Leather Tor Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Photo taken on 13-09-2020
Plan by RHW. Barrow Report 54. TDA Vol.67 1935
Database entries
OS Map: SX 56325 69524
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV3434
Megalithic Portal: 34457
PMD: Cross Gate
Alternate name: Leather Tor S.
Short Name: CT Leather Tor
Butler map: 45.17
Dixon Cist #: 61
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 25
Turner: E20
DPD page: 23
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 54
Dimensions (m): 5.5 x 0.4 C
Lidar: SX 56325 69524
Nearest Bus Stop: Dousland Burrator Inn (2.7 km) [Route: 55,56,98]
Nearby sites: SX 56325 69524
Notes
"A cist, consisting of two side stones and an end stone, contained within a barrow surrounded by a 16ft 6 ins diameter Kerb circle." Butler Leather Tor S. - Vol. 3. Map 45.17 (diagram p.52).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.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, Barrow Report 54, T.D.A. Vol.67 pp.77-80 (1935)