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Prehistoric sites within 2km of SX 59819 82707

Guidance for walkers: The monuments featured in this database are archaeological treasures and need to be protected and preserved - please do not disturb any sites. Please check access and firing times before visiting sites, not all sites listed are on open access land. Firing ranges and boundaries of open access areas are marked on the OL28 OS Dartmoor Explorer map. Please stick to the country code and consider giving support to the numerous agencies that help to keep Dartmoor a fabulous natural and historic environment!



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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.

These listings have incorporated, matched up and merged all of the records from all of the major archaeological listings including: Worth, Grinsell, Turner, Butler, Bill Radcliffe, Sandy Gerrard, Megalithic Portal, the National Monument Records and the Historic Environment Records. The author would like to thank Bill, Sandy, the lovely people both at Megalithic Portal (especially Anne Tate who did an amazing job to link listings) and at ACE Archaeology for collaborative work over the years to synchronise and correct listings across the various websites which now interlink. A culmination of years of work the final merger of cairn records took 3 months of cross referencing in 2017 the result being a snapshot of the records at that time. This data has in turn been refined since by field work and research. The round house data was supplied by Sandy Gerrard. Grid references are in order of accuracy: from Google Earth satellite, if visible and found, from a Garmin GPS reading, if visited by the author and from the literature otherwise. Individual site pages will state the source of the grid reference and provide satellite imagery. If a site listing lacks a photo it has not yet been visited by the author in which case the grid reference is from the literature.

Currently the database only includes sites which can be represented by a grid reference. Reaves are not included as they require GIS shape technology which is beyond the current capability of this system. To see the sources for the records, look at the tables on the resources menu. The database listings can also be viewed on a Google map and downloaded as GPS datasets for Garmin devices.

Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the site. You can zoom in and out and drag the map around.

List of sites within 2km of SX 59819 82707

Cut Hill Cairn

Cut Hill Cairn

OS Map: SX 59823 82745
HER: MDV69603
Megalithic Portal: 47078
PMD: Cut Hill
ShortName: CN Cut Hill
DPD page: 130
Notes: "Barrow c20m overall diameter on the top of 'Cut Hill' at 603m OD was observed during a field visit by Tom Greeves in 2004. The 1.5m high circular mound has a military range pole set in it & surface erosion has exposed a turf/peat core with a few stones. The surrounding ditch is over 1m wide & nearly filled with waterlogged vegetation." For more information, see: Prehistoric Society - Past No. 47 and Prehistoric Society - Past No. 47. The date and context of a stone row:Cut Hill, Dartmoor, south-west England. The HER gives the OS grid reference as SX 5992 8275 which is almost 100 metres to the east. The photo here shows a modern walkers cairn on top of the feature. This did not exist in 2013 when the author last visited.
Nearby sites: SX 59823 82745
Distance: 0.04km

Cut Hill Stone Row

Cut Hill Stone Row

OS Map: SX 59871 82756
HER: MDV69604
Megalithic Portal: 25916
The Stone Rows of GB: Cut Hill
PMD: Cut Hill Stone Row
ShortName: SR Cut Hill
DPD page: 130
Notes: Discovered in 2004. Prehistoric stone row of 6-7 large granite slabs near the summit of Cut Hill. All the slabs are recumbent with one buried. The row is thought to date back earlier than 3,500BC. For more information, see: Cut Hill, Dartmoor (phase 3), Stone row chronology and landscape change, HER MDV69604 and Legendary Dartmoor
Nearby sites: SX 59871 82756
Distance: 0.07km

Cut Hill Cist

Cut Hill Cist

OS Map: SX 59819 82707
HER: MDV134402
ShortName: CT Cut Hill
Notes: "Potential early Bronze Age cist feature noted on Cut Hill in 2021. Charcoal from the site have been radiocarbon dated and the samples were dated to 1881 - 1698 cal BC (3831 - 3648 cal BP). Subsequent pollen analysis has confirmed likely prehistoric origins for this feature, which is not of natural origin, as well as noting the construction of the feature took place at a time when the local area was characterised as open heath-type vegetation."

This site was excavated in August 2024 and the contents of the cist have been removed to be analysed at the Wiltshire Consevation Centre in Chippenham. Even with an accurate grid reference it is difficult to now see this feature as it was covered over after the excavation. The PDW author visited the site on 12th October 20024 a few weeks after the feature had been covered over and signs of the excavation could still be seen in the main photo above.

There is great coverage of the Cut Hill cist in Dartmoor News No.196 Sep/Oct 2024. Paul Rendell has kindly given permission for one of the photos showing the cist before it was covered over to be reproduced here.
Nearby sites: SX 59819 82707
Distance: 0.00km

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