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Cairns & Barrows
Cairn
A Bronze Age cairn standing among Dartmoor's open moorland, marking ancient presence on the high plateau.
Cairns & Barrows
Cairn
A Bronze Age cairn standing on the open moorland, marking an ancient burial or territorial boundary on Dartmoor's high ground.
Dartmoor quiz
What is the earliest known name for the Walla Brook near Wallabrook Clapper Bridge?
Cairns & Barrows
Cairn
A Bronze Age cairn standing on the open moor, a silent witness to thousands of years of Dartmoor's past.
Historic Buildings
Medieval Village of Challacombe
Challacombe, Chagford
Haunting stone foundations scattered across windswept moorland, where a medieval farming community once sheltered from Dartmoor's unforgiving climate.
Prehistoric Settlements
Settlement
Bronze Age settlement remains scattered across the open moorland.
Other Heritage Sites
Bowerman's Nose
Natural granite outcrop about 30 feet high on Hayne Down, near Manaton, that looks like a human profile from some angles. The witch legend attached to it is first found in a 1939 book.
Prehistoric Settlements
Belstone Pound
A sturdy stone-walled enclosure on the open moor, built to pen stray livestock in the days when Dartmoor's commons were fiercely defended.
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Please, mem, first there's a jacket, then a gownd, and then comes Oi.”
Also on Our DartmoorPeat Cot Hill — A granite hill with a distinctive shape, located near other notable Dartmoor features.
