Hingston Hill (Down Tor) Encircled Cairn
Photo taken on 06-09-2014
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Down Tor Stone Row and Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 58693 69270
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV3439
Megalithic Portal: 541
PMD: Down Tor Cairn Circle
Alternate name: Hingston Hill stone row
Short Name: EC Down Tor
Butler map: 47.12
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 31
Turner: F6
DPD page: 28
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 14
Dimensions (m): 12.0 x 0.5 C?
Lidar: SX 58693 69270
Nearest Bus Stop: Princetown Dartmoor Visitor Centre (4.3 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 58693 69270
Notes
"The cairn circle consists of 26 upright stones and possibly two more now recumbent; it has an internal diameter of 11.5m. Within the circle is a cairn of 8.5m diameter and 0.6m height with a small depression in the centre which may be the site of a cist". Lethbridge pp.27-29, diagram p.27.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.
- Brent, Francis, Prehistoric Remains on Dartmoor, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol.39 pp.217-222 (1883)
- Burnard, Robert, Dartmoor Pictorial Records, (1986)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Lukis, W.C, Report on the Monuments of Dartmoor, Proceeding of the Society of Antiquaries Vol.8 (1881)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Dartmoor Menhirs, T.D.A. Vol.72 pp.191-200 (1940)
- Worth, R.N., The Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.24 pp.387-417 (1892)
- Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 14, T.D.A. Vol.24 (1892)