Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, walking the Stone Rows and Stone Circles of Dartmoor
HomeWalksSites Access Resources
Dartmoor Site: Watern Tor Reported Cairn

Watern Tor Reported Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 6291 8682
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV4390
Alternate name: Watern Tor
Short Name: CN:Watern To1
Butler map: 41.4
Grinsell: LYDFORD 7
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 4.5 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 6291 8682
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Wonson Telephone Box (6.8 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (6.7 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 6291 8682

Notes

"Cairn on watern tor (diam 5.5m, height 500mm) granite slab (length 1.5m, width 1.0m, thick 250mm)". "1976 (grinsell) shown on os as cairn, but seems to be a natural outcrop." Scheduled Monument 1017482: Round cairn on Watern Tor.

References

These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.

Google Satellite Map

Page last updated 18/02/24