doug

I stand on high,
Staring out, across the open moor,
Through countless seasons,
Weatherbeaten, alone, aloof
My kingdom intact

Revered and worshipped,
As the morning sun, once was i,
But now abandoned, and discarded
amongst the landscape litter,
For i am Beardown Man

Beardown Man
Watching, Waiting...

Men-An-Tol, truely wonderous, even, if it was damp.

Chun Castle, another damp day in paradise.

Chun Quoit, on rather a damp day

And all was still.

This Photo was taken during the year of the Eclipse,
and as you can clearly see, the black markings on the holed stone, is where someone has poured an unidentified liquid and set it alight.

Partially submerged hut circle at SX670841.

This Hut Circle at SX670841 is usually submerged, but due too the recent hot weather, the waters at Fernworthy Reservior have receded, allowing one to glimpse this well formed hut circle. (round house).

Scorhill stands alone,
Erupting from the ground,
In need of some repair
Like an old man’s denture’s
Gnarled and broken

Scorhill, a stone circle
Of times past, a gift of history
A forlorn but not forgotten relic
That nestles amongst the landscape
That is Dartmoor.

The Tolmen stone is a natural feature situated approximately 250 yards from Scorhill Circle, and downstream from the Clapper bridges (there are 3) at Teign-e-Ver.

not a very clear or good photo, but you can make out some of the hut circles

a nice looking cist, with ten stones around it.

The Standing Stone plus Circle at Merrivale, looking towards Great Mis Tor, and foresight/notch on top,although you cannot see it in this photo.

The Standing Stone, plus Stone Circle at Merrivale, looking west towards Middle Staple Tor, and the Foresight or Notch on top of the tor. Natural or man made?.

Triple Stone Rows at Challacombe, Complete with ubiquitous Dartmoor Ponies.

another cist for Chittaford Down, as you can clearly see, vastly overgrown, but you can make out the stones around the cist, according to Jeremy Butler’s Dartmoor Atlas of Antiqiuties there should be one more cist on Chittaford Down but has since dissappeared since it was recorded in the 1890’s

the scrub at the forefront of the picture is actually a  tinners ditch going through the double stone row, i believe that 4 to 6 uprights have disappeared as a result

there is another cairn and cist on the other side of this one, a bit hard to see from this view

There are 4 Cairn’s in this complex, there may have been a retaining circle around Cairn 1B, as there are 1 or 2 upright stone’s visible above ground

one of the various circle/ cist and stone row you will find on your meanderings as you climb/walk up Bellever Tor.

One gets the feeling of wonder when climbing/walking up the hil and to see the stones appear

i had to tie my dog up (sheep about) looking towards the artificial mound made by the China Clay works

As you can the Tinner’s ditch runs right through the row causing some small damage and from cairn 2 there is a single stone row (which you can’t see)