Explore the Moor
Dartmoor is scattered with thousands of ancient and historic features. Pick a type below to see them all, from stone circles and burial cairns to wayside crosses, holy wells and old clapper bridges.
Prehistoric Settlements 403
Hut circles, pounds and enclosures.
Cairns & Barrows 324
Prehistoric burial mounds of heaped stone.
Historic Buildings 180
Notable historic buildings across the moor.
Industrial Archaeology 67
Tin mines, blowing houses and leats.
Crosses 67
Medieval wayside and boundary crosses.
Cists & Kistvaens 54
Stone burial boxes, the Dartmoor kistvaens.
Stone Rows & Alignments 49
Lines of stones marching across the open moor.
Milestones & Boundary Markers 47
Milestones, guide stones and boundary marks.
Hillforts & Earthworks 33
Iron Age forts and defensive earthworks.
Churches & Chapels 33
Historic churches and moorland chapels.
Stone Circles 25
Rings of standing stones raised in the Bronze Age.
Standing Stones & Menhirs 17
Lone upright stones and menhirs.
Bridges & Crossings 15
Clapper bridges and ancient crossing points.
Reaves & Field Systems 14
Bronze Age land boundaries and field systems.
Holy Wells & Springs 6
Springs and wells with old associations.
Museums 3
Places to see the moor's history collected.
Other Heritage Sites 25
Further heritage sites across the moor.
