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The line of Boundary Stones that lie near the track to the cairns suggested in the site description, and which run approx SE-NW between Haytor Down and the summit of Black Hill, may have been erected on the prehistoric reave which ends at Hole Rock. Nowadays, they denote the boundary between the parishes of Ilsington to the south and Manaton and Bovey to the north.
Much of the moorland section of Ilsington parish is determined by land boundaries laid out over 3000 years ago.
Several of the boundary markers are 'Duke' stones, easily recognisable by their regular shape and rounded head. They were set up by the Duke of Somerset in 1853 [yes, Dartmoor IS in Devon!], and cut with his initials 'DS' and the date on one face and named on the other.
(If you are interested in reading more about these stones, Butler has detailed descriptions in his volumes of 'Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities'.)
[Photos of similar boundary stones on Hameldown are shown on that site page.]
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