Guide to the Monuments on Yes Tor

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Yes Tor

Table of Round Houses on Yes Tor

Yes Tor Guide Map

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List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Yes Tor

Yes Tor N.W.1 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 57230 91000
NMR record: SX 59 SE 145
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN?Yes Tor N1
Butler map: 42.7.1
Notes: Clearance cairn
Nearby sites: SX57239100

Yes Tor N.W.2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 57240 91020
NMR record: SX 59 SE 145
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN?Yes Tor N2
Butler map: 42.7.2
Notes: Clearance cairn
Nearby sites: SX57249102

Yes Tor N.W.3 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 57280 91000
NMR record: SX 59 SE 145
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN?Yes Tor N3
Butler map: 42.7.3
Notes: Clearance cairn
Nearby sites: SX57289100

Fordsland Ledge Chambered Cairn

OS Map: SX 57581 88897
NMR record: SX 58 NE 2
HER record: MDV3169
Megalithic Portal: 36418
PMD: Fordsland Ledge
ShortName: CN Fordsland
Butler map: 42.3
Butler Vol 5: p.160 & Fig.98
Grinsell: OKE 4
Notes: " In a crest position on Fordsland Ledge at 581.0m OD is the disturbed remains of a turf-and-heather-covered cairn. It measures 12.2m by 13.9m in diameter and is 1.1m high. In a hollow in the centre are a number of large stones suggesting the possibility of a former cist or even a chamber, utilizing the natural outcrop as its base." "The large stones visible in the centre of the feature are somewhat unusual and not typical of a cist-like structure. The presence of a chamber is very doubtful and it is more likely that the interior of the cairn has, at some point, been remodelled to create a small shelter."
Nearby sites: SX57588890

High Willhayes Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 58020 89210
NMR record: SX 58 NE 17
HER record: MDV28576
ShortName: CN-HighWill
Grinsell: B:OKE 5b
Notes: Modern stone-heap on outcrop. In the photo the modern heap can be seen as can High Willhays Stone Ring Cairn Circle SiteID=565 in the foreground.
Nearby sites: SX58028921

High Willhays (Crossing) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 58000 89700
NMR record: SX 58 NE 18
HER record: MDV20153
ShortName: CN?High Will1
Grinsell: OKE 5a
Notes: Very likely same as Oke 5. Account from Crossing 1905
Nearby sites: SX58008970

High Willhays (N) Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 58050 89220
NMR record: SX 58 NE 18
HER record: MDV21296
Megalithic Portal: 45849
Alternate name: High Willhays? Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC:HighWillh N
Butler map: 42.2
Grinsell: OKE 5
Turner: A64
Notes: Possibly HER 21296? OS co-ords do not quite match. Butler lists OKE 5, 5a
Nearby sites: SX58058922

High Willhays Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 58032 89224
NMR record: SX 58 NE 19
HER record: MDV20152
Megalithic Portal: 36417
Alternate name: Harter Hill Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC HighWillhay
Butler map: 42.4
Turner: A65
Notes: "Higher willhayes ring cairn. Irregular segment of stone ring set against rock outcrop.10m wide n-s and 5.5m radius to outcrop, with bank 1m wide and 0.2m high. Also contains segment of stone setting 7.5m wide n-s, 2.5m radius to outcrop"
Nearby sites: SX58038922

Yes Tor W Cairn

OS Map: SX 57955 90210
NMR record: SX 59 SE 6
HER record: MDV4813
Megalithic Portal: 36416
Alternate name: Yes Tor 1 Cairn
ShortName: CN Yes Tor W
Butler map: 42.1.1
Grinsell: OKE 1
Notes: Western of two round barrows on the summit of yes tor. About 36.6m nw of flag staff on the top of yes tor is an incomplete ring of rough granite boulders varying in size but generally 0.3m - 0.9m. Long. The ring is about 6.1m long and is defective on the north east side where there is evidence of a slightly sunken trackway. In the interior of this ring the ground is slightly irregular and contains blocks of granite. At the south western part of the circle a smaller circle of stones abuts on the previous circle. Butler Volume 2 Map 42.1.
Nearby sites: SX57969021

Yes Tor E Cairn

OS Map: SX 58044 90185
NMR record: SX 59 SE 6
HER record: MDV4814
Megalithic Portal: 36416
Alternate name: Yes Tor 2 Cairn
ShortName: CN Yes Tor E
Butler map: 42.1.2
Grinsell: OKE 2
Notes: One of two cairns on Yes Tor. On the top of the flat outcrop of Yes Tor and piled against the west side is an amorphous mass of stones representing a ruined cairn. The patch of stones on the top is more or less 14.0m across and 0.3 m high and the piling against the outcrop is 2.3m high. It is possible that this has resulted from bulldozing the cairn over the side of the outcrop but the stones appear quite stable and compacted.

The central excavation is approximately 12.0m across and extends to 0.5m below the natural ground level. In the base of the hollow and on its south side are three partly buried slabs each about 1.7m long, 0.2m thick and more than 0.5m wide, which look like the displaced remains of a former cist.
Nearby sites: SX58049019