Sight · Dartmoor National Park
A small stone ring within a much wider prehistoric landscape.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Dartmoor Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Dartmoor National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Fernworthy Reservoir and Potter’s Walk“You're coming up on Fernworthy Reservoir, a water-and-woodland stop near Chagford. The short Potter's Walk follows the shore to the dam, then turns inland past a disused granite quarry and Bronze Age hut circles.”
Plays as you drive up to Fernworthy Stone Circle in the Parkwolf Dartmoor Tour Guide.
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Fernworthy Circle is a small prehistoric stone ring in a grassy clearing in Fernworthy Forest, west of Fernworthy Reservoir. Its 27 stones stand up to 1.1 metres high around a ring 20 metres across. Go expecting a quiet archaeology stop rather than a grand monument; the appeal is seeing a compact circle set into the forest.
The scheduled complex includes three stone alignments and five cairns, making it one of Dartmoor's most complete prehistoric ritual landscapes. Excavation found charcoal on the circle's original ground surface, though that doesn't tell us exactly what happened here. A double stone row beyond the circle can be hard to spot, so scan the clearing instead of focusing only on the ring. The surrounding spruce frame the stones; clear evening light can bring out their shape.
Wildlife
32 sightingsWestern Roe DeerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
10 sightingsRed FoxMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
37 sightingsEuropean RabbitMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
19 sightingsGrey HeronMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
34 sightingsGreat Spotted WoodpeckerMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
20 sightingsCommon RavenMost seen around 8 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Dartmoor. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ChallengingFernworthy Reservoir to Winney’s Down12 km · 6.5 hr · 1.4 km awayA full day crossing wet moor to a peat cutters’ shelter.
EasyPotter's Walk1.2 km · 45 min · 1.5 km awayA gentle reservoir loop past the dam and Bronze Age hut circles.
ChallengingGunpowder Trail to Powdermills6.1 km · 2.5 hr · 5.3 km awayA rough moorland walk to Devon’s only gunpowder works ruins.
EasyBellever Forest Easy Access Trail0.6 km · 15 min · 6.9 km awayA level forest path reaches a picnic spot on the East Dart.
EasyCycle and Tramper Trail at Bellever Forest3.9 km · 1.5 hr · 6.9 km awayA forest loop with archaeology on mostly surfaced tracks
ModerateThe Lych Way20.1 km · 6.8 hr · 6.9 km awayA full-day moor crossing to an old church, with river fords.
Sight · 1.1 km awayFernworthy ReservoirAn easy reservoir walk with Bronze Age remains and quiet water views
Sight · 1.9 km awayGrey Wethers Stone CirclesTwo Bronze Age circles make a figure eight on the moor
Sight · 3.3 km awayScorhill Stone CircleA wide, unrestored granite ring above the North Teign.
Restaurant · 3.7 km awayWarren House InnA high-moor pub with deep roots in tin mining.
Campground · 5.1 km awayRunnage Farm CampsiteA quiet, no-hookups base for simple nights on the moor.
Sight · 5.3 km awayPostbridge Clapper BridgeA granite clapper bridge still carries walkers over the East Dart.
Visitor center · 5.4 km awayNational Park Visitor Centre, PostbridgeA Bronze Age burial survived in peat with beads and fur intact.
Sight · 5.6 km awayGrimspoundA Bronze Age village ringed by a 150-metre stone wall.Parkwolf’s Dartmoor ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
