Collard Tor Encircled Cairn
Photo taken on 12-09-2022
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5584 6203
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV14793
Megalithic Portal: 794
PMD: Collard Tor
Alternate name: Collard Tor stone row 1
Short Name: EC Collard Tor
Butler map: 48.6.1
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 46
Turner: F17
DPD page: 57
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 22
Dimensions (m): 9.0 x 0.3 C?
Lidar: SX 5584 6203
Nearby sites: SX 5584 6203
Notes
Cairn heading the easterly of the two Collard Tor rows. "The easterly cairn at SX 55846203 measures 8.1m. in diameter and 0.6m. high. The centre has been excavated, but apart from a large prone slab there is nothing to suggest a former cist. The mound is surrounded by a peristalith of boulders each of which is 0.9m. high and roughly 0.5m square. The row is similar to the other row and can be traced for 79.6m."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.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Ninth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.35 pp.143-145 (1903)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- 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 Stone Rows of Dartmoor - Part 6, T.D.A. Vol.35 pp.426-29 (1903)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 22, T.D.A. Vol.35 pp. (1903)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)