Cator Pound
Photo taken on 18-04-2010
Drove road to Cator Pound (21/09/2024)
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Cator Pound
OS Map: SX 6730 7765
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV6009
Megalithic Portal: 34961
Alternate name: Cator
Short Name: PD Cator Pound
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Hut Class: No
Lidar: SX 6730 7765
Guide Map: 28
Nearest Bus Stop: Postbridge Bellever (2.3 km) [Route: 98]
Nearby sites: SX 6730 7765
Notes
HER: Cator pound, widecombe. In his survey of widecombe made about 1750, dean milles describes 'a very considerable circle of stones on the n part of the western down on a farm called cator and on an eminence called whitehill'; he gives the diameter as 58 paces and says it consisted 'chiefly of large stones mowst of which rise about 4 feet above ye ground. This circle consists now of about 30 stones but there are spaces where several more stood, half the number are fallen; the rest are either erect or on their sides'. The photo below is of the drove road to Cator Pound 18/04/2010.