Little Hound Tor Cairn
Photo taken on 12-08-2022
Database entries
OS Map: SX 63286 89938
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV28608
Alternate name: Little Hound Tor
Short Name: CN Little Ho1
Butler map: 40.11
Grinsell: SOUTH TAWTON 6a
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 63286 89938
Nearest Bus Stop: Ramsley (3.6 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 63286 89938
Notes
"Round cairn on summit of Little Hound Tor. Diameter 10m, 0.9m high. Trench cut through the centre suggests partial early excavation. A large earthfast granite slab forms the w side of the mound. A modern pile of stones, 2m diameter, 0.7m high sits atop the cairn"References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Burnard, Robert, Notes on Dartmoor Kistvaens, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.200-207 (1890)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Prowse, Arthur B., Notes on the Neighbourhood of Taw Marsh, North Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.185-199 (1890)