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Dartmoor National Park in Devon features five hills, each taller than 1,950 feet. Cut Hill is both one of the most remote and one of the highest, coming in at 1,978 feet...Amid challenging weather conditions, work began in August to retrieve the stone box, which measured about three feet on each side and was topped with three granite capstones. Inside the cist were substantial pieces of preserved wood. The wood appeared to have been worked into its shape, raising questions on its purpose and placement in the cist...This isn't the first major find from the era in the park. In...

To this day, brides leave flowers on her grave on the day of their wedding to avoid a cursed marriageThe morning of October 11, 1641 was cold, wet and misty in Chagford. But despite the depressing weather, a young lady by the name of Mary Whiddon was in a joyous mood: today was her wedding day. Looking resplendent in her white wedding dress, there were gasps of approval as she climbed down from her carriage outside and entered the Church of St Michael the Archangel. Read more: 89 stand-out memories from the Preston area of Paignton After a brief...

Archaeologists from around the UK have been examining a hoard of treasures unearthed in a 4,000-year-old tomb on Dartmoor. Prehistoric jewellery, animal pelts and beads made of amber were among the finds about two years ago in the burial chamber. The chamber, known as a cist, was found on Whitehorse Hill, near Chagford.

LITTERED across the hills of Dartmoor in Devon, southern England, around 80 rows and circles of stones stand sentinel in the wild landscape. Now, striking similarities between one of these monuments and Stonehenge, 180 kilometres to the east, suggest they may be the work of the same people. The row of nine stones on Cut Hill was discovered in 2004 on one of the highest, most remote hills of Dartmoor national park. "It is on easily the most spectacular hill on north Dartmoor," says Andrew Fleming, president of the Devon Archaeological Society. "If you were looking for a distant shrine...