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

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Round cairn on Watchet Hill
Cairns & Barrows

Round cairn on Watchet Hill

A large oval round cairn 16.6 m by 13.8 m and 0.8 m high on the summit of Watchet Hill, cut by a T-shaped early trench and with a quarry ditch on its south-east side.

Round cairn on Watern Tor
Cairns & Barrows

Round cairn on Watern Tor

A flat-topped oval cairn 5.5 m by 5 m between the Thirlstone and Watern Tor, with a large granite slab on its north-east edge.

Round cairn on Yes Tor summit
Cairns & Barrows

Round cairn on Yes Tor summit

A round cairn 15 m across and 1.8 m high between two rock outcrops on the summit of Yes Tor, with a core exposed by military, visitor and early antiquarian damage.

Round cairn, Black Down
Cairns & Barrows

Round cairn, Black Down

A round cairn 8 m across and 0.8 m high on a narrow shelf of a steep east slope of Black Down above the Moor Brook, with an early hollow and a military trench beside it.

Round cairn, Cosdon Hill
Cairns & Barrows

Round cairn, Cosdon Hill

A round cairn 7.3 m across and 0.8 m high on a north-west slope of Cosdon Hill, with edge-set stones that suggest a buried kerb and a hollow on the north side.

Round cairn, East Okement Farm
Cairns & Barrows

Round cairn, East Okement Farm

A round cairn 9.8 m across and 0.7 m high above a small tributary of the East Okement, with a central pit from robbing or early digging.

Round cairn, Little Staple Tor
Cairns & Barrows

Round cairn, Little Staple Tor

An intact round cairn 6 m across and 0.9 m high on Whitchurch Common, with large stones through the surface, within the coaxial field system over Cox Tor.

Cairns & Barrows

Round cairn, Lynch Tor ridge

A stony round cairn 9 m across and 0.9 m high on the ridge between Cocks Hill and Lynch Tor above the Tavy.