Sharp Tor Cairn
Photo taken on 20-04-2019
Database entries
OS Map: SX 65004 61796
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5764
Alternate name: Sharp Tor
Short Name: CN Sharp Tor 1
Butler map: 53.8.4
Grinsell: HARFORD 9
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 20.0 x 2.5
Lidar: SX 65004 61796
Guide Map: 57
Nearest Bus Stop: Cornwood Crossways (6.5 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 65004 61796
Notes
"This large cairn close to the summit of Sharp Tor is 25m in diameter and approximately 1.8m. high. It is built of stones on an earth and stone base the circumference of which projects beyond the stones. Rushes and other vegetation suggest the presence of a ditch around the mound."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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
- Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 4, T.D.A. Vol.14 (1882)