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Dartmoor's archaeology and heritage - antiquities, historic buildings and museums.

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Two cairns north of Corndon Tor
Cairns & Barrows

Two cairns north of Corndon Tor

Two round cairns, 21 m and 25 m across, on a lower ridge north of Corndon Tor, the western one dug in the 1820s by about fifty people.

Dartmoor quiz
“the country doctor, in hail, rain, snow, or storm, must turn out of a warm bed and ride, often to the dreary waste of Dartmoor, through rough roads and darkness, at the call of humanity,”

Which book is this from?

A Description of the Part of Devonshire Bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy, vol. 3. Written by Anna Eliza Bray in 1836.

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Two hut circle settlements, Beardown Hill
Reaves & Field Systems

Two hut circle settlements, Beardown Hill

Two hut circle settlements with their fields on the east slope of Beardown Hill: five huts in the north and at least eight in the south, with two small field systems between.

Two hut circles at the west end of Lee Moor
Prehistoric Settlements

Two hut circles at the west end of Lee Moor

Two hut circles, 5 m and 4.5 m across, on a west slope at the west end of Lee Moor, with entrances to the west and north-west and a bank joining them.