Cairns & Barrows
Ring cairn near Widgery Cross
Bronze Age ring cairn and later rectangular building earthwork on the open moor west of Widgery Cross.
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Lydford Saxon burh and ringwork
The Saxon burh of Lydford with its ringwork, castle keep, motte and bailey, scheduled in three areas.
Crosses
Roman's Cross, Sheepstor
A cross 1.62 m high on a stepped plinth outside the west gate of Sheepstor churchyard, restored in 1919 with new arms after use as a rubbing post; Grade II, also called Roman's Cross.
Cairns & Barrows
Kerbed cairn near Yealm Steps
A kerbed cairn with a cist on the ridge between the River Yealm and Broadall Lake: nine kerbstones up to 1.1 m high round a cist 1.2 m long.
Cairns & Barrows
Round cairn near Cross Gate
A flat-topped round cairn 5.5 m across with a kerb of large edge-set stones on its south side and a robbed cist, below Leather Tor.
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Round cairn near Langstone Moor stone circle
A small round cairn, 4.2 m across and 0.35 m high, 25 m south of the Langstone Moor stone circle, dug in 1901 and found to hold only a pit.
Cairns & Barrows
Round cairn near Challacombe Cross
Bronze Age round cairn on open moorland south east of Challacombe Cross, a scheduled monument on Dartmoor.
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Round cairn near White Tor
Bronze Age round cairn with a stone burial chamber, set high on the eastern slopes near White Tor.
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Plate from Dartmoor Illustrated, page 174, 1900“The atmosphere of Dartmoor deserves particular notice ; it is at all times humid. The rain, which frequently falls, almost without intermission, for many weeks together, is generally small; and resembles more a Scotch mist than a shower.”
Also on Our DartmoorDavid J. Hawkings — Author of Water from the Moor, a history of Plymouth's Dartmoor leats, and co-host with his son Simon of the Myths of the Moor podcast.
