Pupers Rock Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 02-10-2025
Detail including two uprights of stone ring (02/10/25)
Database entries
OS Map: SX 67281 67376
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX67276737
HER: MDV5219
Megalithic Portal: 45845
Alternate name: Pupers Hill Summit
Short Name: RC:Pupers Rock
Butler map: 58.9
Grinsell: DEAN PRIOR 1
Turner: A58
DPD page: 89
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 27.0 x 1.0
Lidar: SX 67281 67376
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (7.4 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 67281 67376
Notes
HER: A natural outcrop some 10.0m across and 2.0m high, encompassed by a mass of small stones. Most are piled to the west of the outcrop but overall they form a cairn 16.0m in diameter and 1.0m high. On the southern side the precise perimeter is difficult to determine since a spread of stone on the surface extends for a further 8.0 metres. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.. Turner: Ring cairn incorporating a large flat-topped granite outcrop. The stone ring measures 17 meters in diameter internally with 2.5 meter wide bank 0.6 meters high. There are the remains of a stone circle, around 1.0 meter high within the outcrop.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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- 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)