Down Tor Stone Circle

Down Tor Stone Circle sits on the high, windswept moor between Princetown and Two Bridges, its stones worn smooth by millennia of Dartmoor weather. The circle is modest in scale but powerful in its setting—surrounded by nothing but heather, grass, and the vast sky that defines this plateau, it feels genuinely isolated from the modern world.

Bronze Age people built this circle around 3,500 years ago, likely for ceremonial gatherings or astronomical observation. Today, visiting requires a proper walk across open moorland, which is exactly why it remains relatively undisturbed. The effort to reach it rewards you with a tangible connection to Dartmoor's deep past and the raw, treeless landscape that Bronze Age communities knew.