Arch Tor Platform Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 27-06-2015
Database entries
OS Map: SX 63168 77843
OS Source: Garmin
Butler OS: SX63147782
HER: MDV21510
Megalithic Portal: 45618
Alternate name: Arch Tor 1
Short Name: PC Arch Tor 1
Butler map: 27.6
Turner: E11
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 1.2
Lidar: SX 63168 77843
Guide Map: 28
Nearest Bus Stop: Powder Mills (1.7 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 63168 77843
Notes
"A round cairn which survives as an 8.7 metre diameter mound standing up to 0.9 metres high. Large edge set stones on the north western edge of the mound may suggest the presence of a kerb which survives elsewhere as a buried feature."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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)