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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Cairns & Barrows

Three round cairns near White Tor

Three Bronze Age round cairns on the south slope of White Tor, characteristic of Dartmoor's prehistoric burial landscape.

Three round cairns, Laughter Tor
Cairns & Barrows

Three round cairns, Laughter Tor

Three round cairns, 6.4 m, 7 m and 5.6 m across and about 0.7 m high, on a lower east slope of Laughter Tor, all with early hollows.

Throwleigh Barton
Historic Buildings

Throwleigh Barton

A Grade II* listed farmhouse on Dartmoor, likely dating from the medieval or early modern period, standing in the moorland landscape.

Throwleigh Common coaxial field system
Reaves & Field Systems

Throwleigh Common coaxial field system

Most of the Throwleigh Common coaxial field system, with six settlements including at least 27 hut circles, a reave, at least 27 cairns, part of the 19 km Bradford Leat and two boundary stones.

Tin blowing mill, Teignhead Farm
Industrial Archaeology

Tin blowing mill, Teignhead Farm

A tin blowing mill 13.6 m long on the North Teign below Teignhead Farm, with its furnace stones, wheelpit and two mould stones for the molten tin.

Tin Workings
Historic Buildings

Tin Workings

Peat Cot

Weathered stone ruins of tin mining operations scattered across the high moor, remnants of Dartmoor's industrial past.

Tin Workings
Industrial Archaeology

Tin Workings

Nattor

Medieval and later tin workings scarring the moorland, revealing centuries of mining that shaped Dartmoor's landscape and economy.