Watern Tor Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6291 8682
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX62878688
HER: MDV4390
Alternate name: Watern Tor
Short Name: CN:WaternTor 2
Butler map: 41.4
Grinsell: LYDFORD 7
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 4.5 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 6291 8682
Guide Map: 11
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Wonson Telephone Box (6.8 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (6.7 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 6291 8682
Notes
"Cairn on watern tor (diam 5.5m, height 500mm) granite slab (length 1.5m, width 1.0m, thick 250mm)". "1976 (grinsell) shown on os as cairn, but seems to be a natural outcrop." Scheduled Monument 1017482: Round cairn on Watern Tor.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.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Okehampton Training Area, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2014)