Cairns & Barrows
Cairn Circle and Kist
Bronze Age stones arranged in a circle on open moorland, with a mysterious stone-lined burial chamber nearby.
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Standing Stones & Menhirs
Loughtor Man
Babeny, Ashburton
Bronze Age stone circle and hut settlements scattered across open moorland, revealing how ancient communities lived on Dartmoor's high ground.
Authors & Writers
Helen Louise
Helen is a psychology graduate. teacher and hypnotherapist. She lives in Devon and spends her time exploring and photographing the ancient and enigmatic sites of Dartmoor.
Other Heritage Sites
Alan Endacott - Archaeologist
Information on Alan Endacott's research into the Prehistoric Ritual/Ceremonial Landscapes of Northern Dartmoor, including the Sittaford Stone Circle and newly discovered Metheral Circle.
Authors & Writers
Carolyn Kennett
Archaeoastronomer, writer and historian who studies the relationship between Dartmoor's prehistoric stone circles and stone rows and the sky above them, including joint research and talks with Dartmoor archaeologist Alan Endacott.
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Plate from The Ancient Stone Crosses of Dartmoor and its Borderland, page 122, 1902“The rain stopped suddenly, and the wind was hushed, except in the tops of invisible trees; and a streak of black boggy fog settled heavily.”
Also on Our DartmoorHut circles and enclosures on Sharpitor — Ten scheduled monuments on Sharpitor, above Burrator: a large unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlement on the north-east slope, with enclosures, a field system and a reave.
