Rook Tor 2 Cairn Circle
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6127 6148
OS Source: Turner
HER: MDV49463
Megalithic Portal: 3445
Alternate name: Rook Tor 2
Short Name: CC:Rook Tor 2
Turner: G21
Exist: Maybe
Record: Duplicate
Record Source: Turner
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Maybe
Dimensions (m): 7.5
Lidar: SX 6127 6148
Guide Map: 55
Nearest Bus Stop: Cornwood Crossways (2.7 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 6127 6148
Notes
Turner G21: 10 stones standing, one a boulder (Turner). The closest possible NMR entry that could fit refers to natural boulders. Butler refers to a possible cairn at SX60236153 a semi-circle of slabs amongst the rocks of Rook Tor are obviously artificially set - remains suggest the site of a cairn, entirely demolished but for the retaining circle. (Butler Vol. 3. p.182).Are there two features separated by 1 km or is there an error in one of these grid references? See also: Rook Tor
A desktop review of this record on 04/10/2026 and Turner G21 refers to a "Platform S hillspur" with diameter 7.5m and "10 stones". That description fits perfectly the SiteID=271 record. Turner's grid reference on this record is surely wrong and he is describing SiteID=271. For that reason this record has now been marked as a duplicate.
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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)