Pupers Rock Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 13-07-2024
Database entries
OS Map: SX 67281 67376
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5219
Megalithic Portal: 45845
Alternate name: Puper's Hill Summit
Short Name: RC:Pupers Rock
Butler map: 58.9
Grinsell: DEAN PRIOR 1
Turner: A58
DPD page: 89
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 27.0 x 1.0
Lidar: SX 67281 67376
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (7.4 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 67281 67376
Notes
"Ring cairn incorporating a large flat-topped granite outcrop. The stone ring measures 17 meters in diameter internally with 2.5 meter wide bank 0.6 meters high. There are the remains of a stone circle, around 1.0 meter high within the outcrop."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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)