Sourton Tors Stone Circle
Photo taken on 12-08-2012
OS Map: SX 54683 89587
OS Source: Google
HER record: 4626
Megalithic Portal: 3472
PMD: Sourton (Corn Ridge) Stone Circle
Alternate name: Sourton Tors
Short Name: SC SourtonTors
Butler map: 43.6
Turner: G3
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 32.0
Lidar: SX54688959
Notes: "A stone circle, diameter about 110 ft and appearing to have comprised 32 stones of which all but six remain where they have fallen, has been discovered between Sourton Tors and Cornridge. In size it compares with the circles of the Grey Wethers and Scorhill". For a photo of this site, see: Megalithic Portal: Sourton Tors Stone Circle
Nearby sites: SX54688959
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References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER record. For some records there are very good resources on the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website by Bill Radcliffe. Barrow reports are linked above as are references to Butler, Grinsell and Turner.
- Greeves, T and Newman, P, The Great Courts of Devon Tinners 1510 and 1710, (2011)