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Piles Hill stone row

Historic stones restored to original position

moss Jun 29, 2024

Two stones on a monument on Dartmoor have been restored to their original upright position, national park bosses have said.

Archaeologists, landowners and volunteers worked together to re-stand the stones forming part of a double stone row at Piles Hill, Dartmoor National Park Authority said.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1rrwx3jg8go

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Cairn(s) • 0.36km E

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Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 0.56km ESE

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Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 0.7km NNW

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Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 0.99km ESE

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Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 0.99km ESE

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Harford Moor

Cist • 1.03km SSW

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Glasscombe Corner

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Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.3km W

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Cairn(s) • 1.43km N

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Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 1.51km ENE

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Stone Row / Alignment • 1.53km ESE

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Stone Row / Alignment • 1.64km SW

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Cairn(s) • 1.69km WNW

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Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

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Cairn(s) • 1.93km W

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Butter Brook Ford

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.09km SSW

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Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 2.1km SSE

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Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.16km W

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Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 2.19km WNW

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Cairn circle • 2.21km WNW

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Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 2.26km WNW

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Cairn circle • 2.37km SE

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Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 2.45km SSE

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Cairn(s) • 2.5km W

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Chambered Tomb • 2.78km SE

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.8km S
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Cairn(s) • 2.81km W

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Cairn(s) • 2.99km W

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.89km WNW

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.04km NW

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.24km NE
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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.07km NNE

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Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.35km N

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Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.4km NNE

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Cairn(s) • 5.67km NE

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Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.79km NE

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Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 5.9km NNE

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Cairn(s) • 5.92km N

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Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 6.02km NE

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Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 6.51km WNW

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Cairn(s) • 6.57km NNE

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Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.59km W

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Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 6.81km W
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.84km NNW

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Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 6.84km W

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Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 7.13km WNW

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Spanish Lake

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.45km W

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.83km WNW

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.03km W

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.49km W

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Skir Hill

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Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 9.64km W

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Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 9.67km NW

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Gutter Tor cairns

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Yellowmead SE cairn

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West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.84km W

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West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.98km WNW

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Cist • 10.02km WNW

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Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 10.03km WNW

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Holne Moor

Cist • 10.12km N

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Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

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Narrator Brook Head cairn

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Ter Hill

Cist • 10.23km NNW

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Fox Tor Mire

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Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.3km N

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Down Tor

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Down Tor NW

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Ringmoor Down Reave

10.44km W

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Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 10.58km NE

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Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 10.67km WSW

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Down Tor South

Cist • 10.68km WNW

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St Leonard’s Well

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Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 11.07km W

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Stone Circle • 11.09km N

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Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 11.15km NNW

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Stone Circle • 11.24km NNW

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Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 11.29km NW

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Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 11.3km W

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Blackdown Rings

Hillfort • 11.32km ESE

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Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 11.39km NW

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Dewerstone Settlement

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Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.51km W

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Royal Hill

11.88km NW
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Cairn(s) • 11.91km NNW

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Leather Tor South

Cist • 12.06km WNW

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Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.14km WNW

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Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 12.14km NNW

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Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 12.48km N

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The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 12.51km NW

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Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.52km N

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Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 12.85km WNW

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Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.85km WNW

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Leeden Tor South

Cist • 12.94km WNW

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Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 13km WNW

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Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.01km NW

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Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 13.1km WNW

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Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 13.13km N

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Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.16km N

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Blakey Tor

Cist • 13.24km NW

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Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 13.25km WNW

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Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 13.26km WNW

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Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 13.27km WNW

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Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.49km NNW

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Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.59km N

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Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.83km WNW

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Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 13.84km NW

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Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.05km N

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Ingra Tor

Cist • 14.23km WNW

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Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.32km WNW

1

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Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.39km NNW

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Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 14.71km W

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Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 14.8km NNW

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1
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 15.18km N

5
Ritson Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.34km ESE

1
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 15.39km NNW

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Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.39km NNW

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Stanborough Camp

Hillfort • 15.42km ESE

1
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.43km N

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Halwell Camp

Hillfort • 15.51km E

1
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 15.76km W
Yellowmeade

Cist • 15.86km WNW

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The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 16.09km NNE

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Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 16.3km WNW

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Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 16.37km NNE

11
Wistman’s Wood

16.45km NW

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Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.47km NW

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Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 16.59km WNW

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Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.6km NNW

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2
Blackslade Down

Cist • 16.65km NNE

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1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 16.67km WNW

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Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.79km NNE

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 16.83km NNW

3
Stennen Hill

Cist • 16.87km NNW

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Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 16.96km NNE

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Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 16.99km NNW

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Vixen Tor

Cist • 17.02km WNW

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Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.03km NNW

1
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 17.05km N

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Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.06km WNW

8

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Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.17km NNE

9
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 17.36km NNE

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1
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 17.43km NE

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Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 17.45km NE

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White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.46km NNW

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Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 17.61km NNE

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Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 17.63km NNW

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Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 17.64km NNE

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Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 17.66km N

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Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 17.72km NNW

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Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 17.75km WNW

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Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.79km WNW

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Crow Tor

Cist • 18.05km NW

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Denbury Hillfort round barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 18.12km ENE

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Denbury

Hillfort • 18.25km ENE

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Chittaford Down

Cist • 18.34km NNW

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Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 18.41km NNW

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Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.61km NNW

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 18.61km NNW

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Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 18.68km N

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Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.72km WNW

1

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 19.08km NW

1
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 19.13km NE

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Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.17km WNW

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Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.25km NW

13

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Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 19.34km NW

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Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 19.36km NW

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Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 19.38km WNW

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Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 19.43km NW

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Hound Tor

Cist • 19.83km NNE

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Stannon Newtake

Cist • 19.89km NNW

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Broad Down Cairn

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