
Contour Rings
This Classification is Under Development.
Contour Ring Hunting.. yes, it's a thing (well at least on Dartefacts anyway!) This activity requires the visiting of ALL Contour Rings located within the Dartmoor National Park. A contour ring can be a small mound, a huge plateau or even a pit or depression on the Ordnance Survey 1:25k map. It must be a contour 'loop' that contains no other contour loops. Sometimes it can be surprising to find that there is no mound present, the height of the terrain just happened to clip a contour line. The funniest are the ones where you're expecting a large mound and you find it is a depression or pit. At the moment I am uncertain how many of these contour rings there are within the National Park.. it will certainly take some time (and eye-strain) inspecting every one of those 1044 km squares! Unfortunately the Dartefacts Map (below) is limited to displaying 1:50k map features only - so sometimes I suspect a loop contour will be present (on a 1:25k map) but will not be able to be seen on the displayed map here (especially if it is really quite small).
Do not assume that a Contour Ring listed is legally accessible.
PUDC (Paignton Urban District Council) Boundary Stones, Venford Reservoir, Holne Moor
Rock Basins
North Bovey/Manaton Parish Boundstones
Not Located Dartmoor B.M.s
Not Yet Visited Dartmoor B.M.s
Named Tors, Hills & Outcrops (for Baggers!)
Vermin Traps
WD (War Department) Stones
Tinners' Huts
Contour Rings
Cists
Dewey Hills
600m Peak
China Clay
Millstones
Leats' Points of Interest
Harford/Ugborough Parish Boundstones
Found Dartmoor B.M.s
Historic Sites
Stone Circles
Stone Rows
Standing Stones
Prehistoric Sites
Car Parks
PCWW 1917 Markers
Crosses
Land Features
Water Features
Dartmoor 365 Map
Trig Points (Trigs that can still be found!)
PCWW 1919 Markers
PCWW 1932 Markers
Apple Crushers
Hut Circles