Little Hound Tor (or White Moor) Stone Circle
Photo taken on 13-06-2010
Plan from Fourth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.29 (1897)
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Little Hound Tor Stone Circle
OS Map: SX 63285 89611
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV4374
Megalithic Portal: 528
PMD: White Moor Stone Circle
Alternate name: Little Hound Tor (or White Moor)
Short Name: SC White Moor
Turner: G11
DPD page: 154
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 20.2
Lidar: SX 63285 89611
Guide Map: 7
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Throwleigh Cross (4.8 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (3.9 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 63285 89611
Notes
The circle is in good condition today but only 13 stones remained standing when the Dartmoor Exploration Committee re-erected 5 of the stones in 1896. The site is a fairly accurate circle of circumference 20.2m. A cairn lies close to the circle, a heather covered mound about 8.5m across. The White Moor stone lies 160m to the SE of the circle and it is thought to be contemporary with the circle but probably out of position having been re-erected at some point. It is now a boundary marker. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's Bronze Age Landscape of Whitmoor.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.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Third Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.28 pp.174-199 (1896)
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Fourth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.29 pp.145-65 (1897)
- Prowse, Arthur B., Notes on the Neighbourhood of Taw Marsh, North Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.185-199 (1890)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)