Cox Tor S.E.9 (duplicate) Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 530 761
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV4108
Alternate name: Cox Tor S.E.9 (duplicate)
Short Name: CN?CoxTor 9Dup
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 37b
Exist: Maybe
Record: Duplicate
Record Source: Grinsell
Cairn Class: Maybe
Lidar: SX 530 761
Guide Map: 32
Nearest Bus Stop: Tavistock Higher Longford (2.5 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 530 761
Notes
Mentioned by Breton 1912. NMR refers to clearance cairns SE of Cox Tor and cites Grinsell who is referring back to Baring-Gould. Cox tor. On southern slope of tor is a cluster of cairns, sepulchral. Five definitely cairns and a number of other doubtful mounds. Two examined. Originally circular, composed of earth and stones. Nothing found.(baring-gould). This very much sounds like a description of cairns 8 & 9 which are to the SE of cox tor and were excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. This grid reference is comparatively to the west and is probably wrong. This record is being marked as a duplicate for this reason, see Cox Tor S.E.8 and Cox Tor S.E.9. N.B Previously named Cox Tor 11 (PET 37b). This record is being retained as a duplicate acting as both a master record and for completeness of 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.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Fifth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.30 pp.97-115 (1898)
- Breton, Henry Hugh, Beautiful Dartmoor And Its Interesting Antiquities, (1990)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)