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Nine Stones ring cairn on Belstone Common
Devon
Nine Stones is a ring cairn, a Bronze Age burial monument made up of stones arranged in a circular pattern. Located on Belstone Common in the northern reaches of Dartmoor, it sits within a landscape densely scattered with prehistoric remains. The site itself is low-key and subtle, as many moorland cairns are, but it marks a place of ritual significance thousands of years ago.
Like other ring cairns across Dartmoor, this monument would have held ceremonial and burial purposes for Bronze Age communities. Walking across the common today, you encounter the physical traces of how people once used and valued this upland terrain. The site sits within a wider complex of barrows and stone arrangements that tell the story of Dartmoor's ancient settlement and belief systems.
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