Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
SX60236733

Nearest town:

Plympton (12km SSW)

OS reference:

SX60236733

OS sheet:

202

Latitude:

50° 29' 18.44 N

Longitude:

3° 58' 14.04 W

Added to TMA by

GLADMAN

Sites (1)
Images (10)

Sites in Plym Steps

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Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

The southern settlement at SX6013 6713

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

The site seen from another, less impressive settlement across the River Plym at SX6013 6713

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

The Langcombe Brook cuts through the landscape beyond... overlooked by – for me – an unprecedented volume of surviving cists.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

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Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Lower Hartor Tor looms above the settlement’s wall.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

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Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

The substantial wall of the settlement, looking toward Lower Hartor Tor.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

There is another settlement just across the River Plym at SX6013 6713.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

Well preserved hut-circle looking along the River Plym toward Drizzlecombe. The smoke is the result controlled burning, by the way.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by GLADMAN

An excellent, well preserved enclosed settlement upon the hillside between Lower Hartor Tot and Plym Steps...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Sites within 20km of Plym Steps

Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 0.07km WSW

5
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 0.55km WSW

3

1
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 0.59km ENE

2

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 0.71km ESE

35

1
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 1.02km W

7

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 1.05km WSW

116

8

1
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 1.31km NW

15

3
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 1.34km ESE

14

1
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 1.48km ENE

2

1

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 1.69km W

9

2
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.74km WSW

8

1
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 1.93km SSW

7

1
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.2km WNW

2

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 2.35km NW

10

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 2.4km NW

9

2
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 2.46km WSW

2
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 2.48km W

3

2
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.48km WNW

69

1

7

1
Outcombe

Cist • 2.48km W

1

1
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 2.52km SW

1

1
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 2.54km WNW

1
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.6km WSW

3
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 2.67km WSW

12

1
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 2.76km W

52

3

11

3
Willings Wall Warren

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

3
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 2.9km WNW

3
Down Tor South

Cist • 2.9km WNW

2

1
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 2.93km WSW

6
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 2.94km SW

2
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 3.1km N

1

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 3.22km NNE

4

1
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 3.36km SW

5

1
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.39km ENE

12

2
Spanish Lake

Cist • 3.4km SSW

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.5km SSW

1

1
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 3.57km S

3
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 3.67km NE

5

2
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 3.76km WSW

3
Trowlesworthy

3.79km SW
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.79km SW

2
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.82km E

4

1
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 4.06km WSW

3

1
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 4.06km ESE

5

2
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 4.08km SW

1

1
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.12km SE

3

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 4.12km W

2

2
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.14km WSW

57

1

8

1
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.14km ESE

1
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 4.16km SSW
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.17km WSW

52

7

3
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 4.17km SW

24

2

2
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.3km SW

20

3

1
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 4.31km WNW

17
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.31km SW

17

3

1
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 4.32km WSW

6
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.37km E

3

1
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.38km ESE

15

6

1
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 4.38km SSW

7
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 4.38km E

4

1
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 4.44km S

2
Leather Tor South

Cist • 4.48km W

2
Ter Hill

Cist • 4.56km NE

2

1
Dendles Waste

Cist • 4.8km SE

1

1
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.8km ESE

3
Penn Beacon South

4.84km S

3
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 4.87km NNE

10

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.04km NW

45

1

3
Ringmoor Down Reave

5.06km WSW

1
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 5.08km NNE

24
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 5.16km WNW

1

1
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.17km WNW

17
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 5.2km SE

1

1
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 5.28km W

1

1
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 5.28km WNW

8

1
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.31km SSW

1

2
Royal Hill

5.34km N
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 5.36km SW

1

1
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.36km NW

8
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 5.41km E

9

3
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 5.53km WNW

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.55km WNW

16

2
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 5.56km NNE

3

1
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 5.56km SE

1

1
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 5.57km WNW

10

5
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 5.6km NNE

1
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.64km SE

6

1
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 5.64km E

10
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.67km ESE

4

2

1
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 5.74km ESE

4

2
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 5.74km ESE

5
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 5.82km N

4

1

3
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.83km SE

40

1

6

2
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 5.91km NE

1
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.94km SW

3

1
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 5.96km E

11

1

2
Saddlesborough

6.04km SW
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.05km SW

9

1
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 6.07km WSW

11

1
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.14km E

1

1
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 6.16km ESE

5

2

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.2km W

4

1
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 6.21km ENE

2

1
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.21km SW

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.21km SW

19

3
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 6.23km SE

3

2

1
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 6.29km SW

5

2
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 6.35km NNE

2
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.37km WSW

2
Ingra Tor

Cist • 6.42km WNW

1

1
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.47km E

2

1
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.5km WNW

1

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 6.54km N

5

1
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 6.63km E

6

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 6.63km E

9

1

1
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.87km SW

11

1
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.91km NNE

26

4

1
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 6.95km ENE

11

1

3
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 6.99km ESE

10
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.03km SE

8

2
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.09km WSW

4

4
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 7.12km N

8
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 7.14km NE

12

2
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 7.29km ESE

5

1
Holne Moor

Cist • 7.38km ENE

1

2
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 7.43km SW

9
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 7.67km ENE

1

1
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.69km E

9

1
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.71km E

1
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 7.74km E

2
Piles Hill stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.83km ESE

3

1
Burford Down cairn and cist

Cairn(s) • 7.99km SE

8

1
Burford Down

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.01km SE

18

5
Yellowmeade

Cist • 8.08km NW

2

1
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.13km E
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 8.15km E

8

1

1
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.17km ENE

2
Piles Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.17km ESE

8

2
Harford Moor

Cist • 8.3km SE

15

2
Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.39km ESE

12

2
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.47km NNE

4

2
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 8.47km WNW

1

1
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 8.54km E

13

1

1
Aller Brook

Cist • 8.67km ENE

1

1
Corringdon Ball Stone Row

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 8.68km ESE

15

1
Glasscombe Corner

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.76km ESE

11

2
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 8.77km WNW

39

3
Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.79km ESE

1
Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 8.81km ESE

3

2
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 8.86km WNW

105

19

1
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 8.9km ESE

14

1
Butterdon stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.01km ESE

16

1

3
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 9.18km ESE

3

1
Vixen Tor

Cist • 9.2km WNW

14

4

1
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 9.21km E

2

1
Butter Brook Ford

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

5

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 9.23km NNW

1

1

1

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.24km WNW

8

1

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 9.28km NNE

9

1
Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.35km ESE

6

2
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.37km NE

6
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 9.54km NE

1
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.55km NNE

7

4
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

Round Cairn • 9.59km ESE

3

1
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.62km E

5

1
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 9.63km SE

2

1
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 9.67km SW

13

1
Wistman’s Wood

9.8km N

2

2
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 9.91km NNE

8

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 9.95km WNW

1

2
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.04km NW

8
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.07km NE

9

1
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 10.07km ESE

4

2
Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.09km ESE

21

2
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.1km NNE

26

7

1
Addicombe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.15km SE
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 10.16km WSW

8

2
Aish Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.21km ESE

2

2
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.23km NE

20

1

1
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.4km N

1
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb

Chambered Tomb • 10.53km ESE

8

2
Stennen Hill

Cist • 10.7km N

9

1
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.8km NE

33

1
Cuckoo Ball

Chambered Tomb • 10.81km ESE

13

2
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.87km NNE

3

1
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.9km WNW

1

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 10.9km N

3
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 10.96km NE

5
Western Beacon

Cairn(s) • 11.05km SE

19

5
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.09km N

8

1

1
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 11.11km WSW
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.13km NE

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.16km NNE

43

2
Crow Tor

Cist • 11.26km NNW

2

1
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 11.34km WNW

2

1
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 11.53km N

16

1
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 11.54km NNE

4

1

1
Cantrell Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.58km SE

3

2
Brent Hill

Hillfort • 11.59km E

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 11.62km NW

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 11.66km NW

3
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 11.67km NW

4

1
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 11.76km NW

18

1

4
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 11.87km NNW

1
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 12km NNE

1

1

2
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.28km NNW

13

2
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 12.38km ENE

19

5

1
Chittaford Down

Cist • 12.52km N

9

2
White Tor East

Cist • 12.58km NW

6

1
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.59km NW

10

1
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 12.61km N

8

2
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.76km NW

17
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.84km NNE

3

1
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.89km NNE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 12.89km NNE

16

2
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 13.39km NNE

23

8

2
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 13.55km N

2

1
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 14.14km NE

1

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 14.34km NNE

2
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 14.6km NNE

1

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 15.25km ENE

11
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.36km NNW

12

4
Tunhill Rocks

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

1
Blackslade Down

Cist • 15.46km NE

7

1
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.46km NNE

2
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.59km NNE

1
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.59km N

3
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 15.7km N

14

1

1

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.96km NE

9
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 16.08km NNE

19

2
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.16km NE

7
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 16.18km N

63

4

11

3
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 16.22km ENE

1

1
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.34km NNE

33

3
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 16.45km NE

7

2

2
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.52km NNE

13

1
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.53km ENE

22

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 16.55km NE

6
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.62km NNE

17

1

2

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.72km NNE

3
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

16.75km NE

49

8

1
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 16.98km NNE

2
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 17.05km ENE

3
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 17.09km NE

10

1
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 17.14km ENE

8
Fernworthy Round House

17.25km NNE

19

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 17.31km NNE

6
East Lowton settlement

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

17

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.53km NNE

14

1
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 17.55km NNE

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.56km NNE

7

2
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 17.58km NNE

54

6

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 17.59km NNE

5

2
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.63km NE

8

1
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.73km NNE

1

1
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.75km NNE

15

1

3

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.9km NNE

12

2
Hound Tor

Cist • 17.92km NE

24

2
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 18.08km NNE

12
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 18.14km NNE

12

1
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 18.19km N

1

6

1
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 18.19km NE

1

1
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.24km NNE

3
Doe Tor

Cist • 18.43km NW

5

1
Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s) • 18.46km WNW

2
Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.55km WNW

22

7
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 19.09km NE

11

5
Blackdown Rings

Hillfort • 19.15km ESE

1

1
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 19.33km NNE

62

1

7

1
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.47km NE

15

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 19.53km NNE

2

1
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 19.78km NW

10

1

1