Prehistoric sites within 5km of SX 70501 72107

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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 70501 72107

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: 3.90km

Wittaburrow 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 73358 75201
ShortName: CN?Wittaburr 2
Butler map: 9.9.2
Notes: Butler: "A low mound of stones 5.0 m across and 0.3 m high, with a square pit at the centre lies 30 m to the south-east [of Wittaburrow]". Not listed on NMR or HER.
Nearby sites: SX 73358 75201
Distance: 4.21km

Blackslade Ford 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 73701 75120
HER: MDV20169
ShortName: CN:Blackslad 1
Butler map: 10.
Grinsell: WID 24
Nearby sites: SX 73701 75120
Distance: 4.40km

Blackslade Ford 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 73630 75197
HER: MDV7534
ShortName: CN:Blackslad 2
Butler map: 10.7
Butler Vol 5: p.54 & Fig.31
Nearby sites: SX 73630 75197
Distance: 4.40km

Blackslade Ford 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 7379 7498
HER: MDV30638
ShortName: CN:Blackslad 3
Butler map: 10.
Nearby sites: SX 7379 7498
Distance: 4.37km

Blackslade Ford 4 Cairn

OS Map: SX 73827 74872
HER: MDV30634
ShortName: CN Blackslad 4
Butler map: 10.
Nearby sites: SX 73827 74872
Distance: 4.33km

Cold Cross East Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 73999 74292
HER: MDV30642
ShortName: CN Cold Cross
Butler map: 10.
Butler Vol 5: p.54 & Fig.32
Nearby sites: SX 73999 74292
Distance: 4.12km

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: 3.67km

Buckland Common 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 73772 73930
ShortName: CN-Buckland 1
Butler map: 10.
Notes: Linear arrangement of mounds incorporated into boundary. Could be prehistoric cairns.
Nearby sites: SX 73772 73930
Distance: 3.74km

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: 3.64km

Buckland Common 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 73742 73865
HER: MDV30646
ShortName: CN Buckland 2
Butler map: 10.
Notes: HER: "A flattened and spread round cairn straddles the parish boundary between Buckland and Ashburton. A boundary stone is set into the cairn."
Nearby sites: SX 73742 73865
Distance: 3.69km

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: 3.60km

Buckland Common 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 73588 73559
ShortName: CN?Buckland 3
Butler map: 10.8
Notes: Linear arrangement of mounds incorporated into boundary. Could be prehistoric cairns.
Nearby sites: SX 73588 73559
Distance: 3.41km

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: 3.52km

Buckland Common 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 73587 73556
ShortName: CN?Buckland 4
Butler map: 10.8
Notes: Linear arrangement of mounds incorporated into boundary. Could be prehistoric cairns.
Nearby sites: SX 73587 73556
Distance: 3.41km

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: 3.05km

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: 3.05km

Buckland Beacon Cairn

OS Map: SX 73510 73118
HER: MDV7977
ShortName: CN BuckBeacon
Butler map: 10.
Grinsell: B:BITM 1
Notes: HER referring to Newman: Buckland Beacon, probable tor cairn. The tor outcrop is surrounded by small, turf-covered stones indicating a possible tor cairn. Condition is mostly stable but subject to visitor erosion. SX73500 73100.
Nearby sites: SX 73510 73118
Distance: 3.17km

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: 0.49km

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: 2.83km

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: 0.53km

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: 4.09km

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: 4.14km

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: 4.26km

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: 3.24km

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: 4.21km

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: 4.33km

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: 2.92km

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: 4.39km

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: 2.91km

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: 3.24km

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: 2.44km

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: 2.90km

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: 2.80km

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: 1.52km

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: 3.95km

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: 2.35km

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: 3.22km

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: 3.25km

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: 3.30km

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: 4.24km

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: 3.30km

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: 2.05km

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: 2.88km

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: 2.44km

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: 3.54km

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: 2.72km

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: 3.70km

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: 3.74km

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: 3.76km

Buckland Ridge (N) Cairn

OS Map: SX 73579 73510
HER: MDV30631
ShortName: CN:Buckland 5
Turner: A47
Nearby sites: SX 73579 73510
Distance: 3.38km

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: 3.87km

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: 4.34km

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: 3.29km

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: 3.78km

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: 3.88km

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: 3.88km

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: 3.99km

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: 4.31km

Welstor Common Cairn

OS Map: SX 73739 73009
HER: MDV112763
ShortName: CN:Welstor
Nearby sites: SX 73739 73009
Distance: 3.36km

Warmacombe 2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 6847 6756
HER: MDV5181
ShortName: CN:Warmacombe2
Notes: HER: One of three mounds that appear to be clearance cairns. Reported in the 1970s as being largely removed, only a general spread remains.
Nearby sites: SX 6847 6756
Distance: 4.98km

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: 3.95km

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: 2.86km

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: 4.23km

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: 4.10km

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: 4.37km

Holne Ridge N.15 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6694 7013
HER: MDV6476
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg15
Nearby sites: SX 6694 7013
Distance: 4.07km

Holne Ridge N.16 Cairn

OS Map: SX 6681 7109
HER: MDV6506
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg16
Nearby sites: SX 6681 7109
Distance: 3.83km

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: 4.04km

Holne Ridge N.12 Cairn

OS Map: SX 66740 71078
HER: MDV12981
ShortName: CN:HolneRidg12
Nearby sites: SX 66740 71078
Distance: 3.90km

Chittleford Hill Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 725 754
HER: MDV7469
ShortName: CN:Chittlefo1
Notes: Possible site of a Neolithic barrow found in the field walls by the roadside near the top of Chittleford Hill. A very large orthostat, or shiner (sic), standing here which may have been a capstone. Nearby fields called "Shelstone Lay" point to the existence of a cromlech. Also the walls of the field contain a large number of very large slabs and pillar-like stones such as might have formed a megalthic tomb.
Nearby sites: SX 725 754
Distance: 3.85km

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: 2.36km

Ausewell Rocks W. Cairn

OS Map: SX 73477 71753
HER: MDV7988
ShortName: CN:Ausewell W
Grinsell: ASH 2
Barrow Report: 41
Notes: "diameter 18.0m, crude stone wall around cairn obviously modern survives as a semi circular enclosure on west side of cairns flat top."
Nearby sites: SX 73477 71753
Distance: 3.00km

Ausewell Rocks E. Cairn

OS Map: SX 73548 71735
HER: MDV8019
ShortName: CN:Ausewell E
Grinsell: ASH 3
Barrow Report: 41
Nearby sites: SX 73548 71735
Distance: 3.07km

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: 2.60km

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: 2.72km

Blackslade Down Cist

OS Map: SX 73416 75519
HER: MDV7437
Megalithic Portal: 32071
PMD: Blackslade Down
ShortName: CT Blackslade
Butler map: 9.8
Butler Vol 5: p.47 & Fig.26
DPD page: 129
Grinsell: WID 14
Barrow Report: 53 56
Notes: Butler Vol. 1. Map 9.8 (photo on p.61, diagram Vol. 5. p.47). Lethbridge diagram p.129 and photo bottom p.129.

Grinsell [Folklore 1976], Widecombe cist: Opened by a former parson of Widecombe, whose house was destroyed by an explosion the following night. Crossing 1911, 20.
Nearby sites: SX 73416 75519
Distance: 4.49km

Buckland Beacon Ancient Pool

OS Map: SX 73558 73260
HER: MDV127202
ShortName: PO:BuckBeacon
Notes: "A pool measuring 10.5 by 9.5m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies near a cairn." NB. Nearby is Turner A13 ring cairn.
Nearby sites: SX 73558 73260
Distance: 3.27km

Buckland Ridge (S) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 7357 7324
HER: MDV30630
Megalithic Portal: 45827
Alternate name: Buckland Common 5 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:BucklandRid
Butler map: 10.9
Turner: A13
Notes: Linear arrangement of mounds incorporated into boundary. Could be prehistoric cairns. Turner A13. No NMR record. "Robbed cairn. Stone ring is 13m inside diameter bank 1.80m wide and 50cms high, much of the bank on the eastern side has been destroyed. The central area has been disturbed, modern stone wall running north to south through the eastern section of the stone ring."
Nearby sites: SX 7357 7324
Distance: 3.27km

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: 4.99km

Dunstone Cup Stone

OS Map: SX 7167 7585
HER: MDV18864
Megalithic Portal: 45855
ShortName: CS:Dunstone
Notes: HER: Cup-marked stone at SX71677585, Dunstone. Dunstone Rock is a large, weathered undressed granite boulder aligned approximately due North-South. It is 2.4m long by 1.4m wide and 1.0m high. The surface has 13 cups which fall into two groups. Although some of the cups may be natural, Dunstone manor takes its name from this stone and is recorded in Domesday as "Dunestonetuna" suggesting a long tradition of importance attached to the stone. A tradition of paying rent money by placing money in the cups is recorded until recent times.
Nearby sites: SX 7167 7585
Distance: 3.92km

Foales Arrishes Settlement

OS Map: SX 737 758
HER: MDV7415
Megalithic Portal: 4623
ShortName: ST:FoalesArris
Notes: HER: A hut settlement with 8 hut circles, set within parallel reaves on Blackslade Down, including the enclosure known as Foale’s Arrishes. The hut circles were contemporary with the reaves, being either attached to them or linked by shorter walls. The site is also notable for the later imposition of a rectangular stone enclosure, which incorporated some of the reave elements and hut circles. Excavated by the DEC in 1897. Breton p.78
Nearby sites: SX 737 758
Distance: 4.89km

Hembury Castle (Buckfast) Fort

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Resource: Table of Devon Iron Age Forts
OS Map: SX 72608 68455
HER: MDV7776
Megalithic Portal: 34692
Alternate name: Hembury Castle Fort
ShortName: FT HembCastle
Notes: "Hembury castle. Ia hill fort with medieval castle within. Hill fort in hembury woods, south east of holne. A camp situated on the summit with a good view to the south and east. The main camp consists of an irregular area surrounded by a fosse and vallum with a small rampart on the outer side of the fosse. The height from the top of the vallum to the bottom of the fosse is between 25-30 feet, and the area is about 7 acres. On the west side near the ditch is a mound about 30m in diameter and about 20 feet high. This is surrounded by a level platform with a scarped edge descending to the level of the interior of the camp. This may be of a later date than the main ramparts. A bronze celt and some sling stones have been found within the area of the camp. The whole is on an enclosed moor with some trees growing on the area of the mound (ancient monuments)."

Grinsell [Folklore 1976]: A hill-fort, the defence of which was left to ladies who ‘welcomed the enemy, took them to their beds, and stabbed them all in the night’. Brown 1964, 148.
Nearby sites: SX 72608 68455
Distance: 4.22km

Holne Chase Castle Fort Fort

Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Resource: Table of Devon Iron Age Forts
OS Map: SX 72437 71979
HER: MDV7996
Alternate name: Holne Chase Castle Fort
ShortName: FT:HolneChase
Notes: "A slight univallate hillfort situated on the north facing side of Holne Chase overlooking the River Dart. The hillfort survives as an oval enclosure measuring 120m long by 96m wide internally, defined by a single rampart and ditch with a counterscarp bank present to the north east, west and south west. It has two entrances, a simple gap to the south east and an inturned entrance to the south west."
Nearby sites: SX 72437 71979
Distance: 1.94km

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: 2.86km

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: 3.82km

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: 3.25km

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: 2.46km

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: 3.90km

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: 3.98km

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: 3.71km

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: 3.68km

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: 4.98km

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: 4.05km

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: 1.83km

Tunhill Rocks Settlement

OS Map: SX 732 758
HER: MDV7438
Megalithic Portal: 31984
ShortName: ST:TunhillRock
Nearby sites: SX 732 758
Distance: 4.57km

Wittaburrow Cairn

OS Map: SX 73353 75214
HER: MDV7537
Megalithic Portal: 32069
Alternate name: Wittaburrow 1 Cairn
ShortName: CN:Wittaburr 1
Butler map: 9.9.1
Grinsell: WID 15
Notes: "A large stony round cairn, south of Wittaburrow. The mound has a 25 metre diameter at base, but the structure has been much altered, probably robbed, and is now quite low in places. A ‘bite-shaped’ section is missing from the main mound on the south-eastern side where a smaller cairn, which is unlikely to be an original feature, stands within the original spread of the monument. Two large hollows have been dug into the main mound which, overall, survives in a very uneven state."
Nearby sites: SX 73353 75214
Distance: 4.22km

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: 2.91km

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: 2.91km

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: 3.36km

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: 3.21km