Crock of Gold, Princetown, Dartmoor National Park
The Crock of Gold is a cairn circle and cist by Conchies Road roughly a mile and a half east of Princetown. One of Dartmoor's most famous cists with, arguably, the most evocative name, the Crock of Gold burial site is very easily accessible on foot.
A crock is an earthenware pot or jar. Presumably, someone found a pot of gold or a pot containing gold here. See our Whitehorse Hill Cist listing for information about the relatively recent excavation of a Dartmoor cist.
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