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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age stone enclosure on open moorland.

Dartmoor quiz

Which Dartmoor place has also been known as "Cosdon Beacon"?

Cosdon Hill. Cosdon Hill, also known as Cosdon Beacon, is a prominent rounded hill on Dartmoor's northern edge, topped by a large cairn and an OS trig point.

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LandmarkCosdon Hill
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Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age settlement enclosed by ancient stone walls.

Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age settlement earthworks etched into Dartmoor's high plateau, where ancient communities shaped the landscape millennia ago.

Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age settlement enclosure on open moorland, where ancient stone walls still define the boundaries of domestic life from thousands of years ago.

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Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age settlement traces scattered across open moorland.

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Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age settlement remains hidden in Dartmoor's open moorland.

Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age monument on Dartmoor.

Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age settlement remains tucked into Dartmoor's open moorland.

Prehistoric Settlements

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Bronze Age settlement traces etched into the high moorland.

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A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“New toat, new waist-toat, new breeches; you proud, I proud; I shan't work any more!”

Also on Our DartmoorCairn on the Plym scarp at Mill Corner — A turf-covered cairn 6 m across and 0.5 m high with a central hollow, on a small scarp above the Plym at Mill Corner, 200 m from the enclosures on Giant's Hill.