Great Links Tor Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 54922 86496
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX54908650
HER: MDV4653
Megalithic Portal: 10043
Alternate name: Great Links Tor
Short Name: CN:GreatLinks
Butler map: 43.13
Grinsell: BRIDESTOWE and SOURTON COMMON 8
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 16.0 x 1.4
Lidar: SX 54922 86496
Guide Map: 9
Nearest Bus Stop: Fox and Hounds Hotel (3.1 km) [Route: 118]
Nearby sites: SX 54922 86496
Notes
"cairn with hollow in centre. Diam 17.5m, height 1.6m. ... (grinsell) 18.0m diameter, 1.4m high. Siting - hillspur. ... (gerrard) cairn mound measures 19m in diameter and stands up to 1.5m high. An irregular shaped hollow in the centre of the mound, measuring 4m long, 3m wide and up to 1.3m deep, suggests partial early excavation or robbing (mpp)."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)