<< Our Photo Pages >> Hart Tor North circle - Stone Circle in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hart Tor North circle Alternative Name: Hartor; Grinsell Walkhampton 12; Turner F12Country: England County: Devon Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Princetown
Map Ref: SX57717171 Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.527820N Longitude: 4.008872W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Catrinm visited on 14th Jan 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 second visit great cairn circle
Catrinm visited on 2nd Jul 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 A worthwhile hike - cairn circle was very impressive and row stones are quite big for Dartmoor
graemefield visited on 18th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 20th Oct 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Roadside car parking is available at SX 56985 71765. From here the cairn can be reached across open moorland. The cairn is situated about 600m to the east and is situated at the upper end of the double stone row. The River Meavy needs to be crossed and it is usually possible to do this via a very narrow “footbridge”.
caradoc68 visited on 27th Aug 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Was on a walk on a sunny day inbtween hart tor and black tor than back to princetown. As i was walking down the hill frorm hart tor toward black tor two cairns come in to veiw then it hits you one has a circle and both have they own stone row or rows. This was a lovely site to visit.
TheCaptain cazzyjane heidavey have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.4 Ambience: 4.4 Access: 2.8
The cairn at the top of the Hart Tor north double stone row is about 9m in diameter, and is surrounded by a lovely ring of 15 stone slabs. It is possible that there is another ring of stones still present within the cairn.
Update October 2019: This cairn is featured as part of the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for the Hart Tor, North stone row, which includes a description, a simplified plan of both stone rows at this location with their associated cairns, photographs of the alignment and its terminal cairn, plus access information and links to online resources for more information.
The cairn is also recorded on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the Hart Tor North Encircled Cairn and the Hart Tor Stone Row & Cairn Circle, which adds: "The cairn circle is 9.3m across and consists of 14 tall slabs some of which have fallen. Wilkinson noticed concentric stone circles - which can't be seen today although there is clearly an inner circular mound".
Also see: Pastscape Monument No. 440118, MDV49460 (Cairn in the Parish of Walkhampton) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and Historic England List Entry No. 1020129 (Tinworks and other archaeological remains in the Meavy valley at Stanlake, Black Tor, Hart Tor and Cramber Tor).
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14m SE 134° Hart Tor South Terminal Cairn* Cairn (SX57727170)
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2.2km SSE 161° Down Tor North East (Western)* Cairn (SX5838669565)
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