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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Huccaby Ring
Other Heritage Sites

Huccaby Ring

An oval earthwork 49 m by 48 m inside, on the south-east side of Huccaby Tor, with a slight platform that may be a hut circle.

Hucken Tor Farm (ruins)
Historic Buildings

Hucken Tor Farm (ruins)

Merrivale, Tavistock

Ruined farmstead nestled on open moorland, revealing centuries of upland settlement and survival on Dartmoor.

Huckworthy Bridge
Bridges & Crossings

Huckworthy Bridge

A stone-built bridge crossing the West Dart River, likely medieval in origin and grade II* listed.

Huckworthy Cross
Crosses

Huckworthy Cross

A medieval wayside cross standing on open moorland south-west of Sampford Spiney, marking an ancient route across Dartmoor.

Hunter's Tor camp
Hillforts & Earthworks

Hunter's Tor camp

A small hillfort with three concentric ramparts, 116 m by 70 m inside, on a hill on the north side of the Bovey valley.

Dartmoor quiz

What on Dartmoor are also been known as "the Yeth Hounds"?

The Wisht Hounds of Wistman's Wood. The popular version goes like this: on winter nights, particularly around Wistman's Wood, you might hear the Wisht Hounds (also called the Yeth Hounds or Wish Hounds) hunting across the moor.

Worth a visit
Huntingdon Cross (Huntingdon Warren)
Crosses

Huntingdon Cross (Huntingdon Warren)

South Brent

A medieval wayside cross by the River Avon at Huntingdon Warren, one of four crosses ordered up for the Brent Moor bounds in 1557.

Hurston Ridge stone row and enclosure
Stone Rows & Alignments

Hurston Ridge stone row and enclosure

The Hurston Ridge double stone row, 143 m long from a round cairn to a blocking stone, with a second cairn, an enclosure of at least seven huts 210 m long and the Hurston Ridge reave.

Hut circle and banks, Longaford Newtake
Prehistoric Settlements

Hut circle and banks, Longaford Newtake

A hut circle 4 m across inside with a south-facing gap and three lengths of bank leading from it, in Longaford Newtake above the West Dart.

A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“The bogs are hungry, and swallow up a good deal of money.”

Also on Our DartmoorWillmead Tor — Willmead Tor is a hidden gem among the trees near Lustleigh, featuring a cluster of small, fissured rock outcrops. Access is tricky but possible from the road via a narrow path.