
Distance: 2.78km

Bellever Tor 12 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6453 7686
HER: MDV52765
ShortName: CN:Bellever12
Notes: "Low flat-topped cairn situated immediately outside the eastern edge of a settlement and field system on the gently sloping northern flank of Bellever Tor. The heather and moss covered mound measures 3.6 metres in diameter with a maximum height of 0.35 metres. It is probably sepulchral in origin and appears to be undisturbed."
Nearby sites: SX 6453 7686
Distance: 4.55km

Riddon Ridge summit Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6633 7663
HER: MDV19985
ShortName: CN:Riddon 1
Butler map: 18.1.23
Grinsell: LYD 67b
Nearby sites: SX 6633 7663
Distance: 3.54km

Venford Reservoir E. Embanked Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 69033 70678
HER: MDV63936
ShortName: CN:VenfordResE
Notes: HER: A ring cairn sited 6m east of the Holne to Hexworthy road and on the crest of the ridge which extends between Bench Tor and Holne Lee. The cairn consists of a low (0.2m) circular earthwork with a diameter of approximately 20m, and a central mound. Much of the circle has been effaced, possibly by road builders and a pair of tinners' pits have destroyed part of the western sector. The best preserved section is on the northern side where a low, curved bank survives with a spread of approximately 2m. The eastern side is currently occupied by a car park, delineated by a row of large, loose boulders. The section of the circle within the car park has become badly eroded and the stony cairn material is exposed. The central mound is roughly elliptical measuring 9m by 7m.
Nearby sites: SX 69033 70678
Distance: 3.10km

Riddon Ridge N. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 66140 77230
HER: MDV132303
ShortName: CN Riddon N
Butler map: 18.1.24
Notes: The remains of a disturbed turf-covered cairn. The monument measures 10.5 by 8.5 metres and stands to a height of 0.75 metres. The cairn shows signs of disturbance as a shallow hollow slightly west of centre and a possible spoil heap lies nearby.

UPDATE: 28/12/24. This entry had previously been linked incorrectly to details of a round house a little distance away - photo and grid reference was incorrect. Now linked to correct HER entry.
Nearby sites: SX 66140 77230
Distance: 4.17km

Riddon Corner Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6714 7636
HER: MDV64234
ShortName: CN?Riddon 2
Butler map: 18.2.7
Notes: Butler: The cairn at 7 (8.0 x 1.0 m), 5 m from the field wall and close to a reave, is probably prehistoric. A slight depression in its flat suface suggests it has been dug and a track cutting across the eastern edge has also caused some slight damage. A pile of stones in a similiar relationship to the next reave to the south is more likely to be clearance from the field.

HER entry: A turf-covered mound measuring 8.2 by 7.2 by 0.7 metres high. The mound bears some indications of disturbance. It is uncertain whether it is a barrow or the result of more recent field clearance.. Possibly visible on Lidar.
Nearby sites: SX 6714 7636
Distance: 3.15km

Riddon Ridge S.E. Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 6695 7635
PMD: Riddon Ridge 1
ShortName: CT:Riddon 3
Butler map: 18.2.8
Grinsell: LYD 67a
Barrow Report: 33
Notes: Butler: A few small set stones show around the edge of another [cairn] at 8 (5 x 0.4m) It appears to be untouched, too small to attract the attention of casual diggers. It is, however, approximately in the position of the cairn excavated by R. Burnard in 1914, who may have carefully replaced the stones he removed. His cairn was more compact before excavation (3.7 x 0.8) so if it is the same his restoration has allowed considerable spread. To his surprise, Burnard was not the first to investigate it, but he was still able to recover part of a pot, a flint, pieces of quartz and some charcoal contained within a stone-lined pit at the centre.. See Barrow Report 33. No specific HER entry but mentioned on MDV129868.
Nearby sites: SX 6695 7635
Distance: 3.15km

Venford Reservoir S.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6811 7050
HER: MDV64120
ShortName: CN:VenfordRes3
Butler map: 60.20.3
Notes: HER: Bronze Age cairn measures 6.7 metres diameter and 0.8 metres high and there is a small hollow in the centre of the mound from possible past excavation or robbing.
Nearby sites: SX 6811 7050
Distance: 2.84km

Riddon Ridge S. Cist

OS Map: SX 66780 76269
HER: MDV5986
PMD: RHR Stone
ShortName: CT:Riddon 4
Butler map: 18.2.9
Grinsell: LYD 67
Notes: Known as the RHR stone. HER: A turf-covered cairn situated near the crest of the south-eastern slope of Riddon Ridge. It measures 8.4m north to south by 10.0m and stands to a maximum 0.9m high. There is no obvious trace of a kerb. Much stone is visible protruding through the turf and an amorphous hollow is situated slightly west of centre. A recumbent slab inscribed with the letters 'RHR' lies in the latter. The hollow possibly marks the site of an unrecorded excavation or it is the result of erosion around the originally upright inscribed stone..
Nearby sites: SX 66780 76269
Distance: 3.09km

Holne Lee N. (Duplicate) Cairn

OS Map: SX 6884 7032
HER: MDV129703
ShortName: CN:HolneLeDup
Butler map: 59.1
Grinsell: HOL 7
Notes: This is record MDV129703 on the HER which is a duplicate of MDV6472 both referring to the cairn 59.1 Holne Lee N Butler grid reference SX 6884 7032. See also SiteID=1830.
Nearby sites: SX 6884 7032
Distance: 3.30km

Corndon Down 3 Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 6879 7521
HER: MDV130667
ShortName: CN:CorndonDn 3
Notes: HER: Thirty-nine clearance cairns amid medieval fields on the east lower slopes of Corndon Down. The cairns comprise stony turf-covered, circular or elliptical heaps of between 2m and 5m across and up to 0.8m high. The majority of the cairns lie within a large abandoned newtake field (centred SX 6879 7521) which appears never to have been cultivated. The remainder are within smaller fields just to the east, one of which contains cultivation ridges.
Nearby sites: SX 6879 7521
Distance: 2.53km

Aller Brook E. (duplicate) Cist

OS Map: SX 67813 71682
HER: MDV20166
Megalithic Portal: 45799
PMD: Aller Brook E.
ShortName: CT Aller Brk E
Butler map: 60.11
DPD page: 90
Notes: Butler Vol. 4. Map 60.11 (diagram p.181). only the four sides of the cist remain (1.0 x 0.5m), orientated WNW. Around it are two or three flat slabs of the retaining circle but the cover stone has gone as have all traces of the mound Lethbridge diagram and photo bottom left p.90

NB. The HER entry MDV126409 is duplicated with MDV20166 - see also SiteID=444
Nearby sites: SX 67813 71682
Distance: 1.63km

Holne Ridge N.4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6692 7119
HER: MDV12998
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg 4
Butler map: 60.26.4
Grinsell: HOL 1
Nearby sites: SX 6692 7119
Distance: 2.04km

Holne Ridge N.7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6692 7104
HER: MDV6411
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg 7
Butler map: 60.26.7
Grinsell: HOL 4
Barrow Report: 24
Notes: One of eight cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge. Cairn near horn's cross. It has been excavated; there is a trench through the centre. A hole was sunk in 'calm', and contained charcoal and bones.
Nearby sites: SX 6692 7104
Distance: 2.19km

Holne Ridge N.8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6691 7099
HER: MDV61451
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg 8
Butler map: 60.26.8
Notes: ? NMR B
Nearby sites: SX 6691 7099
Distance: 2.24km

Muddilake (N) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 62761 75202
HER: MDV48858
ShortName: CN?Muddilake 2
Turner: A37
Notes: Probable remains of a hut circle; this feature has previously been identified as a cairn. One of several associated with settlement site north of Muddilake Brook. Probably the second hut circle on NMR entry 442677
Nearby sites: SX 62761 75202
Distance: 4.91km

Holne Ridge N.10 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66904 70672
HER: MDV6473
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg10
Butler map: 60.26.10
Grinsell: HOL 6
Nearby sites: SX 66904 70672
Distance: 2.56km

Holne Ridge N.11 Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 66698 70020
HER: MDV61447
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg11
Butler map: 60.26.11
Notes: Ring cairn
Nearby sites: SX 66698 70020
Distance: 3.24km

Joan Ford's Newtake N.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 62970 72264
HER: MDV18389
Alternate name: Joan Ford's Newtake N.1 Cairn
ShortName: CN JoanFd N1
Butler map: 63.3
Nearby sites: SX 62970 72264
Distance: 4.38km

Joan Ford's Newtake N.2 Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 63002 72332
HER: MDV54460
Alternate name: Joan Ford's Newtake N.2 Cairn Circle
ShortName: CN JoanFd N2
Butler map: 63.3
Notes: "A probable ring cairn situated on a slight NW slope. At least eight tin pits occur immediately to the E and S, and modern small stone clearance heaps are visible everywhere. The circular turf-covered stony bank is 12.2m in overall diameter, 2.0m wide and on average 0.4m high; a few stones protrude through the turf but there is no obvious trace of a kerb, slabs or boulders. Two or three modern clearance heaps lie on the bank and a gap on the N side with an adjacent corresponding pile of spoil is probably a recent mutilation" The photo shows one of the heaps on the bank which can just be seen.
Nearby sites: SX 63002 72332
Distance: 4.33km

Joan Ford's Newtake N.4 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 62911 72319
HER: MDV18390
Alternate name: Joan Ford's Newtake N.4 Clearance Cairn
ShortName: CN JoanFd N4
Butler map: 63.3
Nearby sites: SX 62911 72319
Distance: 4.42km

Yar Tor Tor Enclosure

OS Map: SX 67849 74046
HER: MDV128748
ShortName: EN Yar Tor
Butler map: 14.8
Notes: HER quoting Newman: A Tor enclosure of uncertain date on the northern outcrop of Yar Tor. This enclosure is situated in a natural avenue between two outcrops with vertical faces on the north and south sides which has been blocked off at the western and eastern ends by artificial stone walls. The western interior is approximately level but slopes away on the eastern side down to the wall. The north and south sides of the enclosure comprise natural linear crags of up to 2.0m high reinforced in places by large boulders. The wall at the western end is 2.1m thick and consists of a stone revetted bank with stone rubble behind surviving up to 0.8m high. The wall is slightly curved in plan. On the eastern wall there are vestiges of stone facing still in place but it is mostly collapsed and spread up to 3m wide and 0.7m high much of the wall surviving only as a disturbed stony spread. There is a possible entrance in the east wall adjacent to the northern outcrop, in the form of an opening. There are no discernable interior features.

The main photo is taken looking down from on top of one of the outcrops. Butler's possible round house can be seen within the main photo but see also a close up from ground level.

Acknowledgement: The author was unaware of this site until a walk with Steve Szypko on 25/09/2025. This record has been added as a result.


Nearby sites: SX 67849 74046
Distance: 1.03km

Swincombe Ford Newtake 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6331 7307
HER: MDV130278
ShortName: CN?Swincombe 2
Butler map: 63.5.2
Notes: Butler: "A short distance to the north is a smaller oval mound ... possibly a second burial cairn". Not listed on NMR or HER.
Nearby sites: SX 6331 7307
Distance: 3.94km

Ter Hill N.W.4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6382 7079
HER: MDV58864
ShortName: CN:Ter Hill 4
Nearby sites: SX 6382 7079
Distance: 4.19km

Holne Lee 9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 67767 69497
HER: MDV61446
ShortName: CN:Holne Lee 9
Notes: HER: A small stoney cairn lies on the summit of Two Barrows Hill some 60m SW of three large skyline cairns. Some small stones protrude through the turf-covered mound which measures 4.8m N to S by 4.1m. It stands a maximum of 0.3m high. There is no trace of a cist or kerb. NB. Formerly listed as Holne Lee 11 but changed to 9.
Nearby sites: SX 67767 69497
Distance: 3.75km

Holne Ridge N.13 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66990 70457
HER: MDV61448
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg13
Notes: Cairn forms part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge. Diameter 7.6 metres, height 1.0 metre. Central pit 1.1 metres wide, 0.6 metres deep. At the south-east end is a large slab which may represent a stone from a displaced cist.
Nearby sites: SX 66990 70457
Distance: 2.76km

O Brook East Hut 8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6671 7126
HER: MDV61477
ShortName: CN:O Brook 6
Butler map: 60.22.8
Notes: "cairn partly overlying a hut circle within a partially enclosed hut settlement 430m nw of horn's cross"
Nearby sites: SX 6671 7126
Distance: 2.02km

Holne Ridge N.14 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6672 7082
HER: MDV61456
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg14
Notes: Cairn built upon an earlier stone hut circle situated within an agglomerated enclosure 330m sw of horn's cross
Nearby sites: SX 6672 7082
Distance: 2.45km

Mardle Valley 8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6778 6876
HER: MDV62033
ShortName: CN:Mardle 8
Notes: HER: One of two, possibly three, hut circles on the moderate west-facing slope above the left bank of the River Mardle. This third, possible, hut consists of coursed boulder and rubble walls 0.6m wide and 0.5m high enclose a roughly circular area 2.0m in diameter with a possible entrance in the south side. It is not certain whether this is a small hut circle or an elaborate clearance cairn relating to the medieval or later exploitation of this area.

Visit by author 02/10/2025 to look for this site. Unable to locate cairns 5-8 due to dense vegetation cover. This site might be easier to locate when the bracken has died back more in the winter or early spring.
Nearby sites: SX 6778 6876
Distance: 4.48km

Bellever Tor 5 Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 63859 75989
ShortName: CN Bellever 5
Butler map: 27.20.5
Notes: This record used to link to HER record MDV 5889 but that is clearly Bellever Tor 4 (ring cairn). This site is mentioned within that HER entry but it is a separate monument. Arguably it needs its own record. NB. Butler cairns 4 and 5 had previously been transposed in the listings here. The original records for both have been retained and the Butler number corrected and the grid references corrected. This was previously listed as Butler cairn 4 and is now listed correctly as cairn 5. See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs
Nearby sites: SX 63859 75989
Distance: 4.38km

Bellever Tor 7 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 63866 75782
HER: MDV5951
ShortName: CN-Bellever 7
Butler map: 27.20.7
Grinsell: LYD 63
Turner: A40
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: Probably a hut circle
Nearby sites: SX 63866 75782
Distance: 4.25km

Cocks Lake Cairn

OS Map: SX 6540 7476
HER: MDV54389
ShortName: CN?Cocks Lake
Butler map: 28.6
Barrow Report: 22
Notes: Butler: " A stony mound on the edge of the leat ... is probably a prehistoric cairn. It has been dug into and the stones scattered outwards from a central pit, but there is no sign of a cist. Possibly this is the ruined cairn that Burnard 'examined in Brimpts newtake but without result'" (Barrow Report 22).
Nearby sites: SX 6540 7476
Distance: 2.41km

Holne Ridge Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 66 69
HER: MDV5251
ShortName: CN:HolneRidge
Notes: HER: Holne Ridge, tumulus indicated by Ordnance Survey, while making the 6 inch map. NB. This description is so vague as to be of no use. For this reason this record is being marked as a duplicate to exclude it from most listings. It is only included for completeness of HER records.
Nearby sites: SX 66 69
Distance: 4.39km

Laughter Tor Stone Row Cairn

OS Map: SX 6522 7538
HER: MDV66340
ShortName: CN:Laughter 1
Butler map: 28.12
Grinsell: LYD 68a
Barrow Report: 22
Nearby sites: SX 6522 7538
Distance: 2.97km

Gibby Coombe Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 682 689
HER: MDV62227
ShortName: CN:Gibby
Notes: HER: Historic cairnfield north-west of Gibby Coombe. A scatter of around 70 small cairns lying within two large fields. These cairns are the result of clearance of surface stone.
Nearby sites: SX 682 689
Distance: 4.41km

Bellever Rock Shelter

OS Map: SX 644 765
HER: MDV5941
ShortName: RS Bellever
Notes: Natural crevice in Bellever Tor forming a possibly built up Rock Shelter as reported by Robert Burnard (1914). Date of shelter not known for certain but signs of ancient habitation and numerous flints found.
Nearby sites: SX 644 765
Distance: 4.35km

Hooten Wheals Mine Cairn

OS Map: SX 65603 71063
HER: MDV103597
ShortName: CN:HootenWheal
Notes: " A robbed cairn 50m SW of the ruinous former Hooten Wheals Mine offices on the S flank of Down Ridge. The turf covered stony mound is circular with a diameter of 8.0m and stands 0.75m high. A square hollow 1.6m wide, probably the result of an unrecorded excavation, lies centrally in the mound with a spoil heap on its NW margin."
Nearby sites: SX 65603 71063
Distance: 2.70km

Corndon Tor 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 68588 74227
HER: MDV6387
Megalithic Portal: 22982
ShortName: CN:CorndonTor
Butler map: 15.4.1
Barrow Report: 56 62
Notes: HER: Cairn on the summit of Corndon Tor, to the north of the main outcrop, comprising a large stony mound, constructed from moorstone with a truncated cone profile and no turf cover. Remains of a possible second cairn are located to the south on the outcrop.
Nearby sites: SX 68588 74227
Distance: 1.69km

O Brook 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66317 71481
HER: MDV103600
ShortName: CN:O Brook 1
Notes: HER: Centred SX 66327148. Three small cairns lie in open moorland on the crest of the steep valley side above the left bank of the O Brook immediately south of the current limit of cultivation.
SX 6631571468. Measuring 4.5 metres north to south by 4.2 metres this feature remains to a height of 0.65 metres. There are traces of a depression, possibly marking the site of a former excavation, in its top.
SX 6631171478. A circular mound 4.0 metres in diameter and 0.65 metres high. Some stone protrudes through the turf and four stones, three of them upright, are positioned around the cairn at an average distance of 0.5 metres from it. The three upright stones lie to the south and east of the cairn and may be the remains of an enclosing circle. The feature does not appear to have been excavated.
SX 6632271494. An ovoid mound measuring 3.3 metres north to south by 4.0 metres and 0.75 metres high. There is no trace of cist, kerb or any excavation.
Nearby sites: SX 66317 71481
Distance: 1.96km

O Brook 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66418 71767
HER: MDV103602
ShortName: CN:O Brook 2
Notes: HER Ruinous cairn lies within a settlement complex containing nine hut circles and several irregular enclosures on the gentle north-east facing slope of Slade Newtake immediately south of Saddle Bridge. NB. Described as a possible bury, or pillow mound by Butler.
Nearby sites: SX 66418 71767
Distance: 1.66km

O Brook 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66199 71321
HER: MDV103603
ShortName: CN:O Brook 3
Notes: "A small, circular heather-covered stony mound lies on a slope above the valley of the O'Brook. The mound measures 4.4m N-S, 4,5m E-W and is approximately 0.8m high. It is probably a burial cairn, and may well be associated with the Bronze Age settlement in the immediate area"
Nearby sites: SX 66199 71321
Distance: 2.16km

Holne Ridge N.15 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6694 7013
HER: MDV6476
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg15
Nearby sites: SX 6694 7013
Distance: 3.09km

Holne Ridge N.16 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6681 7109
HER: MDV6506
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg16
Nearby sites: SX 6681 7109
Distance: 2.16km

O Brook 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6653 7136
HER: MDV12760
ShortName: CN?O Brook 4
Notes: "a cairn 2.5m diameter, 0.4m high, in moorland. About half the circumference is kerbed, and the centre incorporates a modicum of stone, now turf-covered. Either a sepulchral feature or a solitary clearance cairn."
Nearby sites: SX 6653 7136
Distance: 1.98km

Holne Ridge N.12 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66740 71078
HER: MDV12981
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg12
Nearby sites: SX 66740 71078
Distance: 2.19km

Royal Hill E. Cairn Cemetry A Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6265 7227
HER: MDV18401
ShortName: CN:RoyalHillA
Notes: "Cairn A. The most northerly is crest-sited as you approach uphill from the south, with concave centre. Approximately 4.0 metres in diameter, Maximum height of 0.4 metres with a 2.0 metre length of wall attached to the south-west." Part of cairn cemetry consisting of 8 reported 8 cairns, see master record SiteID 4068 (MDV18401)
Nearby sites: SX 6265 7227
Distance: 4.69km

Royal Hill E. Cairn Cemetry B1 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6259 7223
HER: MDV18401
ShortName: CN:RoyalHillB1
Notes: Cairn B. 1st of line of cairns B-B2-B3-C. Part of cairn cemetry consisting of 8 reported 8 cairns, see master record SiteID 4068 (MDV18401) "The second cairn 33 metres to the south-west of A is 2.0 metres in diameter."
Nearby sites: SX 6259 7223
Distance: 4.75km

Royal Hill E. Cairn Cemetry B2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 62588 72218
HER: MDV18401
ShortName: CN:RoyalHillB2
Notes: Cairn B2. 2nd of line of cairns B-B2-B3-C. Part of cairn cemetry consisting of 8 reported 8 cairns, see master record SiteID 4068 (MDV18401)
Nearby sites: SX 62588 72218
Distance: 4.76km

Royal Hill E. Cairn Cemetry B3 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 62584 72204
HER: MDV18401
ShortName: CN:RoyalHillB3
Notes: Cairn B3. 3rd of line of cairns B-B2-B3-C. Part of cairn cemetry consisting of 8 reported 8 cairns, see master record SiteID 4068 (MDV18401)
Nearby sites: SX 62584 72204
Distance: 4.77km

Royal Hill E. Cairn Cemetry C Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6258 7219
HER: MDV18401
ShortName: CN:RoyalHillC
Notes: Cairn C. 4th of line of cairns B-B2-B3-C. Part of cairn cemetry consisting of 8 reported 8 cairns, see master record SiteID 4068 (MDV18401)
Nearby sites: SX 6258 7219
Distance: 4.77km

Royal Hill E. Cairn Cemetry D Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6264 7221
HER: MDV18401
ShortName: CN:RoyalHillD
Notes: Cairn D. 1st of line of cairns D-E-F. Part of cairn cemetry consisting of 8 reported 8 cairns, see master record SiteID 4068 (MDV18401)
Nearby sites: SX 6264 7221
Distance: 4.71km

Royal Hill E. Cairn Cemetry E Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 62653 72215
HER: MDV18401
ShortName: CN:RoyalHillE
Notes: Cairn E. 2nd of line of cairns D-E-F. Part of cairn cemetry consisting of 8 reported 8 cairns, see master record SiteID 4068 (MDV18401)
Nearby sites: SX 62653 72215
Distance: 4.70km

Royal Hill E. Cairn Cemetry F Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6267 7222
HER: MDV18401
ShortName: CN:RoyalHillF
Notes: Cairn F. 3rd of line of cairns D-E-F. Part of cairn cemetry consisting of 8 reported 8 cairns, see master record SiteID 4068 (MDV18401)
Nearby sites: SX 6267 7222
Distance: 4.68km

Venford Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 68432 70973
HER: MDV47779
PMD: Venford
ShortName: CT?Venford 1
Notes: Radcliffe: "TAPG report while reservoir low. Walls, clearance cairn and cairn, with flint flakes. Cairn 4m dia with possible cist slab 1m by 0.5m by 0.2m. Probably at 6843 7097, found 29/9/03."
Nearby sites: SX 68432 70973
Distance: 2.53km

Muddilake Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 62775 75096
HER: MDV5895
ShortName: CN?Muddilake 1
Grinsell: LYD 106
Turner: A38
Barrow Report: 58
Notes: Hut Circle - listed by Butler as a cairn. This is the second cairn that Worth mentions in Barrow Report 58. "A cairn, 4 feet in diameter, but so robbed as to be reducedto little more than a marginal ring".
Nearby sites: SX 62775 75096
Distance: 4.85km

Holne Moor Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 6799 7145
HER: MDV6446
ShortName: CN?Holne Moo1
Grinsell: HOL 19
Notes: Grinsell: A possible cairn with a hollow centre found at SX 6798 7140. Diameter 4.0 metres, height 0.1 metre. HER quoting OS division (1980): It is uncertain what Grinsell (1978) is referring to. At SX 6798 7140 there is an earthen ring 1.2 metres wide and 0.1 metres high, enclosing an area 2.4 metres in diameter with a military 'foxhole' trench in the northern half and traces of an infilled one on the south (See ground photograph). These occupy virtually the whole of the interior.
There is no visible stone and it is possible that the feature is the result of military activity. Crossing says that a half mile from Venford dam, a track to Combestone Farm branches right near a tumulus. The barrow or cairn was evidently obvious circa 1912 and its subsequent removal may be due to road mending. Thirty metres to the east there is a flat circular depression 5.0 metres in diameter and 0.1 metre deep which could be the site of a stripped cairn or hut but this is entirely speculative.
Nearby sites: SX 6799 7145
Distance: 1.91km

Aller Brook E Cist

OS Map: SX 67813 71682
HER: MDV126409
Megalithic Portal: 45799
PMD: Aller Brook E.
Alternate name: Aller Brook E. Cist
ShortName: CT Aller Brk E
Butler map: 60.11
DPD page: 90
Notes: Butler Vol. 4. Map 60.11 (diagram p.181). only the four sides of the cist remain (1.0 x 0.5m), orientated WNW. Around it are two or three flat slabs of the retaining circle but the cover stone has gone as have all traces of the mound Lethbridge diagram and photo bottom left p.90.

NB. The HER entry MDV126409 is duplicated with MDV20166 - see also SiteID=1842
Nearby sites: SX 67813 71682
Distance: 1.63km

Bellever Settlement

OS Map: SX 646 767
HER: MDV5919
Megalithic Portal: 23723
ShortName: ST:Bellever
Notes: Hut circle at Bellever excavated in recent years. See also A dig in Devon reveals how life was lived 3,500 years ago: from cookery to DIY and Bellever's bustling Bronze Age uncovered
Nearby sites: SX 646 767
Distance: 4.38km

Bellever Tor (SW) Encircled Cairn

OS Map: SX 64144 76275
HER: MDV5885
Megalithic Portal: 3056
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 2 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC:Bellever 2
Butler map: 27.20.2
Grinsell: LYD 59a
Turner: F18
Notes: cairn, it does not appear to have been excavated, although there is a slight disturbance at the top centre where large granite stones are bared. At the north west extreme are two stones, the positions of which indicate this being part of the retaining circle, no others remain. Height 0.8m, diameter 5.0m. Turner F18. See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs. NGR taken from Dartmoor Explorations (Steve Grigg).
Nearby sites: SX 64144 76275
Distance: 4.36km

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

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64089 76472
HER: MDV5884
Megalithic Portal: 34876
PMD: Bellever Tor W.
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 1 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Bellever 1
Butler map: 27.20.1
DPD page: 119
Grinsell: LYD 59
Turner: E26
Barrow Report: 54 56
Notes: Further coverage see the Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.119 (uppermost cist) and photo top p.119. Dixon #62. Bar Rep 54. Butler Bellever Tor (Cairn 1) - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.1 (diagram pp.52-3).
Nearby sites: SX 64089 76472
Distance: 4.54km

Bellever Tor N. Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 64485 76808
HER: MDV27672
Megalithic Portal: 24263
ShortName: ES BelleverTor
Notes: The photo was taken at SX 64510 76849.
Nearby sites: SX 64485 76808
Distance: 4.53km

Black Newtake (b) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 63863 76038
HER: MDV5889
Megalithic Portal: 45841
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 4 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC Bellever 4
Butler map: 27.20.4
DPD page: 119
Grinsell: LYD 61
Turner: A50
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: "Cairn visible as unbroken circular bank 11.5 metres in external diameter with a bank 2.4 to 3.7 metres wide by 0.75 metres high enclosing a flat platform circa 6 metres diameter and 0.5 metres above ground surface. Some small stones appear in the north and east margins, and several larger stones are visible on the platform." Lethbridge diagram p.119 (Cairn near Cist 1) - no photo.

NB. Butler cairns 4 and 5 had previously been transposed in the listings here. The original records for both have been retained and the Butler number corrected and the grid references corrected. This was previously listed as Butler cairn 5 and is now correctly identiifed as Cairn 4. See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs
Nearby sites: SX 63863 76038
Distance: 4.41km

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

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 63893 75869
HER: MDV5890
Megalithic Portal: 34908
PMD: Black Newtake Central
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 6 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Bellever 6
Butler map: 27.20.6
DPD page: 120
Grinsell: LYD 62
Turner: D4
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.119 Cist 2 and photo top p.120. Butler Bellever Tor - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.6 (Cairn 6 diagram pp.52-3).
Nearby sites: SX 63893 75869
Distance: 4.28km

Black Newtake (E) No. 5 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 63853 75734
HER: MDV5950
Megalithic Portal: 45744
PMD: Black Newtake S.
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 8 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Bellever 8
Butler map: 27.20.8
Grinsell: LYD 64
Turner: D7
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: "Turf and gorse covered cairn. Approximately 6 metres in diameter with a maximum height of 0.35 metres. A depression in the top possibly marks the site of a cist with one large leaning or recumbent stone detectable under the turf at the east end" "Small orthostatic circle, diameter 6.5 metres, with central cist. Only one stone remains. Part of group with similar thin rectangular slabs, now eroded". Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Butler Bellever Tor - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.8 (Cairn 8 diagram pp.52-3). See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs
Nearby sites: SX 63853 75734
Distance: 4.23km

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

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 63919 76067
HER: MDV5888
Megalithic Portal: 45738
PMD: Black Newtake N.
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 3 Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Bellever 3
Butler map: 27.20.3
DPD page: 119
Grinsell: LYD 60
Turner: D5
Barrow Report: 57
Notes: Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge Cist 1 diagram p.119 and photo top p.119. Butler Bellever Tor (Cairn 3) - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.3 (diagram pp.52-3). Site revisited 04/09/23 and the site is very overgrown unlike in 2010. The exact location by Garmin is SX 63919 76067 now used on this record. See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs
Nearby sites: SX 63919 76067
Distance: 4.38km

Cator Pound

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Cator Pound
OS Map: SX 6730 7765
HER: MDV6009
Megalithic Portal: 34961
ShortName: PD Cator Pound
Notes: HER: Cator pound, widecombe. In his survey of widecombe made about 1750, dean milles describes 'a very considerable circle of stones on the n part of the western down on a farm called cator and on an eminence called whitehill'; he gives the diameter as 58 paces and says it consisted 'chiefly of large stones mowst of which rise about 4 feet above ye ground. This circle consists now of about 30 stones but there are spaces where several more stood, half the number are fallen; the rest are either erect or on their sides'.
Nearby sites: SX 6730 7765
Distance: 4.44km

Cator Common Embanked Cairn Circle

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Cator Pound
OS Map: SX 67426 78001
HER: MDV5978
Megalithic Portal: 52173
ShortName: CC CatorCommon
Butler map: 18.4
Grinsell: WID 1
Turner: B3
Notes: HER: Cairn, hollow towards centre. Retaining circle of c.28 upright slabs, mostly turned inwards. Diameter 18.0m, height 0.6m. Breton p.41
Nearby sites: SX 67426 78001
Distance: 4.80km

Cator Common Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 67118 77510
HER: MDV5987
Megalithic Portal: 45793
PMD: Pizwell Bridge
Alternate name: Pizwell Bridge Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Pizwell 1
Butler map: 18.5
Butler Vol 5: p.171 & Fig.110
Grinsell: WID 2
Turner: E10
Notes: "Pizwell Bridge cairn of circa 5m diameter by 0.5m high is to be found about 10m below the road in an unusual position near the base of the hill. Three retaining slabs form an arc around one side with another just under the turf. The top of a slab near the centre with a pit alongside might be one side of a cist. ". Butler Pizwell Bridge Vol. 1. Map 18.5 (diagram Vol 5. p.171). Possible central cist.

This feature can be seen from the road in the distance by a small tree but it is not on public access land and the area has a high fence surrounding it. The photo above was taken by Steve Szykpo and is reproduced with his kind permission.
Nearby sites: SX 67118 77510
Distance: 4.30km

Down Ridge Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 65516 72084
HER: MDV6400
Megalithic Portal: 863
PMD: Down Ridge Stone Circle
ShortName: SC DownRidge
DPD page: 92
Turner: G9
Notes: Also known as Hexworthy Circle. "situated on a gentle north facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Dart. The stone circle measures 25 meters in diameter and is denoted by five upright granite slabs, standing up to 1.45 meters high, which are confined to its south western sector. A further six recumbent stones lie where they have fallen. The stone circle was partially excavated in 1904 by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee and their work revealed the original ground surface covered with charcoal. An associated outlying standing stone is located 85 meters south-east of the stone circle and survives as a triangular shaped block up to 0.86 meters high." [HER MDV6400]. For photos of this site, see: Megalithic Portal: Down Ridge - Stone Circle
Nearby sites: SX 65516 72084
Distance: 2.06km

Dunnabridge Pound

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Dunnabridge Pound
OS Map: SX 6462 7465
HER: MDV6272
Megalithic Portal: 10635
PMD: Dunnabridge Pound
ShortName: PD Dunnabridge
Notes: Dunnabridge Pound probably has its origins in the prehistoric period as evidenced by the slight traces of hut circles within it. The pound underwent reconstruction in the medieval period and was used in the drifts to hold cattle found illegally pasturing on the moors. It was from this usage that the Judge's Chair got its name. "It occupies 0.9ha on a slight S slope, and is of rather oval form with greatest diameters of 110m by 122m. It is enclosed by a drystone wall 1.9m high and about 1m thick at the base, tapering towards the top. The material is mostly medium size moor stones with some large blocks and upright slabs incorporated at the base. The uneven interior is slightly raised at the southern perimeter and cut into the slope on the north, accompanied by a spread of stones, 1.5m long and 0.3m high, extending from the inner face and up to 0.6m high. The only entrance to be seen is the gated one on the S." See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Dunnabridge Pound
Nearby sites: SX 6462 7465
Distance: 2.99km

Dunnabridge Common Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 63585 75470
HER: MDV5952
Megalithic Portal: 37603
PMD: Smith Hill
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 9 Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Bellever 9
Butler map: 27.20.9
DPD page: 120
Grinsell: LYD 65
Turner: E37
Barrow Report: 58
Notes: Lethbridge Cist 3 diagram p.119 and photo bottom p.120. Butler Bellever Tor (Cairn 9) - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.9 (diagram p52-3). See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs
Nearby sites: SX 63585 75470
Distance: 4.30km

Dunnabridge Pound Farm Newtake Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64086 75691
HER: MDV5891
Megalithic Portal: 45751
PMD: Dunnabridge Newtake
Alternate name: Bellever Tor 10 Cist
ShortName: CT Bellever10
Butler map: 27.20.10
Butler Vol 5: p.60 & Fig.39
DPD page: 121
Grinsell: LYD 66
Barrow Report: 59
Notes: Only one side of this cist remains. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge Cist 4 diagram p.119 and photo top p.121. Butler Bellever Tor - Vol. 2. Map 27.20.10 (Cairn 10 diagram pp.52-3). See also: Dartmoor Explorations: Antiquities of Black Newtake and Environs
Nearby sites: SX 64086 75691
Distance: 4.02km

Fox Tor Newtake, North Cist

OS Map: SX 62861 71177
HER: MDV6303
Megalithic Portal: 45677
PMD: Ter Hill N.
Alternate name: Ter Hill N.W.1 Cist
ShortName: CT FoxTorNew N
Butler map: 64.3.1
DPD page: 93
Grinsell: LYD 97
Barrow Report: 24 56
Notes: "The cist is 0.6m deep and 1.2m long, the NW end is 0.4m wide and SE end 0.6m wide; the NW end-slab, said by Burnard (1905)to be wedged in the bottom cannot be seen. The coverstone, resting on the NE side, is 1.6m by 1.3m at its extremeties". Lethbridge diagram (Cist A) and photo p.93. Butler Ter Hill N.W. 1 - Vol. 4. Map 64.3 (diagram p. 219).
Nearby sites: SX 62861 71177
Distance: 4.83km

Fox Tor Newtake, South Cist

OS Map: SX 62864 70964
HER: MDV6279
Megalithic Portal: 45678
PMD: Ter Hill S.
Alternate name: Ter Hill N.W.2 Cist
ShortName: CT FoxTorNew S
Butler map: 64.3.2
DPD page: 94
Grinsell: LYD 98
Barrow Report: 24 56
Notes: "The turf-covered cairn is, at maximum, 3.9m in diameter and 0.3m in height. The cist, oriented NW/SE, is approximately 1.3m by 0.55m, and 0.75m deep, and now almost hidden by the SW side stone which has fallen inwards. The NE end stone is not evident but an 0.7m high upright granite post retains part of the mound on this NE side. There is no trace of the coverstone". Lethbridge diagram p.93 (Cist B), top photos p.94. Butler Ter Hill N.W. 2 - Vol. 4. Map 64.3 (diagram p.219).
Nearby sites: SX 62864 70964
Distance: 4.92km

Holne Lee Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 68656 69919
HER: MDV5199
Megalithic Portal: 45836
Alternate name: Holne Lee 7 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC Holne Lee 7
Butler map: 58.11.7
Grinsell: HOL 17
Turner: A32
Notes: HER: One of two cairns of probable Bronze Age date on Holne Lee. Cairn is 21 metres in diameter and is constructed of small boulders, and consists of a platform 14 metres diameter and about 0.2m high, with a perimeter rim average thickness 3.5m and 0.5m high. There is a gap, 4.3m wide, facing north north-east.
Nearby sites: SX 68656 69919
Distance: 3.58km

Holne Moor Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 66919 70785
HER: MDV6474
Megalithic Portal: 27342
Alternate name: Holne Ridge N.9 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC HolneRidg 9
Butler map: 60.26.9
Grinsell: HOL 5
Turner: A12
Notes: "One of four cairns 310 metres south of Horn's Cross forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge. Ring cairn measuring 19.9 metres in diameter, height 0.9 metres. Has a 4 metre wide bank standing up to 0.9 metres high surrounding an 11.9 metre diameter internal area. A stone on the inner face of the east side of the cairn has been cut by tear and feather."
Nearby sites: SX 66919 70785
Distance: 2.45km

Holne Moor Stone Row

OS Map: SX 67431 71042
HER: MDV12983
Megalithic Portal: 1981
The Stone Rows of GB: Holne Moor
PMD: Holne Moor Stone Row
ShortName: SR Holne Moor
Butler map: 60.25
DPD page: 90
Notes: "A standing stone and triple stone row lying in a secluded position, across the head of a shallow, north facing valley. It measures 147 metres long with rows on average 1.5 m apart. The stones, fifty three of which were located, have a maximum height of 0.2 m and are spaced about 1.1 m apart, each opposite the stone of the adjacent row. There is also a possible former standing stone which is now recumbent." See also MDV129985
Nearby sites: SX 67431 71042
Distance: 2.18km

Holne Moor (N) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 6809 7162
HER: MDV26266
Megalithic Portal: 45830
ShortName: RC:HolneMoor N
Turner: A16
Notes: "Possible cairn in corner of a field." "Stone ring 9.5m diam internally, with bank 1.2m wide and 0.4m high. Joined on w side by reave (turner)." No NMR record.
Nearby sites: SX 6809 7162
Distance: 1.80km

Holne Ridge Stone Row

OS Map: SX 66741 71080
HER: MDV61453
Megalithic Portal: 27341
The Stone Rows of GB: Holne Ridge
PMD: Holne Ridge Stone Row
Alternate name: Holne Ridge North Stone Row
ShortName: SR Holne Ridge
Butler map: 60.26
DPD page: 90
Notes: "One or two cairns and a short probably unfinished stone row lie in the north west facing hollow above Horse Ford on the O Brook. The cairn described by Authority 2 lies at the south end of the site with the surviving stones of the stone row to the north. As so few stones survive the exact form and extent of the rows is impossible to determine but there may have been as many as three parallel rows approximately 1.0 metre apart. Overlying or abutting the east row at SX 6672 7109 is a low turf covered mound 3.0 metes in diameter and 0.4 metres high. It is not clear whether this feature forms part of the monument or if it is associated with the shallow turf cuttings to the east."
Nearby sites: SX 66741 71080
Distance: 2.19km

Holne Ridge N. Cist

OS Map: SX 66641 71138
HER: MDV12997
Megalithic Portal: 45800
PMD: Holne Ridge N.
Alternate name: Holne Ridge N.3 Cist
ShortName: CT HolneRidg 3
Butler map: 60.26.3
DPD page: 91
Notes: Butler Cist 3 Vol. 4. Map 60.26 (diagram p.195). "A probable but unusual cist is on steep well drained, NW facing slope. It utilizes the south east side of a massive slab, 1.6m long, 0.4m thick and 0.7m high, with smaller slabs 0.6m to 0.9m long and 0.2m thick, which barely project above ground level". NW of of Holne Ridge stone row. Lethbridge p.90-91, diagram p.90, photo bottom p.91
Nearby sites: SX 66641 71138
Distance: 2.16km

Horns Cross Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 66921 71125
HER: MDV6475
Megalithic Portal: 27342
Alternate name: Holne Ridge N.6 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:HolneRidg 6
Butler map: 60.26.6
DPD page: 90
Grinsell: HOL 3
Turner: A35
Notes: "Remains of cairn; one of eight cairns forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge. Truncated cairn, or ring cairn, gap in north-east. Diameter 14 metres, height 0.3 metres."
Nearby sites: SX 66921 71125
Distance: 2.11km

Horns Cross N. Cairn

OS Map: SX 66941 71187
HER: MDV26276
Megalithic Portal: 27342
Alternate name: Holne Ridge N.5 Cairn
ShortName: CN HolneRidg 5
Butler map: 60.26.5
Grinsell: HOL 2
Notes: "A turf and bracken covered Bronze Age cairn forming part of a cairn cemetery on Holne Ridge. The mound measures 14 metres by 14.4 metres in diameter and standing to a height of 1.4 metres. " Butler cairn 5 map 60.15. UPDATE 03/01/2023 This record formerly linked with MDV12975 which has been deleted.

It is unclear but this record now realte to MDV26276 which is a "tin-working spoil dump".
Nearby sites: SX 66941 71187
Distance: 2.04km

Huccaby Rings Inner Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 6582 7381
HER: MDV6405
Megalithic Portal: 4616
ShortName: ES HuccabyInn
Notes: "Huccaby Ring a circular banked enclosure south-east of Huccaby Tor; smaller than Outer Huccaby Ring that lies to the north-west of the Tor. A Bronze Age enclosure visible as a turf covered stoney bank measuring 3.5 metres wide and stading to a maximum height of 0.7 metres. There is no obvious sign of an entrance."
Nearby sites: SX 6582 7381
Distance: 1.54km

Huccaby Rings Outer Enclosed Settlement

OS Map: SX 65553 74441
HER: MDV6397
Megalithic Portal: 4614
ShortName: ES HuccabyOut
Notes: "Outer Huccaby Ring earthwork; a sub-rectangular banked enclosure. The bank is grassed over rubble. There is a probable entrance on the south-west side. A hillslope enclosure in rough moorland measuring 105 metres east-west and 95 metres north-south with a bank of small stones averaging 0.6 metres high. It is of prehistoric date with later additions." In more recent years the formerly grass covered site has become gorse and heather covered as can be seen in the photo of the northern section. In 2022-2024 work has been done by the Dartmoor Preservation Association to clear the gorse from the bank.
Nearby sites: SX 65553 74441
Distance: 2.09km

Joan Ford's Newtake Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 63033 72172
HER: MDV6261
Megalithic Portal: 3296
Alternate name: Joan Ford's Newtake 2 Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Joan Fords
Butler map: 63.3.2
Grinsell: LYD 91
Turner: G22
Barrow Report: 30
Notes: "A stone circle with six identifiable erect or leaning stones. One forms the E post of the gateway, the west post, 7ft high, stands outside the circumference. It is because of its small diameter, without doubt a retaining circle; any internal features such as a central hollow or possible kistvean have been obliterated by the wall builders." Turner Stone Circle G22. Bar Rep 30.
Nearby sites: SX 63033 72172
Distance: 4.35km

Joan Ford's Newtake Embanked Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 63143 72168
HER: MDV6260
Megalithic Portal: 3295
PMD: Joan Ford's Newtake
Alternate name: Joan Ford's Newtake 1 Embanked Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Joan Fords
Butler map: 63.3.1
DPD page: 99
Grinsell: LYD 92
Turner: B7
Barrow Report: 30 56
Notes: "A low kerb within the disturbed fringes of the mound is 8.7m in diameter with more or less continuous upright slabs and boulders 0.3m to 0.6m high. A dry stone newtake wall crosses the N side and overlies part of the kerb. A well-preserved cist, oriented NW-SE, is internally 1.0m long, 0.5m to 0.65m wide and up to 0.7m deep. The coverstone leans against the SE side of the cist and measures 1.35m by 1.0m by 0.2." Lethbridge diagram p.99, photo bottom p.99. Butler Joan Ford's Newtake 1 - Vol. 4. Map 63.3 (diagram p.214).
Nearby sites: SX 63143 72168
Distance: 4.23km

Joan Ford's Newtake Stone Row

OS Map: SX 63183 71987
HER: MDV6375
Megalithic Portal: 1985
The Stone Rows of GB: Joan Fords Newtake
PMD: Joan Ford's Newtake
Alternate name: Joan Ford's Newtake Stone Row
ShortName: SR Joan Fords
Notes: Stone Rows of Great Britain states: A probable single stone row measuring 7.27m long, including at least three large-sized upright orthostats and two recumbent slabs situated on a gentle south east facing slope. The stones stand up to between 1.55m and 1.23m high, arranged in height order with the tallest at the east. The row is orientated ENE to NSW and has restricted views of several skyline cairns and surrounding landscape. Breton (p.19) ... just above the river are 3 large monoliths in a row; do they form the end of a stone row, or are they part of a vanished linhay? Both the late Mr. Robert Burnard and Mr. R. Hansford Worth told me they did not know what they are, and neither do I. All we can say is the stones are there.
Nearby sites: SX 63183 71987
Distance: 4.24km

Lakehead Hill 7 (Newtake) Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64720 77395
HER: MDV5875
Megalithic Portal: 11137
PMD: Lakehead Hill E.
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 7 Cist
ShortName: CT Lakehead 7
Butler map: 27.19.7
Butler Vol 5: p.184 & Fig.127
DPD page: 118
Grinsell: LYD 57
Barrow Report: 54
Notes: Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 7) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.7 (diagrams pp.48-52).Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo top p.118.
Nearby sites: SX 64720 77395
Distance: 4.89km

Lakehead Hill 8 Cist

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64717 77178
HER: MDV5879
Megalithic Portal: 24377
PMD: Lakehead Hill SE.
ShortName: CT Lakehead 8
Butler map: 27.19.8
Butler Vol 5: p.61 & Fig.41
DPD page: 118
Grinsell: LYD 58
Barrow Report: 33 55
Notes: HER: Southern of two cists to east of trackway on south side of Lakehead Hill. The cist, which lies in a small cairn 4.5 metres diameter, is orientated north-north-west to south-south-east. Only three sides of the cist survive; the cap stone has also gone. It was excavated in 1914 when a pit containing charcoal was found.. Further coverage on Lakehead Hill page. Lethbridge diagram p.114 and photo bottom p.118. Butler Lakehead Hill (Cairn 8) - Vol. 2. Map 27.19.8 (diagrams pp.48-52). Discovered by Mr. George French of Postbridge.
Nearby sites: SX 64717 77178
Distance: 4.70km

Lakehead Hill S.E. Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Lakehead Hill
OS Map: SX 64701 77409
HER: MDV5875
Megalithic Portal: 44544
The Stone Rows of GB: Lakehead Hill 2
PMD: Lakehead Hill 2 Stone Row
Alternate name: Lakehead Hill 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Lakehead SE
Butler map: 27.19.7
Butler Vol 5: p.184 & Fig.127
DPD page: 118
Barrow Report: 54
Notes: R.N. Worth The cist was examined in 1895/6 but nothing was found. It was surrounded by a double retaining circle and a stone row lead from it north west, of which ten stones remained, but these had sunk into the bog leaving only their tops showing. SRGB states: This description makes it clear that this is unlikely to be a stone row since a row composed of small stones would not have survived the ditch digging involved in the building of the hedge. It is much more likely that they represented stones exposed in the side of the ditch. HER also has: The stone row which falls in an afforested area could not be identified and has probably been destroyed
Nearby sites: SX 64701 77409
Distance: 4.91km

Laughter Tor E. Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65222 75393
HER: MDV53417
Megalithic Portal: 2017
The Stone Rows of GB: Laughter Tor 1
PMD: Laugh Tor I Stone Row
Alternate name: Laughter Tor 1 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Laugh Tor E
Butler map: 28.12.1
DPD page: 122
Notes: Butler Laughter 1. Double row interrupted by a new-take wall. row is robbed near wall. "Bronze Age standing stone 2.65 metres high, 0.7 metres wide and 0.52 metres thick, set into a small cairn. About 18 metres to the south east is a double stone row orientated north west to south east and consisting of at least 23 upright stones and a further 9 displaced ones averaging about 1.7 metres apart. The standing stone was re-erected in 1893 and again in 1911 and the cairn was excavated in 1903". Lethbridge pp.121-122. Breton p.41.
Nearby sites: SX 65222 75393
Distance: 2.98km

Laughter Tor W. Stone Row

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65207 75389
HER: MDV6002
Megalithic Portal: 52739
The Stone Rows of GB: Laughter Tor 2
PMD: Laugh Tor II Stone Row
Alternate name: Laughter Tor 2 Stone Row
ShortName: SR Laugh Tor W
Butler map: 28.12.2
Butler Vol 5: p.215 & Fig.149
DPD page: 122
Notes: Butler Laughter 2. "A double stone row at about 395m OD cuts across the gentle SW projecting spur of Laughter Tor in an area of heather and rough grass some 12m WSW of the standing stone 'Laughter Man'. The stones, although all relatively small in size, form two good slightly curving rows oriented about 295 degs. and 0.7m to 1.2m apart, consisting of thirteen stones extending from SX 6519075381 some 15m ESE to SX 6520475375. Now visible are six stones in each row with a single stone at the NW end. Originally there may have been at least ten in each row at intervals of about 1.2m". Lethbridge pp.121-122.
Nearby sites: SX 65207 75389
Distance: 2.98km

Laughtor Man Standing Stone

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65223 75389
HER: MDV6001
Megalithic Portal: 2017
PMD: Laugh Tor Man
ShortName: SS Laughtor
Butler map: 28.12
Butler Vol 5: p.215 & Fig.149
DPD page: 122
Notes: The longstone is 2.4 m high and was found prostrate on a cairn which was excavated by Burnard. The cairn contained "a great quantity of charcoal and peat ashes". The longstone was restored in 1903. A double stone row heads to the longstone. Breton p.41 a huge menhir I found in June 1913, lying on the ground. It was then 16 ft long, but 4 ft. had been broken off. It was re-erected by the late Rev S. Baring Gould, with the Duchy appliances, and he told me that they could not join the two pieces, so he erected it as it now stands; it is 8.5 ft high, 2ft 6in wide and 1.5 ft thick. The stone row runs E. 720 ft.. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Prehistoric Complex of Laughter Tor
Nearby sites: SX 65223 75389
Distance: 2.97km

Mardle Embanked Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 67526 69359
HER: MDV5308
Megalithic Portal: 3374
Alternate name: Mardle Valley 1 Embanked Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC Mardle 1
Butler map: 58.12.1
Turner: B11
Notes: Turner: Embanked stone circle; an annular bank of earth and/or stone with an inner edge of orthostats. Much disturbed. Internal diam 6.5m with bank 1.2m wide and 0.4m high. This cairn has a very interesting structure appearing to be multiple circles of stones similar to the cairns at Corringdon Ball. This structure is difficult to capture in a photograph as the stones are small and the site much disturbed.

HER: A flat-topped cairn with a disturbed bank around its crest lies on a moderate south-west slope above the left bank of the River Mardle. The feature is circular, 11.8 metres in diameter, and stands a maximum of 0.8 metres high. The stoney ring measures 1.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres high and there are no traces of a cist or kerb in the main structure. The source of the disturbance is unclear though there does not appear to have been an excavation.

This cairn has been cleared of vegetation by the DPA in September 2025 and the author visited shortly afterwards on 02/10/2025. The main photo is from 15/07/2016 and the secondary photo was taken after the recent clearance work. The grid reference taken on 02/10/2025 was SX 67524 69358 which is a close match to the retained one from 2016.
Nearby sites: SX 67526 69359
Distance: 3.86km

Muddilake Newtake Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 62654 75194
HER: MDV5893
Megalithic Portal: 45745
PMD: Muddilake Newtake
ShortName: CT:Muddilake
Grinsell: LYD 105
Turner: A21
Barrow Report: 58
Notes: NMR states "A hut circle, not a cairn circle". This is almost certainly not a cist. "The measurements do not conform to those of Prowse but nothing else can be seen in the vicinity. It is most unlikely that these stones represent the remains of a cist, but are a natural occurrence." (see also duplicate HER record 5894 and SiteID=2547). This "cist" entry was listed by Dixon, however, it seems a dubious entry. This is not listed by Butler, the relevant map is Vol. 2. Map 29.9.
Nearby sites: SX 62654 75194
Distance: 5.00km

Sherberton Stone Row

OS Map: SX 63948 73349
HER: MDV6426
Megalithic Portal: 6333470
The Stone Rows of GB: Sherberton Row
PMD: Sherberton Stone Row
Alternate name: Sherberton Row Stone Row
ShortName: SR Sherberton
Butler Vol 5: p.211 & Fig.148
DPD page: 100
Notes: The Sherberton double row was discovered in 1997. It is an unimpressive double row of small stones a short distance north-west of the Sherberton Circle. For a plan see Butler Vol. 5 p. 210-12. Lethbridge pp.99-100, diagram p.99 and p.100.
Nearby sites: SX 63948 73349
Distance: 3.30km

Sherberton Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 63946 73187
HER: MDV6290
Megalithic Portal: 1252
PMD: Sherberton Stone Circle
ShortName: SC Sherberton
DPD page: 101
Turner: G5
Notes: Remains of a 97 ft diameter stone circle with a stone wall passing through its western side. "Nine of the original stones are still standing, plus one larger stone which is incorporated in the remains of the old wall which bisects the western extremity of the circle. This stone appears to have been removed from the original circumference, and its height is 1.4m. The remaining nine stones range in height from 0.3m to 0.75m. The original circle appears to have been c. 30m across, although no stones appear to the west of the old wall. The length of the 2 fallen stones at the southern end is 2.6m and 2.4m". Lethbridge p.101, diagram p.99 and p.100. Breton (p.20): It was formerly a fine circle, but it has been mutilated to build the walls, and only seven stones now remain. Some of the stones are used as the gate posts, others are in the wall. The late Rev S Baring-Gould told me that he found, many years ago, the late Mr Coaker's father (of Sherberton Farm) removing the stones of this circle. Mr Baring-Gould explained to him the value of the circle and not another stone was touched.
Nearby sites: SX 63946 73187
Distance: 3.30km

Sherberton Common Reported Stone Row

OS Map: SX 69148 73346
HER: MDV6426
The Stone Rows of GB: Sherberton Common
PMD: Sherberton Common
ShortName: SR:SherberCom
Butler map: 11.6
Butler Vol 5: p.214
Notes: Sandy Gerrard (see link to SRGB): According R.N. Worth this is a double stone row that measured 68.6m long situated on a gently sloping south facing slope. According to him the row was destroyed in 1897 shortly after its discovery. The rows were described as being between 8 and 9 feet apart and included some contiguous stones. Jeremy Butler suggested that it was a passage similar to one surviving at Fernworthy Reservoir but he was unable to identify the site of the feature described by Worth (Butler, J., 1997, 214). Fresh fieldwork has identified the structure, which survives comparatively well and is clearly a passageway leading to a robbed roundhouse from a length of prehistoric rubble walling. The structure has only been partly robbed and several stones remain together with the original 1897 stone robbing pits.
Nearby sites: SX 69148 73346
Distance: 1.91km

Skir Hill (Henroost) Ring Setting Cairn and Cist

OS Map: SX 65104 70686
HER: MDV6507
Megalithic Portal: 45676
PMD: Skir Hill
Alternate name: Skir Hill Ring Setting Cairn and Cist
ShortName: CT Skir Hill
Butler map: 61.8
DPD page: 92
Grinsell: LYD 102
Turner: D18
Barrow Report: 24 56
Notes: DM reports it is actually located at SX 65092 70684. The author has found this site at SX 65104 70691 on 28/06/18 assisted by the grid reference given by Dave Martin (DM). "A Bronze Age cairn containing a cist located on the north east facing slope of Skir Hill 590 metres south of Skir Ford. The cairn survives as a 4.1 diameter ring of edge set slabs up to 0.5 metres high. The cist is situated slightly west of the cairns centre and survives as a 0.82 metres long by 0.52 metres wide and 0.82 metres deep stone lined pit." Formerly listed as being at SX 6517 7075 (as per literature). Butler Vol. 4. Map 61.8 (diagram p.203).
Nearby sites: SX 65104 70686
Distance: 3.31km

Swincombe Ford Newtake 1 Cist

OS Map: SX 63330 72988
HER: MDV54431
Megalithic Portal: 42665
PMD: Swincombe Ford Newtake
ShortName: CT Swincombe 1
Butler map: 63.5.1
DPD page: 99
Notes: Butler Vol. 4. Map 63.5 (diagram p.215). "A robbed cist within a cairn on a gently sloping NE-facing moorland hillside. A stoney cairn 6.0m N-S by 5.5m E-W and 0.3m high contains the cist, approximately 0.8m wide, 0.3m deep and of indeterminate length and orientation. The capstone, 1.4m by 1.3m largely obscures the cist, with only the ?NE end stone being visible." Lethbridge diagram p.99 photo top of p.99.
Nearby sites: SX 63330 72988
Distance: 3.92km

Tor Royal (newtake) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 62974 72262
HER: MDV18388
Megalithic Portal: 45831
Alternate name: Joan Ford's Newtake N.3 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC JoanFd N3
Butler map: 63.3
Turner: A18
Notes: "Disturbed ring cairn consisting of a stone ring 8.0 meters in diameter internally with bank 1.0 meter wide and 0.2 meters high." This feature was previously listed here at SX 62939 72246 but that is the location of the nearby cairn to the east of this ring cairn. This record has been updated with SX 62974 72262 from a visit on 04/09/23.
Nearby sites: SX 62974 72262
Distance: 4.37km

Yar Tor Stone Row

OS Map: SX 68177 73857
HER: MDV6459
Megalithic Portal: 2199
The Stone Rows of GB: Yar Tor
PMD: Yar Tor Stone Row
ShortName: SR Yar Tor
Butler map: 14.11
DPD page: 122
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: "The remains of a probable triple stone row with a cairn and cist at its south end and a barrow at its north. The row comprises stones set 2m apart and standing to a height of 0.3m. Some are concealed beneath the turf. The cairn measures 11m in diameter and 0.3m high with a central cist surrounded by a kerb. The barrow is 6m in diameter and 1m high". Lethbridge Corndon Triple Row pp.122-3. See also: Sea Views at Yar Tor Breton p.84

The author attempted to walk the stone row on 25/09/2025. The photo from 15/07/2016 shows the row in a grassy terrain but today the area is dense with gorse making most of the row buried and impassable.
Nearby sites: SX 68177 73857
Distance: 1.14km

Yar Tor (Money Pit) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

OS Map: SX 68181 73865
HER: MDV6460
Megalithic Portal: 1369
PMD: Money Pit
Alternate name: Money Pit Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
ShortName: CT Money Pit
Butler map: 14.11
Butler Vol 5: p.23 & Fig.4
DPD page: 122
Grinsell: WID 21
Turner: E51
Barrow Report: 56 62
Notes: "The south cairn is a very spread and slight earthwork with a centrally placed cist. Only the north and west side slabs of the cist remain in situ though a misplaced slab lies to one side of the chamber. Eleven slabs forming a kerb of approximately 3m surrounding the cist remain in situ. Several additional stones survive, protruding just above the surface of the flattened cairn, which are likely to be evidence of an outer circle with a diameter of approximately 11m". Lethbridge diagram p.122 and photo bottom p.122. Butler Money Pit - Vol. 1. Map 14.11 (photo on p.92, diagram pp.125-6).
Nearby sites: SX 68181 73865
Distance: 1.14km

Yar Tor Prehistoric Homestead Round House

OS Map: SX 674 734
HER: MDV26473
Megalithic Portal: 22983
ShortName: HC:YarTor
Nearby sites: SX 674 734
Distance: 0.25km

Yar Tor Summit Cairn

OS Map: SX 67865 73943
HER: MDV6434
Megalithic Portal: 11065
Alternate name: Yar Tor summit Cairn
ShortName: CN:Yar Tor Sum
Butler map: 14.8
Grinsell: WID 20
Barrow Report: 56
Notes: "Large cairn (approximately 18.0 metres) built on the summit of Yar Tor; the stones have been rearranged to form a shelter. This cairn is aligned with a reave; part of the Dartmeet parallel reave system."
Nearby sites: SX 67865 73943
Distance: 0.96km