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Dartmoor Site: Higher Tor S.3 Reported Cairn

Higher Tor S.3 Reported Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 608 919
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV6902
Alternate name: Higher Tor S.3
Short Name: CN?HigherTor 3
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Maybe
Lidar: SX 608 919
Guide Map: 2
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Belstone Car Park (3.0 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Okehampton Railway Station (3.0 km) [Route: 118,306,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 608 919

Notes

HER: Prowse (1890) recorded a possible circle or setting here but this is thought to be a nature stone grouping [...] There is no reason to suspect that the feature described is anything other than natural and no evidence of a stone circle is visible.

References

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