Cox Tor Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 14-07-2019
Database entries
OS Map: SX 53060 76190
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV4151
Megalithic Portal: 32104
Alternate name: Cox Tor Summit
Short Name: RC CoxTor 3
Butler map: 31.1.3
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 37a
Turner: A59
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 17
Lidar: SX 53060 76190
Guide Map: 32
Nearest Bus Stop: Tavistock Higher Longford (2.6 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 53060 76190
Notes
"Cox tor, ring cairn. The outcrop of granite on the summit is surrounded by an ancient wall, enclosing a space of about 21m in diameter, built of small stones. Pillaged and part used in erection of the cairn for the 1887 jubilee."NB. The NMR listings had two entries for this feature. The entry SiteID=3229 referred to NMR entry SX 57 NW 132 (Monument Number 919075) which was a duplicate. As the NMR listings are no longer public our entry SiteID=3229 has been deleted.
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)
- Brent, Francis, Prehistoric Remains on Dartmoor, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol.39 pp.217-222 (1883)
- 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)