112 ANTIQUARIAN* INVESTIGATIONS ON DARTMOOR. 



Immediately opposite, on the north side of the Moreton road, 

 h a large inclosure, which, if undisturbed, would have approach- 

 ed nearer to that at Grimspound than any yet examined. Dia- 

 meter three hundred and fifty feet ; mean breadth of the rampart 

 sixteen feet. This inclosure contains six hut circles; without 

 are three others, and several tracklines. 



On the hill above Stanwig bottom, is a circle of ten upright 

 stones surrounding a small kistvaen. Diameter of the circle ten 

 feet. 



Hartland tor exhibits another instance of that form of inclosure 

 which may have assigned the area, between two or more piles of 

 rocks, to some specific purpose. The inclosure, as at Putor, 

 will be best described as a rude breastwork, connecting natural 

 bastions. 



Northward, on the hill opposite to Hartland tor, is a dilapidated 

 Pound, half of the rampart having been destroyed for the purpose 

 of building a new-take wall. The rampart is of great breadth, 

 much like Grimspound, being in some places twenty-five feet 

 wide, and formed of enormous stones. One entrance remains 

 nearly S. To the rampart are joined ten hut circles, and nine are 

 contained within the area, the diameter of which is one hundred 

 yards. Not far distant, on a hill commanding a brook, which 

 falls into the East Dart, are twenty-five hut circles of various 

 difnensions. 



Northward is Sittaford tor, above Ladle bottom, near which, 

 S. E. are the circles of the Grey Wethers. On the side .of the 

 opposite hill, S. E. are numerous hut circles, connected by short 

 tracklines of a serpentine form. 



On Challacombe down, opposite Grimspound, is a line of 

 avenues, running N. and S. The N. end is lost in a stream 

 work ; the S. is so much overgrown by heath and moss that no 

 more than one hundred yards are discoverable. Almost all the 

 neighbouring hills are capped with cairns, and have numerous 

 hut circles on their sides, — as Warren tor. Birch tor, and others. 

 Adjoining the road, about five miles from Moreton, are some 

 hut circles in an inclosure, one side of which is straight, the other 

 portion forming an irregular curve. A trackway passes along the 

 line of the inclosure, towards the valley below; at right angles to 

 this is a second, which is lost in the valley, but re-appears on the 

 opposite hill. There is also a third, parellel to the last — all being 

 connected with the inclosure. 



