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Two stone alignments and a round cairn 390m NW of Sharpitor
Devon
This scheduled monument consists of two stone alignments and a round cairn positioned on open moorland northwest of Sharpitor. The alignments, formed by stones laid out in lines across the landscape, and the cairn, a mound of stones likely covering a burial or marking a significant place, date to the Bronze Age. Together they suggest a landscape organised for ritual purposes or territorial definition during the later prehistoric period.
Today the site remains largely as it has for thousands of years, set within the characteristic moorland of central Dartmoor. Visiting involves walking across open ground where these ancient stones are encountered in their original setting, offering a direct sense of how Bronze Age communities shaped and marked their environment. The site forms part of the rich archaeology scattered across Dartmoor's heights.
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