Yar Tor Summit (duplicate) Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 67868 73945
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6434
Alternate name: Yar Tor Summit (duplicate)
Short Name: CN:Yar Tor Dup
Grinsell: WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR 20a
Exist: Yes
Record: Duplicate
Record Source: Grinsell
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 56
Dimensions (m): 15 approx
Lidar: SX 67868 73945
Guide Map: 36
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (1.3 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 67868 73945
Notes
Grinsell refers to a mention by RHW of a summit cairn built around natural rocks on Yar Tor. See: Barrow Report 56 p.81. This is clearly a duplicate of WID 20 (Yar Tor Summit Cairn). NB. This record is being retained for the sake of completeness in terms of the Grinsell listings.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.
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 56, T.D.A. Vol.69 pp.75-109 (1937)