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Dartmoor Heritage

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

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Heritage & Places

Shillamill Viaduct

Walreddon, Tavistock

A striking stone viaduct spanning a moorland valley, built to carry the railway across Dartmoor's rugged terrain.

Shorter Cross
Antiquities

Shorter Cross

A medieval wayside cross standing beside a minor road north west of Middlecott, likely marking an old route across the moor.

Antiquities

Shuttamoor Mine

Scattered stone foundations and collapsed workings mark this tin mine deep on Dartmoor's open moorland.

Antiquities

Shuttamoor Mine and Shafts

Abandoned tin mine shafts dotting the open moorland, remnants of Dartmoor's industrial heyday.

Antiquities

Single Barrow

A Bronze Age burial mound rising solitary from Dartmoor's open moorland, offering glimpses into the ritual landscape of ancient Devon.

Antiquities

Sittaford Tor stone circle

A Bronze Age stone circle on the high moor near Sittaford, offering solitude and wide views across Dartmoor's granite landscape.

Siward's or Nun's Cross
Antiquities

Siward's or Nun's Cross

A medieval stone cross standing on the open moor, possibly associated with a nearby nunnery or religious site.

Antiquities

Sixteen hut circles

Sixteen stone hut circles on Cox Tor's north-east slope, remains of a prehistoric settlement.