We chose to walk from where we were already parked, rather than move to the nearer parking, which meant we had an extra walk through misty woods – that otherwise wouldn’t have been the case. To me, this only added to the magical feeling of the day, watching the fog clear and the sun come out as we approached the Tor was breathtakingly beautiful!

Because of the way we came, we arrived by climbing out of a small gorge before emerging into the small clearing – the dappled shade playing on Doll Tor only adding to the truly magical feeling of this small stone circle! The circle itself was first excavated in 1852, then again between 1931-1934. Discoveries from the two occasions included bucket urns, small cups and cremations. There were further discoveries in the low cairn that is built on the eastern side of the circle (incorporating one of the circle stones). This was found to consist of a central rectangular stone grave pit which contained a female cremation along with a segmented faience bead, with four other cremations having been placed around the inner edge of the stone bank before it was all filled in to form the cairn.

For the leaving journey, we took the shorter route out, stopping by the climbing stone on the way.

To visit, it’s easiest to park in the nearby layby (53°09’46.3″N 1°38’23.3″W) and the below map reflects this route (our way back) as the route we took there required a lot of guesswork with no paths at points, and some climbing over walls. It’s also a more ideal parking spot for Stanton Moor (just on the other side of the road) and the Nine Ladies Stone Circle.