Higher White Tor (site of) Reported Cist
Database entries
OS Map: SX 622 786
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV5969
PMD: Whiten Tor - Stennen Hill
Alternate name: Higher White Tor (site of)
Short Name: CT?H White Tor
Grinsell: LYDFORD 50c
Exist: Maybe
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 622 786
Guide Map: 28
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Powder Mills (2.7 km) [Route: 171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Postbridge Post Office (2.6 km) [Route: 98,171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 622 786
Notes
"This site was apparently excavated in 1827, when human hair was found (Grinsell cites Bray), but this site has not been located since this time - site / location not confirmed.""The cist on east side of Great Whiten Tor, Postbridge" (Higher White Tor at SX 619785) was examined and revealed faint indications of bone ash contained in a pit 1foot 10inches diameter and 1foot 4inches deep. The pit was covered by a flat stone nearly 2 feet square. The coverstone of the cist had been removed to one side. Cannot be located today."
NB Grinsell suggests SX624780 as the grid reference
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, Seventh Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.33 pp.130-138 (1901)
- Burnard, Robert, Notes on Dartmoor Kistvaens, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.200-207 (1890)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)