Explore the Moor
Dartmoor is scattered with thousands of ancient and historic features. Pick a type below to see them all, from stone circles and burial cairns to wayside crosses, holy wells and old clapper bridges.
Prehistoric Settlements 344
Hut circles, pounds and enclosures.
Cairns & Barrows 302
Prehistoric burial mounds of heaped stone.
Historic Buildings 200
Notable historic buildings across the moor.
Crosses 56
Medieval wayside and boundary crosses.
Cists & Kistvaens 52
Stone burial boxes, the Dartmoor kistvaens.
Milestones & Boundary Markers 47
Milestones, guide stones and boundary marks.
Stone Rows & Alignments 29
Lines of stones marching across the open moor.
Industrial Archaeology 27
Tin mines, blowing houses and leats.
Hillforts & Earthworks 18
Iron Age forts and defensive earthworks.
Standing Stones & Menhirs 14
Lone upright stones and menhirs.
Bridges & Crossings 14
Clapper bridges and ancient crossing points.
Reaves & Field Systems 13
Bronze Age land boundaries and field systems.
Stone Circles 9
Rings of standing stones raised in the Bronze Age.
Holy Wells & Springs 6
Springs and wells with old associations.
Museums 3
Places to see the moor's history collected.
Churches & Chapels 3
Historic churches and moorland chapels.
Other Heritage Sites 25
Further heritage sites across the moor.
