Bellever is situated in the very heart of Dartmoor and encompasses an impressive and well preserved Bronze Age landscape which is well over 3,500 years old. It contains ceremonial and burial sites and a variety of settlements.
This short series of caches takes you on a tour of several of these features, which are all listed as Ancient Monuments. The main caches are multis which have virtual waypoints at many of these features. Mainly, you just have to count the number of stones which make up the stone circles and stone rows, etc and from these you can calculate the final cache coordinates. All the caches are sited away from these Ancient Monuments so that there is absolutely no danger of any interference with them.
All caches placed with the kind permission of the Dartmoor National Park Authority and the Forestry Commission.
The Cairns & Cists cache has just two virtual stages. The first is at the published coordinates (Stage 1) and the other virtual stage is listed as Stage 2.
Stage 1 - There is a large cist here complete with a massive capstone and surrounded by a cairncircle. There is also a stone row heading away from the cist.
How many stones are there in the stone row? Answer = A.
How many stones are there in the cairn circle (don't count the one in the stone row)? Answer = B.
Stage 2 - There is a large cairn here with 2 side stones of a cist and a few other stones that may have formed a cairn circle.
How many large stones are there here? Only count 2 in the cist and the obvious other large ones. Answer = C.
What number is on the identification post for this location. Answer = DE.
Check sum: A+B+C+D+E = 29
The cache can be found at N 50° 34.(A-D-D)(B+D+D)(C+D) W 003° 54(.E+D+D)D(B+D)