Cox Tor (NE) Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 14-07-2019
Database entries
OS Map: SX 53047 76430
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV4127
Megalithic Portal: 32104
Alternate name: Cox Tor N.6
Short Name: RC CoxTor 6
Butler map: 31.1.6
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 36
Turner: A51
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 10.0 x 0.7
Lidar: SX 53047 76430
Guide Map: 32
Nearest Bus Stop: Tavistock Higher Longford (2.7 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 53047 76430
Notes
"Narrow ridge of north-south outcropping rock measuring 10 metres in diameter, surrounded by circular stoney bank 4 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. 1890 excavation showed it to consist of an outer bank with central infill of loose stones and earth. No trace of burials or artefacts." "Cox Tor. Smaller of two adjacent cairns. Lies 12.5 metres south-east of larger one (see related record). Similar in shape, though smaller; diameter 8.23 metres. Construction of centre was loose, much earth being mingled with the stone. Nothing found and no pit in the "calm"." (Baring-Gould - fifth report of the DEC)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)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- 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)