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Drizzlecombe valley is the site of one of the most important Bronze Age complexes found on Dartmoor. The complex sits between the stream of Drizzlecombe and the River Plym in the southwest of Dartmoor, some two miles from the village of Sheepstor. It consists of three stone rows, five enclosed settlement sites and huts as well as many cairns and a cist. Each of the three stone rows have a terminal menhir at their southern ends and a cairn marking their northern limit. The tallest menhir found on Dartmoor marks the southern end of the most eastern row. It stands 14 ft (4.3 metres) high and is known as the 'Bone Stone' due to its peculiar shaped top. To the south-east of the stone rows lies the ‘Giant’s Basin’; one of the largest cairns on Dartmoor measuring 70ft across and 10ft high (22 x 3 metres).

Other sites of interest nearby include the extensive remains of Eylesbarrow tin mine to the north-east and the now derelict Ditsworthy Warren House to the south-west. This was once the home of the keeper of Ditsworthy Warren, which was the largest rabbit warren in England consisting of 53 pillow mounds. The farming of rabbits in this area of Dartmoor took place for at least three hundred years. The house was abandoned in 1947 and since then has been leased by the Admiralty from the Maristow estate the owner of the house and property. It is used as part of the Dartmoor Training Area, as a "stone tent", a farm building used to provide basic shelter for troops. In 2010 Ditsworthy Warren House was used as one of the filming locations for the Steven Spielberg film, War Horse. To the north-west is the concentric stone circle of Yellowmead Down.

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