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Summary

Tor cairn north of Hookney Tor and resembling a barrow in shape. Enough of the topsoil has been removed to show that the mound is a natural outcrop feature covered with turf and heather, enclosed on three sides by a broken turf and stone bank. A footpath approaching the west side has probably effaced the remainder of the circuit.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019996: Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE36
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 621684
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/47
• Old SAM Ref: 34429

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Spence Bate, C., 1872, Researches into some Antient Tumuli on Dartmoor, 554 (Article in Serial). SDV336926.

Chanter, J. F., 1915, Proceedings at the 54th Annual Meeting, 27 (Article in Serial). SDV350010.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX68SE36 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV305641.

(19/03/1953) [SX 69908131] This mound is in a prominent position and resembles a barrow in shape. It has a diameter of 25.0m and a height of 2.2m. Enough of the topsoil has been removed to show that the mound is a natural rock feature lightly covered with small stones.
See GP/53/43/2.

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 158 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

(24/07/1972) Cairn built around a natural outcrop and subsequently pillaged. Diameter 20m, height 2.4m.

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

Not visible on RAF / NMR photos.

Agricultural Development Advisory Service, 1995, ADAS record sheet (Worksheet). SDV305642.

(10/02/1995) Slow deterioration; people erosion.

Ancient Monuments, 2001, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV305643.

(11/12/2001) SX 69908131. A tor cairn situated on Hookney Tor and forming part of a discrete cluster of mounds running along a prominent ridge. The cairn includes a rubble bank attached to the southern face of a rock outcrop. The ring bank survives as a 2 metre wide curving earthwork enclosing a D-shaped area. The tor itself is 6 metres wide and up to 0.9 metres high. Scheduled.

Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV363213.

(10/10/2000) SX 69908131. The mound is as described by Authority 3 though it is enclosed on three sides by a broken turf and stone bank 1.5m wide and 0.6m high. A footpath approaching the W side has probably effaced the remainder of the circuit. This feature is probably best described as a tor cairn.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)

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