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Dartmoor Heritage

Dartmoor's archaeology and heritage - antiquities, historic buildings and museums.

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Antiquities

Bal Mine

Remnants of tin mining activity on the open moor, where shallow workings scar the granite landscape.

Barrow near Shaugh Cross
Antiquities

Barrow near Shaugh Cross

A Bronze Age barrow, or burial mound, standing near Shaugh Cross on the open moorland of central Dartmoor.

Heritage & Places

Beardown Man

A Bronze Age stone circle on open moorland, where weathered granite blocks still mark an ancient ceremonial gathering place.

Antiquities

Beatland Corner socket stone

Shaugh Prior, Plympton

A simple wayside cross marking an old route across the moorland south of Shaugh Prior.

Heritage & Places

Beehive Hut

Leighon, Bovey Tracey

A Bronze Age shelter huddled on the open moor, its stone walls still standing after thousands of years of Dartmoor weather.