Stone alignment and cairn 830m east of Down Tor

A stone alignment and cairn stand 830 m east of Down Tor on Dartmoor in Devon. Down Tor itself is a five-metre natural granite tor on the moorland ridge. The prehistoric site lies east of Burrator Reservoir, reached by a track from the Princetown–Yelverton road. The circle once enclosed a ruined cairn eight and a half metres wide. A concave stone row, 349 m long, climbs the slope from the circle. Twenty-five upright stones, about half a metre high, form the circle. At the top end of the row stands a single upright one and a half metres tall, while at the lower end outside the circle a taller stone reaches 2.7 m. Thirty-one granite slabs make up the row, growing taller towards the lower end. Visitors follow a footpath from the roadside car park to Down Tor. The tor’s granite stacks frame wide views across the moor. The stone circle and row sit on open moorland with heather and grass. The alignment’s curve and the tall end stones give a sense of the builders’ careful design.