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 440
Hut circles, pounds and enclosures.
Cairns & Barrows 330
Prehistoric burial mounds of heaped stone.
Historic Buildings 168
Notable historic buildings across the moor.
Industrial Archaeology 71
Tin mines, blowing houses and leats.
Crosses 70
Medieval wayside and boundary crosses.
Milestones & Boundary Markers 46
Milestones, guide stones and boundary marks.
Stone Rows & Alignments 43
Lines of stones marching across the open moor.
Reaves & Field Systems 41
Bronze Age land boundaries and field systems.
Churches & Chapels 36
Historic churches and moorland chapels.
Hillforts & Earthworks 33
Iron Age forts and defensive earthworks.
Stone Circles 25
Rings of standing stones raised in the Bronze Age.
Bridges & Crossings 18
Clapper bridges and ancient crossing points.
Cists & Kistvaens 9
Stone burial boxes, the Dartmoor kistvaens.
Holy Wells & Springs 6
Springs and wells with old associations.
Standing Stones & Menhirs 4
Lone upright stones and menhirs.
Museums 3
Places to see the moor's history collected.
Other Heritage Sites 25
Further heritage sites across the moor.
