Mardon Down Stone Circle

Mardon Down Stone Circle sits among the heather and granite tors that characterise central Dartmoor, a Bronze Age monument that has watched over the moor for nearly four thousand years. The stones are modest in scale but commanding in presence, arranged in a perfect circle that speaks to the precision and purpose of those who raised them.

Walking out to the circle, you cross open moorland where the archaeology of ancient Dartmoor surrounds you—burial cairns, field systems, and settlement traces scattered across the landscape. The site offers an intimate encounter with Bronze Age life, far quieter than more famous Dartmoor circles, and rewarded by unobstructed views across the moor.