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Summary

A well preserved Tor cairn approximately 21m in diameter encloses a small, unamed tor 180m SSW of Cox Tor. It comprises a ring of large to medium stones approximately 7m in width which are piled around a natural outcrop. The stones are of a fairly uniform size and most are not earth-fast. To the immediate NE a stretch of low turf-covered rubble walling 1.2m wide, 0.4m high and 15m in length connects two outcrops - it is probably of prehistoric origin but its function is obscure.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011252: Tor cairn 170m south of Cox Tor summit forming part of a round cairn cemetery

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW132
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 919075
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/74
• Old SAM Ref: 22237

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY BANK (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• TOR CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

AM, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV220762.

Vis=-/-/1990 (ancient monuments) tor cairn + length of boundary bank. Cairn includes 2 banks of small to medium stones surrounding an 11m diam outcrop. The first bank surrounds the base and measures 4m wide, 0.4m high. The outer bank is 1.4m wide, 0.2m high. The two are separated by a 1.5m wide, relatively stone-free, area. Overall diam 24.8m. A rubble bank 15m long, 1.2m wide, 0.4m high leads from the cairn eastward. Probably contemporary and may represent part of a funerary enclosure (am).

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, R. Wilson-North (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(19/07/1991) A well preserved Tor cairn approximately 21m in diameter encloses a small, unamed tor 180m SSW of Cox Tor. It comprises a ring of large to medium stones approximately 7m in width which are piled around a natural outcrop. The stones are of a fairly uniform size and most are not earth-fast. To the immediate NE a stretch of low turf-covered rubble walling 1.2m wide, 0.4m high and 15m in length connects two outcrops - it is probably of prehistoric origin but its function is obscure. See RCHME Cox Tor Survey (1/2500 scale).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 129238 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

National Mapping Programme, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data, (no photo reference) (Cartographic). SDV364293.

Depicted but not described.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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