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Summary

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.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE7
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442874
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/186

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TOR CAIRN? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1748, 374-383 (Aerial Photograph). SDV279663.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Appears to sit directly across a reave. Visible on 1980 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

Cave-Penney, 1985, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV307397.

This is a tor cairn. It looks as though the stones have been moved around a lot.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 130-131 (Monograph). SDV299725.

A miniature tor crowns the highest point of Corndon Down, the rocks partly hidden by what must have been a huge cairn of small stones around its base. These have been displaced in all directions but it is unlikely there were ever enough to cover the rocks entirely. A reave (originating on the far side of Vag Hill nearly 2 kilometres away), runs up to its base and continues on the north side towards West Webburn. Other details: Map 15, 4.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

(14/03/2008) SX 6859 7415. On the main outcrop is a possible tor cairn. 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.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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