Lakehead Hill

Nearest town:
Ashburton (13km E)
OS reference:
SX644777
OS sheet:
191
Latitude:
50° 34' 57.54 N
Longitude:
3° 54' 56.1 W
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Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by costaexpress

Lakehead Hill, easy access from car parks, short, pleasant walk through boggy wood to clearing. Multiple sites including cairn circles and stone row

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costaexpress Mar 18, 2017
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by postman

Bellever tor just out of view behind the trees !!

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 13, 2010
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by postman

The stone row looks to be exactly aligned upon Haytor rocks.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Nov 13, 2010
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(biggest stone of the row)The only stone on Lakehead hill that has a view to Bellever tor, thanks to the plantation.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Nov 13, 2010
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by postman

Hardly gets above the grass, but on such a gorgeous day with more time than you can shake a stick at why not enjoy all that Lakehead hill has to offer, which is lots, with Maggie ‘n Arthur for scale.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Nov 13, 2010
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The least above ground of the cairn circles

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Nov 13, 2010
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Pilgrim

Lakehead Kist & Stone Row (SX 644 776). 26/01/2008. View looking East. Mid-afternoon. Haytor Rocks (7.1m E) directly above Saskia’s head.

Image credit: Jan Jackson
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Pilgrim Jan 28, 2008
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Meic

Lakehead Hill 8th March 2004

Image credit: Michael Mitchell
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Meic May 6, 2007
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Stone row on Lakehead Hill – 28th October 2003

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Meic Oct 18, 2006
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cairn circle and cairn on Lakehead Hill – 28th October 2003

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Meic Oct 18, 2006
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The stone row at SX643776. 26th November 2005.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
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Lubin Nov 26, 2005
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The stone row at SX643776. 26th November 2005.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
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Lubin Nov 26, 2005
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The restored kist and row at SX644776. 25th November 2005. The snow only disturbed by the tracks of a lone animal.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
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Lubin Nov 26, 2005
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The restored kist and row at SX 644776. 26th November 2005.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
Lubin
Lubin Nov 26, 2005
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The restored kist and row at SX 644776. 26th November 2005.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
Lubin
Lubin Nov 26, 2005
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The restored kist and row at SX644776. 26th November 2005.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
Lubin
Lubin Nov 26, 2005
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The cairn circle at SX643774. 25th November 2005.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
Lubin
Lubin Nov 26, 2005
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The cairn circle at SX643774. 26th November 2005

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
Lubin
Lubin Nov 26, 2005
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The cairn circle at SX643775. 26th November 2005

Image credit: Peter Castle ©
Lubin
Lubin Nov 26, 2005
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

This kist is to the north of the hill at SX646784 it is around 800 metres from the summit, past Kraps Ring.All that remains is one side with only the small sign of a cairn.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Mar 5, 2005
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The kist at SX646771 found inside the forest around 250 metres to the south of the other kist on the east side of the hill.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Mar 5, 2005
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The kist at SX647774 which is within the forest on the east of the hill around 150 metres north of the Lichway.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Mar 5, 2005
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The kist at SX642776 which is just inside the forest to the west of the stone row.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Mar 5, 2005
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The reconstructed kist on Lakehead Hill since forest clearance.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
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Lubin Mar 5, 2005
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The kist inside the cairn circle.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
Lubin
Lubin Mar 5, 2005
Image of Lakehead Hill (Stone Row / Alignment) by Lubin

The cairn circle and kist on Lakehead Hill.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©
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Lubin Mar 5, 2005

Articles

Lakehead Hill

postman
postman Nov 13, 2010

This place is the reason for this day out on a sunny Dartmoor morning, the main objective is the big cist circle and stone row, I knew there was more in the clearing over the fence, but wasn’t expecting wife to be up for a prolongued stone hunt, I was wrong.
The big cist is well impressive, and of the sort you can get into, mmmmmmy favourite.
The stone circle surrounding it is half missing and I only recognised it for what it was after some time (only five minutes i’m not that stupid) .
The stone row emanating from the circle is a low wriggely slightly curving kind of row, the early start from Glastonbury had been worth it, we had the place to ourselves for ages, everyone who passed by carried on up to the Tor, had we put them off ? or is the Dartmoor thing to do go up a tor or two, then maybe an old bridge? sounds like missing the point a bit to me.

Hayley now made my day for a second time and readily agreed to a minor stone hunt over the fence, we tied the dogs together and off they ran into the long grass, just seconds later the stone row is come upon, not a long one but a straight one.
The terminal stones are the largest, dont know if thats the norm, but it did look as though it were aligned on a peak on the horizon, since found out it is Haytor rocks. From the tallest stone in the row a view of Bellever tor can be seen, this is the only stone on the hill that can say that.

North towards the Tor half a minute walk and there is another perfectly round cairn circle, and in the middle an overgrown large flat stone flush with the gound suggesting a hidden cist. From this circle another is just twenty yards away, with a more exposed cist but not one that I could get into, maggie could though, the circle stone thats north of the cist is a small wonder the flat top is a perfect recepticle for sitting buttocks, seemingly too perfect for chance . Of all the cist circles up on this hill these two are the closest, hinting at a more special relationship with its builders, but then, can they tell which one was built first or were they all going up at the same time.

Walking back up to the stone row now on our way back to the carpark I spy yet another low cairn circle, no sign of a central cist but then the stones themselves are only centimeters above the grass so maybe its underground, in the northern(?) arc are two large slightly curving stones, I struggle to say why I mention it, but I do and they are thereand I remember them.

There are more megaliths hidden in the trees, two or three cists a circle and a row, but frankly I wasn’t expecting all this so I was more than happy with what we did get to.

Lakehead Hill

greywether
greywether Dec 18, 2003

An easily accessible site with a variety of monuments.

Approaching from the car park at SX646787 and heading S for the clear area in the forest, you come first to the cairn circle marked on the OS map at SX64347777. 13 stones – 6.0m diameter.

Continuing S, you come to a low stone row running approximately E/W at SX64387765. 20m long.

From the E end of the stone row, head SE into the forest to a cist and stone row at SX64497760 (wrongly positioned on the OS map). The row is 12m long. The cist had been surrounded by a stone circle of which six stones remain.

Head back out into the clearing and continue S to two cairn circles at SX64347750 and SX64367747 (marked as one on the OS map). One is 6.8m diameter and the other (with a cist) is 5.6m diameter.

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