Hillforts & Earthworks

Cranbrook Hill Fort

Iron Age hillfort with commanding views across Dartmoor's high moorland, its ramparts still visible in the heather.

Hembury Castle Site

Mill Leat, Buckfastleigh

Iron Age hilltop fort with sweeping views across Dartmoor, where ancient ramparts still command the moorland skyline.

Higher Bury Camp

Iron Age hillfort whose ramparts still command the open moorland above the West Dart River valley.

Hill Fort

Iron Age fortification crowning a Dartmoor hilltop, its ramparts still commanding views across the high moorland.

Hillfort, South Longridge Wood

Remains of an Iron Age hillfort and later medieval settlement hidden within South Longridge Wood on the edge of Dartmoor.

Holne Chase Castle

Buckland in the Moor, Ashburton

Mysterious earthwork ruins nestled on Dartmoor, where medieval stone foundations emerge from the heather.

Huccaby Ring

A small Iron Age hillfort on Dartmoor, defined by a low circular earthwork and ditch.

Hunter's Tor camp

Scheduled Monument remains of a prehistoric hilltop settlement on Dartmoor, likely from the Bronze Age.

Motte with two baileys, Burley Wood

A layered Iron Age hillfort with multiple defensive banks, overlaid by a Norman motte and bailey at Burley Wood.