Devon Prehistoric Sites

An Iron Age hill fort set in lovely woodlands. Blackbury Camp (sometimes called Blackbury Castle) stands on a spur of land looking down on tributaries of the River Coly.
Southleigh, Devon, England, EX24 6JE

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Heritage Highlight: Unusual entrance barbican enclosure
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The earthwork remains of an Iron Age earthwork dominate this hilltop site overlooking the Exe valley. A 3rd-century Roman shaft full of personal objects suggests the site was used for ritual purposes. The hillfort was occupied by Parliamentary troops during the Civil War.
Cadbury, Devon, England, EX5 5JZ

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Occupying the summit of Cranbrook Down is an Iron Age hillfort enclosing an area of 13 acres. The earthwork bank is well-preserved and is reinforced with stone in several places. You can reach the hillfort via an exceptional walk from Castle Drogo at the western end of the Teign Gorge.
Cranbrook, Drewsteignton, Dartmoor, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: One of 3 hillforts along the River Teign
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The slopes of Hartor Hill at Drizzlecombe are home to three Bronze Age stone rows, each stretching between a large standing stone and a burial cairn. One row is made of a mix of single and double rows of aligned stones. Aside from the stone rows, there are numerous cairns, hut circles, cists, and prehistoric settlement sites on the moor.
Sheepstor, Dartmoor, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: The Bone Stone is the largest standing stone on Dartmoor
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Two Bronze Age stone circles stand in open moorland north of Postbridge, Dartmoor. The circles are almost identical in size and shape. The standing stones are said to resemble sheep grazing (wether is another word for a sheep).
Fernworthy Forest, Chagford, Devon, England

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Stone Circle
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Heritage Highlight: Unique Dartmoor double stone circles
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An impressive Bronze Age settlement of on Dartmoor. Grimspound featured in the Sherlock Holmes story, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'.
Postbridge, Yelverton, Dartmoor, Devon, England, PL20 6TB

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On a spur of land above the River Dart, on the edge of Dartmoor, stands an Iron Age hillfort with a Norman motte and bailey castle within its earthwork banks. The hillfort was built around 500 BC and abandoned in the 1st century AD. A thousand years later a Norman motte was built within the ramparts.
Hembury Woods, Buckfastleigh, Dartmoor, Devon, England, TQ11 0HL

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Heritage Highlight: Norman motte within an Iron Age fortification
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Merrivale Prehistoric Site is not one monument, but a multitude of monuments sharing the same wonderfully scenic location in western Dartmoor. Here you will find the remains of a Bronze Age settlement, two stone rows (including one double row), solitary standing stones, burial cairns, and a stone circle. This is probably the most visited ancient site on Dartmoor, due to its proximity to a major road.
B3357, Merrivale, Dartmoor, Devon, England, PL20 6ST

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Heritage Highlight: Outstanding ceremonial landscape of ancient monuments
Photos of Merrivale Prehistoric Site
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At the foot of Belstone Tor, on the northern fringe of Dartmoor, stands a Bronze Age stone circle known as the Nine Maidens (though there are, in fact, 16 standing stones). The stones are said to be maidens turned to stone for daring to dance on the Sabbath.
Belstone Common, Belstone, Devon, England

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Heritage Highlight: A stone circle with legends attached
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In moorland near the hamlet of Gidleigh stands perhaps Dartmoor's most impressive stone Circle. Scorhill Stone Circle originally boasts around 70 standing stones. Of these, 23 remain upright with another 11 fallen. Nearby is the Tolmen Stone, used in fertility and healing rituals.
Gidleigh, Chagford, Dartmoor, Devon, England

Attraction Type: Prehistoric - Stone Circle
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Heritage Highlight: Arguably Dartmoor's most impressive stone circle
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