Shovel Down

Shovel Down is an area of Dartmoor in Devon that is covered in megaliths including the remains of several stone rows, the Fourfold Stone Circle, and several standing stones.

Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Scorhill and Fernworthy Circle.

Scorhill

Photo: Paul Bedson, CC0.

Scorhill Stone Circle is now the common name for Gidleigh Stone Circle or Steep Hill Stone Circle, one of Devon's biggest and most intact stone circles, situated on Gidleigh Common near the village of Gidleigh in the north east of Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom.

Fernworthy Circle

Archaeological site

Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fernworthy Circle is an archaeological site.

Kes Tor Round Pound

Archaeological site

Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kes Tor Round Pound is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chagford and Gidleigh.

Chagford

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chagford is a market town and civil parish on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, close to the River Teign and the A382, 4 miles west of Moretonhampstead.

Gidleigh

Hamlet

Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gidleigh is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Located within Dartmoor National Park, the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest.