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Hamel Down Cross
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Hamel Down Cross submitted by AngieLake on 22nd Apr 2007. Hamel Down Cross looking towards SE.
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Broad Barrow (Hamel Down)
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Broad Barrow (Hamel Down) submitted by AngieLake on 22nd Apr 2007. Approaching Broad Barrow from the north, along the Two Moors Way.
This is one of the largest barrows on Dartmoor and it stands on the highest part of Hamel Down.
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Single Barrow (Hamel Down)
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Single Barrow (Hamel Down) submitted by AngieLake on 22nd Apr 2007. Single Barrow, about halfway between Two Barrows and Broad Barrow. (Not easy to distinguish with everything covered in heather!) Cremated bones were found here.
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Hamel Down
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Hamel Down submitted by AngieLake on 22nd Apr 2007. A map (after Butler) of the barrows, cairns, and an ancient cross on Hamel Down.
This will be useful for referencing the individual sites to be posted very soon.
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Two Barrows (Hamel Down)
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Two Barrows (Hamel Down) submitted by AngieLake on 22nd Apr 2007. Two Barrows (south) sadly supports a drystone wall these days, despite ancient builders re-routing a reave (prehistoric field boundary) to avoid it. (Looking east in late-afternoon sun).
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Hound Tor Enclosure
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Hound Tor Enclosure submitted by Andy B on 3rd Jul 2011. Hound Tor
From this angle, taken a little way into the moorland from Swallerton Gate, SX7479 : Hound Tor falls into three main stacks.
Copyright Derek Harper and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Musbury Castle
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Musbury Castle submitted by ForestDaughter on 12th Jun 2012. A view of the hill fort from about three-quarters of the way up.
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High Peak
Date Added: 8th Apr 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
High Peak submitted by Midlifecyclist on 26th Mar 2016. Information board situated on High Peak.
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Down Tor stone row
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Down Tor stone row submitted by TimPrevett on 10th Jun 2002. This is where it all began for me: Down Tor, on Dartmoor. A chance encounter on a beautiful day and night with an awesome stone circle and row. This is where the stones bug bit me! Taken with a simple automatic 35mm camera.
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Down Tor circle
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Down Tor circle submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Sep 2010. Hingstone Hill or Down Tor circle and row. Late afternoon, September 26 2010
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Narrator Brookhead Enclosure
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Narrator Brookhead Enclosure submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Nov 2010. There is an opening in the southeastern part of the walling, marked with large upright slabs, and facing directly towards the large cairn.
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Narrator Brookhead Cairn
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Narrator Brookhead Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Nov 2010. This is a big old cairn about 20 metres in diameter, and up to 2 metres high.
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Siward's Cross
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Siward's Cross submitted by AngieLake on 15th Apr 2010. Siward's .. or Nun's... Cross, south south east of Princetown on Dartmoor.
(See site pages for more info.)
Photo taken during a ramble with Devon Dowsers, led by John Christian, some years ago.
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Hart Tor North circle
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Hart Tor North circle submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Jun 2004. Hart Tor North Stone Circle, Dartmoor, Devon SX577717
The cairn at the top of the northern rows is about 9m in diameter, and is surrounded by a lovely ring of 15 stone slabs. It is possible that there is another ring of stones still present within the cairn.
This is the view to the west, looking down the double row.
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Hart Tor south row
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Hart Tor south row submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Hart Tor south row
view looking southwest
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Hart Tor north rows
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Hart Tor north rows submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Hart Tor north double row looking northeast
Two stone rows at Hart Tor. Burl does list the Hart Tor double row in the gazeteer of his book
but it is under the section headed Avenues!
A double and a single row each originate from two of three cairns. The double
row is in good condition except at the lower end where tinning works have cut
into it. The double row SX 5770 7170 is 126 m long azimuth 76 & has about 80
surviving sones. The single row SX 5771 7169 is 61 m long az 60 & ha...
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Crazy Well Cross
Date Added: 21st Apr 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Crazy Well Cross submitted by cazzyjane on 23rd Nov 2012. Crazy Well Cross, Dartmoor.
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The Cockpit
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes
The Cockpit submitted by LivingRocks on 18th Mar 2005. A panoramic view of the Cockpit Stone Circle which according to Magicmap ‘includes a circular kerbed stone bank 2.8m -11.2m wide and up to 0.5m high which encloses an area approximately 27m in diameter. There are 27 (?) standing and recumbent stones set largely into the internal face of this bank, thereby creating the stone circle. The tallest standing stone measures about 0.95m high and some of the recumbent stones are up to 1.9m in length. Within the eastern side of the stone circle, abuttin...
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Threlkeld Knott
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes
Threlkeld Knott submitted by threlkeld on 22nd Aug 2010. Threlkeld Knott with Blease, Gategill and Hall's Fell behind
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St Patrick's Well (Patterdale)
Date Added: 7th Apr 2018
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes
St Patrick's Well (Patterdale) submitted by ocifant on 26th Jun 2005. The well sits alongside the road at the southern end of Ullswater.
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