More information : (SX 5301 7641) Cairns (NR). (1) A ring cairn. The stone ring is 55 feet in diameter, varying in breadth from 4 to 6 feet and raised 15 to 18 inches above the ground. A line of rock outcrop bisects the circle 28 feet from the eastern side. (2) A cairn 18.0m in diameter and 0.6m high surrounds the natural outcrop. (3) A cairn with overall diameters of 14.8m by 18.3m built around a narrow bank of north to south outcropping rock. There has been some mutilation in the northern quadrant but for the most part there is a distinct rim around the central area. The rim measures 4.0m wide overall, the inner face 0.3m high and the outer up to 0.8m high. The impression is that of a ring cairn (see plan and ground photograph). Surveyed at 1:10000 on MSD and at 1:2500. (4) (SX 53017641) Cairns (NR). (5) SX 530764. Three cairns on Cox Tor, scheduled. (see illustration card). (see also SX 57 NW, 37 and 39). (6-7)
SX 5301 7642. A ring cairn as descirbed by authority 4.
See RCHME Cox Tor Survey (1/2500 scale).
A table of further information on the cairn is held in the archive. (8) |