Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
SX585687

Nearest town:

Tavistock (12km W)

OS reference:

SX585687

OS sheet:

202

Latitude:

50° 30' 1.28 N

Longitude:

3° 59' 43.65 W

Added to TMA by

Mr Hamhead

Images (2)
Fieldnotes (1)

Images

Image of Cuckoo Rock (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Mr Hamhead

Cuckoo Rock settlement with Burrator Reservoir in the distance.

Mr Hamhead May 22, 2005

Image of Cuckoo Rock (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Mr Hamhead

Looking west towards Burrator Reservoir

Mr Hamhead May 22, 2005

Articles

Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

Mr Hamhead May 22, 2005

This huge rock sits on the southern slope of Combshead Tor and is a popular place for walkers to the area. It is I would guess 15 ft high on the shortest side.
Just to the north of it is a wonderful walled settlement featuring about a dozen hut circles in reasonable condition and beyond them it is a short walk to Down Tor stone row.
The rock is easily reached up the Deancombe from Burrator Reservoir.

Sites within 20km of Cuckoo Rock

Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 0.61km NNE

69

1

7

1
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 0.64km N

1
Down Tor South

Cist • 0.71km WNW

2

1
Outcombe

Cist • 0.78km SW

1

1
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 0.82km NW

3
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 0.9km SSE

9

2
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 0.97km NE

9

2
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 1.01km NE

10

1
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 1.19km SW

3

2
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 1.34km SW

52

3

11

3
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 1.4km E

15

3
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 1.42km SE

7

1
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.6km SSE

8

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 1.74km SE

116

8

1
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 1.82km ESE

3

1
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 1.93km SSW

2
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 2km SW

6
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 2.1km SSW

12

1
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.15km SSW

3
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 2.17km ESE

5
Plym Steps

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

10
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 2.31km NW

17
Leather Tor South

Cist • 2.33km W

2
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 2.59km E

2

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 2.63km WSW

2

2
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 2.77km NE

1

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 2.9km ESE

35

1
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.96km S

3
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 2.96km WNW

1

1
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 3km S

1

1
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 3.06km SW

3
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.06km NW

17
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 3.08km SSE

7

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.1km NW

45

1

3
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 3.13km W

1

1
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 3.19km E

2

1

1
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 3.29km NW

8

1
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 3.33km WNW

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 3.35km WNW

16

2
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 3.37km W

10

5
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 3.38km SSW

5

1
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 3.51km S

2
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 3.52km ENE

4

1
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 3.54km ESE

14

1
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.55km SW

52

7

3
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 3.6km SSW

3

1
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 3.61km SW

6
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.74km NNW

8
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 3.77km SSW

57

1

8

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.02km W

4

1
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 4.2km ENE

5

2
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 4.23km SSW

1

1
Ingra Tor

Cist • 4.26km WNW

1

1
Trowlesworthy

4.27km S
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.27km S

2
Spanish Lake

Cist • 4.3km SSE

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.3km S

1

1
Ringmoor Down Reave

4.38km SW

1
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.47km NW

1

1
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 4.62km NE

10

1
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 4.76km S

24

2

2
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.8km S

20

3

1
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 4.87km NE

24
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.88km S

17

3

1
Royal Hill

4.9km NE
Ter Hill

Cist • 4.91km ENE

2

1
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 5.04km SE

3
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.16km E

12

2
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 5.16km NNE

4

1

3
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 5.2km SSE
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 5.36km SW

11

1
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 5.4km SSE

7
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.53km SW

2
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 5.71km NE

3

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 5.71km NE

1
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 5.75km SSW

1

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 5.76km NNE

5

1
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 5.96km SE

2
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.99km E

4

1
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 6.03km SSW

3

1
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.07km SSW

9

1
Yellowmeade

Cist • 6.1km NW

2

1
Saddlesborough

6.12km SSW
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.13km SSW

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.13km SSW

19

3
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.17km ESE

3

1
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 6.18km SSW

5

2
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 6.26km NNE

8
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 6.26km ESE

5

2
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 6.33km WNW

1

1
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.34km ESE

1
Penn Beacon South

6.35km SSE

3
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 6.36km NE

2
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.39km SSE

1

2
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.49km SW

4

4
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.56km E

3

1
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 6.56km E

4

1
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.58km ESE

15

6

1
Dendles Waste

Cist • 6.7km SE

1

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.7km NW

39

3
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 6.81km NW

105

19

1
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 6.87km ENE

1
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.99km ESE

3
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 7km SW

9
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 7.01km NE

26

4

1
Vixen Tor

Cist • 7.05km WNW

14

4

1
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.17km SSW

11

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.19km NW

8

1

1
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 7.23km ESE

1

1
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 7.47km ENE

2

1
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 7.54km E

9

3
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 7.57km SE

1

1
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 7.69km E

10
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 7.7km ESE

6

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 7.77km WNW

1

2
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 7.78km ESE

4

2

1
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 7.79km ENE

12

2
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 7.82km N

1

1

1

1
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 7.84km ESE

5
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 7.85km ESE

4

2
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 7.88km E

11

1

2
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.93km ESE

40

1

6

2
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.09km NW

8
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

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

1

1
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 8.29km ESE

5

2

1
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 8.3km ESE

3

2

1
Holne Moor

Cist • 8.42km ENE

1

2
Dunnabridge Pound

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

4

2
Biller’s Pound

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

2

1
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 8.61km E

6

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 8.74km E

9

1

1
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 8.78km E

11

1

3
Wistman’s Wood

8.78km NNE

2

2
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.85km NW

1

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 8.96km NE

9

1
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.11km ESE

8

2
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 9.14km WSW

8

2
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 9.18km ESE

10
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 9.2km WNW

2

1
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 9.27km ENE

1

1
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.28km ENE

2
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.36km N

1
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 9.46km ESE

5

1
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.53km NE

7

4
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 9.56km NE

8

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 9.65km NW

1
Aller Brook

Cist • 9.71km ENE

1

1
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.73km E

1
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.74km E

9

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 9.76km NW

3
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 9.77km E

2
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 9.8km NW

4

1
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.82km NE

26

7

1
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.89km NW

18

1

4
Stennen Hill

Cist • 9.93km NNE

9

1
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 9.97km SSW

13

1
Piles Hill stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.98km ESE

3

1
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 9.98km WSW
Burford Down cairn and cist

Cairn(s) • 10.03km ESE

8

1
Burford Down

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.03km ESE

18

5
Yar Tor Hut Circle

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

6
Crow Tor

Cist • 10.09km N

2

1
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 10.13km E

8

1

1
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.17km NNE

8

1

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 10.25km NNE

3
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 10.26km ENE

1
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.26km E
Piles Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.33km ESE

8

2
Harford Moor

Cist • 10.39km ESE

15

2
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 10.39km NNW

1
Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.54km ESE

12

2
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 10.56km E

13

1

1
White Tor East

Cist • 10.63km NW

6

1
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.68km NW

10

1
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.69km ENE

9

1
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.74km NNE

16

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.74km NNE

43

2
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.78km NW

17
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

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

3

1
Corringdon Ball Stone Row

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 10.87km ESE

15

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.89km ENE

20

1

1
Glasscombe Corner

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.94km ESE

11

2
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.95km N

13

2
Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.95km ESE

1
Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 10.97km ESE

3

2
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 11.08km NNE

4

1

1
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 11.09km NE

5
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 11.1km ESE

14

1
Butterdon stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.14km ESE

16

1

3
Butter Brook Ford

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

5

1
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 11.25km E

2

1
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 11.36km ESE

3

1
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 11.39km NNE

1

1

2
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.46km ENE

33

1
Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.49km ESE

6

2
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.66km E

5

1
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 11.71km ESE

2

1
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

Round Cairn • 11.71km ESE

3

1
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.72km ENE

1
Chittaford Down

Cist • 11.84km NNE

9

2
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 11.94km NNE

8

2
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 12.17km ESE

4

2
Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.18km ESE

21

2
Addicombe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.19km ESE
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.24km NNE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 12.24km NNE

16

2
Aish Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.42km ESE

2

2
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.53km N

2

1
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb

Chambered Tomb • 12.64km ESE

8

2
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.85km NE

3

1
Cuckoo Ball

Chambered Tomb • 12.9km ESE

13

2
Western Beacon

Cairn(s) • 13.1km ESE

19

5
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 13.35km NE

23

8

2
Cantrell Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.63km ESE

3

2
Brent Hill

Hillfort • 13.77km E

1
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 14.05km ENE

19

5

1
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.06km N

12

4
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 14.08km NNE

1

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 14.24km NE

2
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 14.79km NNE

14

1

1

1
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.8km NNE

3
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 14.86km ENE

1

1
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.15km NE

2
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.29km NE

1
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 15.36km NNE

63

4

11

3
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.82km NNE

33

3
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 16km NE

19

2
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 16.16km ENE

11
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.25km ENE

1
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.26km NNE

17

1

2

1
Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s) • 16.26km WNW

2
Blackslade Down

Cist • 16.33km ENE

7

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.34km NNE

3
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.35km NE

13

1
Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.37km WNW

22

7
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 16.62km NNE

2
Doe Tor

Cist • 16.62km NW

5

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 16.65km NE

6
Fernworthy Round House

16.71km NNE

19

1
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

16.8km NE

49

8

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.81km ENE

9
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 16.89km NNE

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.9km NNE

7

2
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 16.91km NNE

54

6

2
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.94km ENE

7
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 16.94km NNE

5

2
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.97km NNE

17

1
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 17.06km N

1

6

1
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.08km NNE

15

1

3

1
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 17.15km NE

10

1
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 17.18km ENE

1

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 17.26km NE

6
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.27km NNE

1

1
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 17.29km ENE

7

2

2
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.38km NNE

12

2
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.4km NE

14

1
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 17.46km ENE

22

1
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 17.6km NNE

12

1
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.71km NE

8

1
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.83km NNE

3
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 17.94km NE

12
Gallows Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.04km NW

1

1
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 18.05km NNW

10

1

1
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 18.07km ENE

3
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 18.18km ENE

8
Hound Tor

Cist • 18.5km NE

24

2
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 18.65km NNE

62

1

7

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 18.83km NNE

2

1
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 19.04km ENE

1

1
Great Nodden

Cairn(s) • 19.34km NW

4
Hingston Down East

Round Barrow(s) • 19.42km W

1
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 19.53km NE

11

5
Tolmen Stone

Holed Stone • 19.66km NNE

4
Kes Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.76km NNE

6

1
Scorhill

Stone Circle • 19.91km NNE

69

3

12