Guide to the Monuments on Crownhill
Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Crownhill
Table of Round Houses on Crownhill
Crownhill Guide Map
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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Crownhill
Crownhill Tor Fields Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 57360 60790
NMR record: SX 56 SE 70
HER record: MDV12927
ShortName: CNxCrownhill21
Butler map: 52.16.1
Notes: Probably a clearance mound
Nearby sites: SX57366079
Crownhill Down W.5 Cairn
OS Map: SX 56250 59810
NMR record: SX 55 NE 24
HER record: MDV12658
ShortName: CN:Crownhill2
Butler map: 52.16.5
Nearby sites: SX56255981
Crownhill Down W.6 Cairn
OS Map: SX 56790 59880
NMR record: SX 55 NE 19
HER record: MDV20151
ShortName: CN:Crownhill3
Butler map: 52.16.6
Grinsell: SHA 47
Notes: Cairn with hollow at centre found on sparkwell boundary.
Nearby sites: SX56795988
Crownhill Down Reported Cist
OS Map: SX 57000 60000
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CT?Crownhill1
Butler map: 52.16.6
Grinsell: SPA 8a
Notes: From a barrow 'destroyed many years since' came a large flint scraper and flint flakes PLYM Brent 1886. See. TDA 1886 Vol 18 p.74. Butler suggests that perhaps Brent's cairn was either 52.16.5 or 52.16.6.
"Crown Hill Down.—Amongst the rubbish and stones that had been removed and thrown down from a large circular barrow, that had been destroyed many years since, I found a large rude scraper of flint, and some broken pieces, all much weathered from exposure"
Nearby sites: SX57006000
Crownhill Ridge 1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57230 59730
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV1788
ShortName: CN:Crownhill4
Butler map: 52.16.7.1
Grinsell: SPA 7
Notes: NMR I
Nearby sites: SX57235973
Crownhill Ridge 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57230 59750
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV1787
ShortName: CN:Crownhill9
Butler map: 52.16.7.2
Grinsell: SPA 6
Notes: NMR H
Nearby sites: SX57235975
Crownhill Ridge 3 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57235 59778
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV1786
ShortName: CN:Crownhill10
Butler map: 52.16.7.3
Grinsell: SPA 5
Notes: NMR G
Nearby sites: SX57245978
Crownhill Ridge 4 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57200 59780
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV1785
ShortName: CN:Crownhill11
Butler map: 52.16.7.4
Grinsell: SPA 4
Notes: NMR F
Nearby sites: SX57205978
Crownhill Ridge 5 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57190 59810
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV1784
ShortName: CN:Crownhill12
Butler map: 52.16.7.5
Grinsell: SPA 3
Notes: NMR E
Nearby sites: SX57195981
Crownhill Ridge 6 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57190 59830
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV1783
ShortName: CN:Crownhill13
Butler map: 52.16.7.6
Grinsell: SPA 2a
Notes: NMR D
Nearby sites: SX57195983
Crownhill Ridge 7 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57180 59850
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV1782
ShortName: CN:Crownhill14
Butler map: 52.16.7.7
Grinsell: SPA 2
Notes: NMR C
Nearby sites: SX57185985
Crownhill Ridge 8 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57180 59870
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV1781
ShortName: CN:Crownhill15
Butler map: 52.16.7.8
Grinsell: SPA 1a
Notes: NMR B
Nearby sites: SX57185987
Crownhill Ridge 9 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57170 59930
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV11801
ShortName: CN:Crownhill16
Butler map: 52.16.7.9
Grinsell: SPA 1
Notes: NMR A
Nearby sites: SX57175993
Crownhill Ridge 10 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57170 59960
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV76030
ShortName: CN:Crownhill5
Butler map: 52.16.7.10
Notes: Cairn J ? Mound 2 ?
Nearby sites: SX57175996
Crownhill Ridge 11 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57180 60000
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV12699
ShortName: CN:Crownhill6
Butler map: 52.16.7.11
Notes: Cairn K ? Mound 3 ?
Nearby sites: SX57186000
Crownhill Ridge 12 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57160 60000
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV12787
ShortName: CN:Crownhill7
Butler map: 52.16.7.12
Notes: Cairn L
Nearby sites: SX57166000
Crownhill Ridge 13 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57160 60040
NMR record: SX 55 NE 6
HER record: MDV12939
ShortName: CN:Crownhill8
Butler map: 52.16.7.13
Notes: Cairn M ? Mound 1 ?
Nearby sites: SX57166004
Hawkesborough Cairn
OS Map: SX 57240 59520
NMR record: SX 55 NE 4
HER record: MDV1802
ShortName: CN:Hawkesbor1
Butler map: 52.16.8
Grinsell: SPA 8
Nearby sites: SX57245952
Crownhill Ridge S.1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57400 60040
NMR record: SX 56 SE 121
HER record: MDV2554
ShortName: CN:Crownhill17
Butler map: 52.16.9.1
Nearby sites: SX57406004
Crownhill Ridge S.2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57390 60010
NMR record: SX 55 NE 37
HER record: MDV35820
ShortName: CN:Crownhill18
Butler map: 52.16.9.2
Nearby sites: SX57396001
Crownhill Ridge S.3 Cairn
OS Map: SX 57400 60010
NMR record: SX 55 NE 37
HER record: MDV28078
ShortName: CN:Crownhill19
Butler map: 52.16.9.3
Nearby sites: SX57406001
Crownhill Summit Cairn
OS Map: SX 57480 60250
NMR record: SX 56 SE 71
HER record: MDV12912
ShortName: CN:Crownhill20
Butler map: 52.16.10
Nearby sites: SX57486025
Ridding Down 1 Cairn
OS Map: SX 58043 61208
NMR record: SX 56 SE 72
HER record: MDV2560
ShortName: CN:Ridding D1
Butler map: 52.16.11
Grinsell: COR 7
Nearby sites: SX58046121
Ridding Down 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 58045 61359
NMR record: SX 56 SE 72
HER record: MDV2518
ShortName: CN:Ridding D2
Butler map: 52.16.12
Grinsell: COR 6
Nearby sites: SX58056136
Heap of Stones Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 58600 59720
NMR record: SX 55 NE 46
HER record: MDV12651
ShortName: CN?Heap of S2
Notes: Destroyed
Nearby sites: SX58605972
Heap of Stones (duplicate) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 58600 59720
NMR record: SX 55 NE 46
HER record: MDV12651
ShortName: CN?Heap of S3
Notes: Destroyed
Nearby sites: SX58605972
Shaugh Prior (NMR 439468) Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 55700 60800
NMR record: SX 56 SE 127
HER record: MDV2580
ShortName: CN?Shaugh Pr1
Notes: No trace of the supposed ring cairn could be found. The reference falls within an area which has been cleared in advance of the construction of a mica dam.
Nearby sites: SX55706080
List A SHAUGH PRIOR 1 Reported Cairn
OS Map: SX 54930 62130
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV-1
ShortName: CNxList A SH1
Grinsell: A:SHA 1
Notes: Post-medieval boundary marker, An upright moorstone granite slab,thought by Rowe to be remains of Dolmen
Nearby sites: SX54936213
Hawk's Tor Rock Shelter
OS Map: SX 55348 62514
NMR record: SX 56 SE 80
HER record: MDV2504
Megalithic Portal: 45856
PMD: Hawk's Tor - Possible Chambered Tomb
ShortName: RS HawksTor
DPD page: 56
Grinsell: A:SHA 2
Barrow Report: 60
Notes: Natural feature Hawk's Tor rock shelter - resembles tomb. "At the summit stands a rock shelter, v shaped in plan with a coverstone. Rowe referred to it as a cromlech. R. N. Worth called it a natural grouping of rocks. Mr. Beckerlegge on examining the coverstone, found a similar vein of quartz in the coverstone as in the rocks of the v shaped shelter, but running in a different direction. The coverstone must have been levered or swung in an anti-clockwise direction through an angle of 90 degrees to make a shelter of what was previously an opening between two vertical walls of rock". Might be prehistoric, could be from Roman period or later. Lethbridge p.54-6 Hawk's Tor Cromlech / Rock Shelter - diagram p.55, photo p.56. See also: The Modern Antiquarian. The following is a sketch by R.H Worth. Detailed analysis by R.H. Worth in Barrow Report 60 in which he concludes the cover has been rotated.
Nearby sites: SX55356251
Wotter Moor Cairn
OS Map: SX 55200 62200
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48885
ShortName: CN:Wotter Moor
Nearby sites: SX55206220
Collard Tor W. Stone Row
OS Map: SX 55833 62045
NMR record: SX 56 SE 53
HER record: MDV2583
Megalithic Portal: 1843
The Stone Rows of GB: Collard Tor West
PMD: Collard Tor W Stone Row
Alternate name: Collard Tor W Stone Row
ShortName: SR CollardTo W
Butler map: 48.6.1
DPD page: 57
Notes: Butler Collard Tor 2. Described in entry for Collard Tor E. Lethbridge pp.55-7, diagram p.55.
Nearby sites: SX55836205
Collard Tor Encircled Cairn
OS Map: SX 55840 62030
NMR record: SX 56 SE 53
HER record: MDV14793
Megalithic Portal: 794
PMD: Collard Tor
Alternate name: Collard Tor stone row 1 Encircled Cairn
ShortName: EC Collard Tor
Butler map: 48.6.1
DPD page: 57
Grinsell: SHA 46
Turner: F17
Barrow Report: 22
Notes: Cairn heading the easterly of the two Collard Tor rows. "The easterly cairn at SX 55846203 measures 8.1m. in diameter and 0.6m. high. The centre has been excavated, but apart from a large prone slab there is nothing to suggest a former cist. The mound is surrounded by a peristalith of boulders each of which is 0.9m. high and roughly 0.5m square. The row is similar to the other row and can be traced for 79.6m."
Nearby sites: SX55846203
Collard Tor E. Stone Row
OS Map: SX 55849 62035
NMR record: SX 56 SE 53
HER record: MDV14792
Megalithic Portal: 1842
The Stone Rows of GB: Collard Tor East
PMD: Collard Tor E Stone Row
Alternate name: Collard Tor E Stone Row
ShortName: SR CollardTo E
Butler map: 48.6.2
DPD page: 57
Notes: Butler Collard Tor 1. "Two stone rows each headed by a cairn lie on a gentle clitter-covered south-facing hillslope between 239m and 259m above OD. The rows which are oriented approximately north-south, diverge from their northern ends and are from 17m to 19 apart; a field bank interrupts the course of the east row. The precise lengths of the rows are difficult to determine partly because they appear to have been slighted and partly because of the presence of clitter and earthfast stones which hamper identification of the individual stones. The deduced lengths of these rows (excluding the cairns) are 75.4m and up to 97.2m respectively however because of the disturbed nature of each row these measurements are by no means certain. A count of the upright and clearly definable stones revealed 10 in the west row and 13 in the east row, but these figures provide a totally misleading picture of the somewhat jumbled and chaotic distribution of moorstones in each alignment. The heights of the uprights range from 0.3m to 0.9m with one very large damaged stone 1.3m high. Both cairns have been badly disturbed: the western mound is 8m across and 0.6m high and the eastern mound is 8.5 m across and 0.6m high". Lethbridge pp.55-7, diagram p.55.
Nearby sites: SX55856204
Collard Tor stone row 2 Cairn
OS Map: SX 55820 62030
NMR record: SX 56 SE 53
HER record: MDV2584
ShortName: CN Collard T3
Butler map: 48.6.2
Grinsell: SHA 45
Barrow Report: 22
Nearby sites: SX55826203
Cholwich Town Stone Row
OS Map: SX 58500 62300
NMR record: SX 56 SE 33
HER record: MDV2438
Megalithic Portal: 1824
The Stone Rows of GB: Cholwichtown
PMD: Cholwich Town Stone Row
Alternate name: Cholwichtown stone row Stone Row
ShortName: SRxCholwich
Butler map: 48.7
Notes: "This ring and stone row is now covered by china clay waste. A stone row and circle on top of a low ridge, between Tory Brook and a tributary of the Yealm, near Cholwich Town. The row, extending over 700ft, consisted of uprights 2-3ft. high and 3ft. apart, the circle, at the northern end of the row, was 15ft. in diameter with seven upright stones. The site was excavated in 1961, and the sockets of many missing stones were found, also a pit 8ft. in diameter in the centre of the circle." Pollen analysis suggested the row was originally in a clearing of a wooded area.
Nearby sites: SX58506230
Cholwich Town (site of) Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX 58460 62250
NMR record: SX 56 SE 33
HER record: MDV49508
Megalithic Portal: 770
PMD: Cholwich Town Stone Row
Alternate name: Cholwichtown stone row Cairn Circle
ShortName: CCxCholwich
Butler map: 48.
Grinsell: COR 5
Turner: G27
Notes: Site of former cairn circle. "the row, extending over 700ft, consisted of uprights 2-3ft. high and 3ft. apart, the circle, at the northern end of the row, was 15ft. in diameter with seven upright stones. The site was excavated in 1961, and the sockets of many missing stones were found, also a pit 8ft. in diameter in the centre of the circle. "
Nearby sites: SX58466225
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