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Week Down cross
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Week Down cross

A medieval wayside cross standing on open moorland southwest of Yellam, marking an ancient route across Dartmoor.

Wigford Down cross
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Wigford Down cross

A medieval wayside cross standing on Wigford Down, near Cadover Bridge, marking an old route across the moor.

Windy Post
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Windy Post

A weathered granite wayside cross standing on open moorland north of Sampford Spiney, likely medieval in origin.

Wooston Castle
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Wooston Castle

Iron Age hillfort on the high moor with earthwork ramparts, likely defended settlement from the first millennium BC.

Yar Tor stone row
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Yar Tor stone row

Bronze Age stone row and burial cist on open moorland, evidence of prehistoric ritual and settlement on Dartmoor.

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Yellowmead stone circles

Bronze Age stone circles, cairn and alignment on open moorland, revealing ritual and burial practices of prehistoric Dartmoor.

Yennadon Cross
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Yennadon Cross

A medieval wayside cross standing 340m south of Peekhill on the open moor, marking an old route across Dartmoor.

A near reave on Hingston Hill
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A near reave on Hingston Hill

A 350-metre length of Bronze Age reave, a boundary wall built across the open moorland northwest of Combshead Tor.

A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge
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A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge

A Bronze Age cemetery of burial cairns scattered across the high ridge, testament to prehistoric use of Dartmoor's open moorland.