Corndon Tor 2 Cairn
Photo taken on 17-06-2025
View of tor with Steve Szypko on top. In background are two of the other Corndon cairns
Database entries
OS Map: SX 68601 74158
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX68577422
HER: MDV16727
Alternate name: Corndon Tor 2
Short Name: CN CorndonTor2
Butler map: 15.4.2
Grinsell: WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR 18
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 56 62
Dimensions (m): 20.0 x 3.0
Lidar: SX 68601 74158
Guide Map: 36
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (2.2 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 68601 74158
Notes
HER: On the main outcrop of Corndon Tor is a possible tor cairn (south of MDV6387). Stones piled around the base of the outcrop may be remains of cairn which has been much disturbed and is now very spread and fragmentary The cairn overlies a reave which runs up to the tor, a shelter has been built against the tor very recently using stone from the cairn. Maximum diameter 27.2m.The Google satellite imagery shows that this feature has the clear appearance of a tor cairn.
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.1: The East, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 56, T.D.A. Vol.69 pp.75-109 (1937)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 62, T.D.A. Vol.75 pp.53-55 (1943)