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Hillforts & Earthworks

Hillforts, castles, camps and defensive earthworks.

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Nattadon Hill fort

Iron Age hill fort crowning a ridge above Dartmoor's open moorland, with commanding views across the granite plateau.

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Outer Huccaby Ring

Hexworthy, Ashburton

A Bronze Age hillfort on open moorland, its concentric rings still visible after thousands of years of wind and weather.

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Place Wood Hillfort

Iron Age hillfort crowning a ridge above Dartmoor's open moorland, its earthwork ramparts still commanding the landscape after two millennia.

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Prestonbury Castle (fort)

Iron Age fort crowning a Dartmoor ridge, its ramparts still defining the moorland skyline after two millennia.

Heritage & Places

Rider's Rings

Shipley Bridge, Buckfastleigh

Bronze Age stone circles on open moorland, their purpose still debated after millennia on Dartmoor.

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Ringwork

Layered defensive site with ringwork, castle, Saxon town and earthworks on the edge of Dartmoor.

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Roman hill fort

Iron Age fort crowning a Dartmoor hilltop, where ramparts still trace the defensive ambitions of ancient communities.

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White Tor camp

Iron Age hilltop settlement on the open moor, where ancient stone foundations still trace the lives of Dartmoor's earliest inhabitants.