Cox Tor Ancient Pool
Photo taken on 25-06-2025
Photo taken 25/06/2025
Database entries
OS Map: SX 53635 76205
OS Source: Tom Greeves
HER: MDV26281
Alternate name: Cox Tor
Short Name: PO:Cox Tor
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Greeves
Hut Class: No
Dimensions (m): 35 x 25m
Lidar: SX 53635 76205
Guide Map: 32
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (2.1 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 53635 76205
Notes
"Previously recorded from aerial photographs as a possible quarry. Marked as 'pond' on modern mapping and is one of the examples suggested by Greeves (2019) to potentially have Prehistoric origins."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.
- Greeves, T, Dartmoor's Sacred Pools - Design in the Prehistoric Landscape, Dartmoor Magazine 137 (2019)