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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Church of St Winifred
Churches & Chapels

Church of St Winifred

Grade I listed medieval church dedicated to the Welsh saint, standing in the Dartmoor landscape.

Dartmoor quiz
“The only signs of life are the furry inhabitants of the warren, and, perchance, a herd of Dartmoor ponies, wild as the country over which they roam, and a few sheep or cattle grazing on the slopes.”

Who wrote this?

William Crossing. From The Ancient Stone Crosses of Dartmoor and its Borderland (1902).

Worth a visit
Cist south-west of Gutter Tor
Cists & Kistvaens

Cist south-west of Gutter Tor

A cist 1.2 m long and 0.5 m deep, with its east side and cover stone moved but lying beside it, 200 m south-west of Gutter Tor, with no mound.

Combshead Tor hut circle settlement
Prehistoric Settlements

Combshead Tor hut circle settlement

A hut circle settlement in four areas on the upper south-west slope of Combshead Tor, huts of upright-stone walls 0.7 to 1 m high, 13.1 to 50.2 square metres inside.