White Tor Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 25-07-2026
Database entries
OS Map: SX 54597 78701
OS Source: Garmin
Butler OS: SX54597869
HER: MDV4164
Megalithic Portal: 35804
Alternate name: White Tor E.1
Short Name: RC White E1
Butler map: 31.22.1
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 24
Turner: A26
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 7.8 x 0.2
Lidar: SX 54597 78701
Guide Map: 24
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (4.5 km) [Route: 98,171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 54597 78701
Notes
See also duplicate 439800. Turner A26. Butler White Tor E.1. "Round cairn 340 metres east of White Tor summit. This monument includes a round cairn situated on a gentle south-east facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. The cairn mound measures 6m in diameter and stands up to 0.4m high. A hollow in the centre of the mound measuring 3m in diameter and 0.3m deep is the result of a partial excavation carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899. This work recovered a perforated stone. A kerb of small stones defines the outer edge of the mound."Newman Cairn 9
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, Sixth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.31 pp.146-155 (1899)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs, English Heritage (2003)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area (2018), Southwest Landscape Investigations (2018)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)