ANTIQUARIAN INVESTIGATIONS ON DARTMOOR. 117 



From Yartor, N. E. are some hut circles; one of which 

 contains a kistvaen in ruins, the cover-stone of which is five feet 

 by three. 



Near the springs of the Erme, and not far from the old road 

 called Abbot's way, is Erme Pound, an inclosure of similar cha- 

 racter to the others already described. S. S. E. is Three-barrow 

 tor, so named from the three enormous cairns on its summit. 

 The cairns are observed to be generally of larger dimensions in 

 this quarter than in other parts of the moor, and there is scarcely 

 a hill in the neighbourhood, which cannot boast of its granite 

 crown. At its western foot is an extensive group of hut cixcles, 

 of large size, and less disturbed than in many other places. Many 

 of them have inclosures attached, conveying the notion of a yard, 

 or garden plot. One is double, the circles touching one another, 

 but there is no appearance of an opening or communication be- 

 tween them. N. of this spot is a Pound, and another conforma- 

 tion of a similar character, not so well defined. 



Southward, about one mile from the Western beacon, in a fine 

 mountain basin, is a double avenue, so nearly obliterated as to 

 require a practised eye to detect it. It terminates in a stream, 

 and is unconnected with any other British relics. 



On the hill above Shavercombe head, near the springs of the 

 Yealm, are some detached hut circles. On Shaugh moor are also 

 some circles, about a mile east of the church ; and on Sheepstor, 

 which rises grandly above the church-town of that name, are hut 

 circles and a rock basin. 



There are detached hut circles on Cockstor, W. of Staple tor; 

 — a straggling village with inclosures, on the Walkham, below 

 Mistor, (the largest of which is ninety-three paces in diameter, 

 each inclosure having a hut circle on the western edge;) — a 

 trackway between Mistor and RoUstor, near an ancient road to 

 Lidford ; tracklines and other remains below Lints tor. 



