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

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Ring cairn near Little Links Tor
Cairns & Barrows

Ring cairn near Little Links Tor

A ring cairn on a west-facing slope above the Lyd: a bank 2 m wide and 0.4 m high around a space 13 m across, with a gap on the west.

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A Dartmoor fact about Widecombe Fair Show Field

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Widecombe Fair Show Field has hosted the annual fair for over a century.

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Ring cairn near Merrivale Bridge
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Ring cairn near Merrivale Bridge

A ring cairn on Longash Common, south-east of Merrivale Bridge, in one of the densest concentrations of ritual monuments on Dartmoor.

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Ring cairn near Sourton Tors

A Bronze Age ring cairn on the open moorland south of Sourton Tors, a scheduled monument marking ancient settlement and ritual activity.

Ring cairn near Widgery Cross
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Ring cairn near Widgery Cross

Bronze Age ring cairn and later rectangular building earthwork on the open moor west of Widgery Cross.

Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit
Cairns & Barrows

Ring cairn on Great Nodden summit

A ring cairn on the summit of Great Nodden: a bank of small stones 2.3 m wide around a space 8 m across, with a modern cairn on its west side.

Ring cairn on Hameldown Tor
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Ring cairn on Hameldown Tor

A ring cairn on Hameldown Tor with a 21 m inside, a 11 m central cairn, a modern visitor cairn and an Ordnance Survey pillar.

Ring cairn, Barn Hill
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Ring cairn, Barn Hill

A ring cairn on Barn Hill: a rubble bank 2 m wide and 0.6 m high with many edge-set stones round a space 6.6 m across, ringed by a ditch 3 m wide, with views over west Devon and east Cornwall.

Ring cairn, Riddon Brake
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Ring cairn, Riddon Brake

A flat-topped ring cairn 5.5 m across with three kerb stones on its south edge and a slab that may be a displaced cist cover, above the Walla Brook.