South Teignhead / White Ridge Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 16-05-2025
Door to white ridge pound. Photo taken on 25-07-2015
Database entries
OS Map: SX 64168 82656
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV6771
Megalithic Portal: 35830
PMD: Teignhead Henge
Alternate name: South Teignhead Pound
Short Name: RC White Ridge
Butler map: 35.18
Turner: A5
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 21
Lidar: SX 64168 82656
Guide Map: 18
Nearest Bus Stop: Warren House Inn (4.8 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 64168 82656
Notes
A small circular 'pound' about 0.5km SE of Grey Wethers. It measures 75ft (N-S) by 66ft; the bank composed of small stone and earth is 6-8ft wide and 3ft high. An entrance on the W has one door jamb standing. Turner listed this as a ring cairn A5 but also suggested it as a possible henge monument.The author revisited this site with Steve Szypko on 16/05/25. It is hard to find so the photo has been annotated with a red highlight to bring out the feature, Steve stands to the side giving scale.
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, Eight Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.160-167 (1902)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)