Harbourne Head cairns (Cairn(s)) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Harbourne Head cairns (Cairn(s)) by Billy Fear

Image credit: Billy Fear

Billy Fear Jan 13, 2010

Image of Harbourne Head cairns (Cairn(s)) by Billy Fear

The South-Eastern cairn, looking South.
15/11/09

Image credit: Billy Fear

Billy Fear Jan 13, 2010

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Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s)

Billy Fear Jan 15, 2010

There are quite a lot of cairns in the surroundings. Some of them are just clearance cairns, some are genuine burial cairns. It is not easy do be sure about these sites and hard to find information to clear up doubts.
The 2 cairns on my pictures are on the summit are a few hundred metres W from the Harbourne Head Menhir. I measured them about 23m in diameter and they are 20m apart from each other. The eastern cairn is the more prominent one of the two.

Sites within 20km of Harbourne Head cairns

Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 0.41km E

5

1
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 0.72km W

13

1

1
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 1.27km WNW

8

1

1
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 1.48km W

2
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.52km W

9

1
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.53km W

1
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.61km WSW
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 2.68km W

6

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 2.69km WSW

9

1

1
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.78km W

2

1
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 2.97km WNW

11

1

3
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.13km W

1

1
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 3.49km W

11

1

2
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 3.57km W

10
Brent Hill

Hillfort • 3.6km SE

1
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 3.86km NW

1

1
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 3.9km W

9

3
Aish Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.31km S

2

2
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 4.35km SSW

14

1
Corringdon Ball Stone Row

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 4.65km SW

15

1
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 4.67km SW

10
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 4.8km NE

19

5

1
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 5.13km WSW

4

1
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.18km WSW

3

1
Glasscombe Corner

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.29km SW

11

2
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 5.33km SW

5

1
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 5.38km SSW

3

1
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.51km W

4

1
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.58km WSW

1
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.59km WSW

3
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 5.68km WSW

5

2
Piles Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.72km SW

8

2
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 5.72km WSW

15

6

1
Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.73km SW

1
Piles Hill stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.79km SW

3

1
Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 5.8km SW

12

2
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 5.82km WNW

2

1
Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 5.85km SW

3

2
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 6.07km WSW

5

2

1
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.2km W

12

2
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.23km NW

2
Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.29km SSW

6

2
Butterdon stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.29km SW

16

1

3
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 6.47km WSW

4

2
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 6.52km WSW

4

2

1
Holne Moor

Cist • 6.53km NW

1

2
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 6.56km WSW

5
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.6km WSW

40

1

6

2
Aller Brook

Cist • 6.64km NNW

1

1
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

Round Cairn • 6.7km SSW

3

1
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.73km SW

8

2
Harford Moor

Cist • 6.78km SW

15

2
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 6.79km WSW

3

2

1
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 6.93km WNW

1
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 6.96km WSW

6

1
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 7.22km SSW

4

2
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 7.22km WSW

1

1
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb

Chambered Tomb • 7.32km SSW

8

2
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.33km WSW

3

1
Burford Down cairn and cist

Cairn(s) • 7.33km SW

8

1
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 7.34km SSW

2

1
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 7.37km WSW

1

1
Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 7.38km SSW

21

2
Burford Down

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.42km SW

18

5
Butter Brook Ford

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.67km SW

5

1
Cuckoo Ball

Chambered Tomb • 7.73km SSW

13

2
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 7.99km NW

12

2
Addicombe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.03km SSW
Dendles Waste

Cist • 8.04km WSW

1

1
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 8.07km W

2

1

1
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 8.08km W

14

1
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 8.33km NNW

1
Western Beacon

Cairn(s) • 8.35km SSW

19

5
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.48km NNW

6
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 8.54km WNW

5

2
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 8.64km W

35

1
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 8.71km W

2

1
Cantrell Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.72km SSW

3

2
Ter Hill

Cist • 8.75km WNW

2

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.86km NNW

20

1

1
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 8.92km NNW

9

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 9.05km W

4

1
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.14km NNW

33

1
Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.21km W

10
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 9.26km W

5
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 9.27km WNW

3

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 9.37km WNW

1
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 9.52km WSW

2
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 9.56km WSW

3
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.61km NNW

1
Penn Beacon South

9.62km WSW

3
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.66km WNW

26

4

1
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 9.74km W

3

1
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 9.76km WNW

2
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 9.9km W

15

3
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 9.98km W

7

1
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 9.99km W

1

1
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 10.02km WNW

24
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 10.05km WNW

10

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 10.16km W

116

8

1
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 10.22km W

7

1
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.54km NW

4

2
Royal Hill

10.58km WNW
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 10.68km WSW
Spanish Lake

Cist • 10.69km WSW

1
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 10.81km WSW

7
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.85km W

8

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.88km W

10

1
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 10.88km W

1

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.88km WSW

1

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 10.9km W

9

2
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 10.91km NNE

11
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 10.96km N

1

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 10.96km W

9

2
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 10.96km WSW

2
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.02km WSW

1

2
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.13km NW

7

4
Blackslade Down

Cist • 11.2km NNE

7

1
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 11.21km WNW

4

1

3
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.25km W

2

1
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.27km W

69

1

7

1
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.28km W

3
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 11.34km W

1
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 11.37km NNW

5
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 11.39km NNE

1

1
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.39km NNE

1
Trowlesworthy

11.48km WSW
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.48km WSW

2
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 11.5km W

2
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 11.51km WSW

24

2

2
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.57km W

3
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.62km WSW

17

3

1
Outcombe

Cist • 11.68km W

1

1
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 11.68km W

12

1
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 11.68km W

3

2
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.71km NNE

9
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.71km WSW

20

3

1
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 11.72km W

3
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 11.74km NNE

8
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 11.77km W

5

1
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 11.79km NNE

3
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 11.79km NNE

22

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 11.79km WNW

5

1
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.8km NW

3

1
Down Tor South

Cist • 11.89km W

2

1
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 11.97km W

52

3

11

3
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 11.99km NW

9

1
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.03km W

6
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 12.06km WSW

1

1
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 12.16km NNE

7

2

2
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 12.2km NNE

7
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.31km WNW

8
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.32km NW

26

7

1
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 12.45km NW

8

1
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 12.5km WSW

1

1
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.61km W

3
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 12.66km W

57

1

8

1
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 12.67km W

3

1
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.75km W

17
Denbury Hillfort round barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 12.82km ENE

4

2
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.87km WNW

8
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.88km W

52

7

3
Denbury

Hillfort • 12.94km ENE

5

1

3

1
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 13.01km NNW

3

1
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 13.08km W

6
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.22km W

45

1

3
Blackdown Rings

Hillfort • 13.27km SSE

1

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 13.29km W

2

2
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 13.38km WSW

3

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.47km NW

43

2
Saddlesborough

13.49km WSW
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 13.53km W

8

1
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 13.54km NNE

1

1
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.57km WSW

9

1
Leather Tor South

Cist • 13.59km W

2
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 13.6km NNW

23

8

2
Ringmoor Down Reave

13.66km W

1
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.66km WSW

11

1
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.68km W

17
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 13.84km NW

4

1

1
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.86km WSW

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.86km WSW

19

3
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 13.96km WSW

5

2
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 13.97km W

1

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 14.08km NW

3
Stennen Hill

Cist • 14.34km NW

9

1
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 14.38km W

1

1
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 14.44km W

3

2
Wistman’s Wood

14.45km WNW

2

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 14.48km W

16

2
Hound Tor

Cist • 14.49km NNE

24

2
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 14.53km W

10

5
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 14.55km WSW

11

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 14.56km NNW

2
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.64km W

1

1
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 14.71km NW

1

1

2
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.95km WSW

2
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.95km WNW

1
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 14.96km NW

16

1
Halwell Camp

Hillfort • 15.01km ESE

1
Ingra Tor

Cist • 15.03km W

1

1
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.06km NW

8

1

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 15.2km WNW

1

1

1

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.22km W

4

1
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.23km NNE

15

1
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.28km WSW

4

4
Chittaford Down

Cist • 15.34km NW

9

2
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 15.34km WSW

9
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 15.39km NW

8

2
Ritson Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.41km ESE

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 15.43km N

6
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.51km NW

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 15.51km NW

16

2
Stanborough Camp

Hillfort • 15.67km SE

1
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 15.74km WSW

13

1
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 15.79km NNW

19

2
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

15.81km N

49

8

1
Yellowmeade

Cist • 15.86km WNW

2

1
Black Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.9km NNE

9

2
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 16.03km N

10

1
Crow Tor

Cist • 16.03km WNW

2

1
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 16.08km NNE

11

5
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 16.22km NNW

2
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.31km NNW

1
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 16.33km NW

1

1
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.37km N

8

1
Berry’s Wood

Hillfort • 16.44km ENE

1

1
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.5km NNW

13

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.66km N

6
Beacon Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 16.73km E

1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 16.79km WNW

105

19

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 16.79km W

39

3
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 16.82km W

1

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.16km WNW

8

1

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.19km NNW

14

1
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 17.33km NW

2

1
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.36km WNW

13

2
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.39km NNW

17

1

2

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.49km NNW

3
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.5km WNW

8
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 17.53km WNW

1
Vixen Tor

Cist • 17.55km W

14

4

1
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 17.65km N

12
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 17.67km NNW

2
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.76km NNW

33

3
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.17km NW

3
Sharpitor Nutcrackers

Rocking Stone • 18.18km NNE

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 18.42km W

1

2
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 18.61km WSW

8

2
Fernworthy Round House

18.61km NNW

19

1
Hunter’s Tor

Hillfort • 18.64km NNE

10

1
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 18.68km WNW

4

1
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.7km NNW

1

1
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.71km WNW

1

1
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 18.73km NW

14

1

1

1
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.74km NNW

17

1
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 18.74km NW

63

4

11

3
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 18.77km WNW

18

1

4
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 18.77km WNW

3
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.94km NNW

3
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 19.02km WNW

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.04km NNW

12

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 19.32km NNW

5

2
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 19.33km NNW

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.34km NNW

7

2
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 19.34km NNW

12

1
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 19.36km NNW

54

6

2
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.53km W

2

1
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.54km NNW

15

1

3

1
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 19.64km WSW
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.69km WNW

10

1
Milber Down Camp

Hillfort • 19.82km ENE

1

2
White Tor East

Cist • 19.84km WNW

6

1
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.88km NW

12

4