<< Our Photo Pages >> Hookney Tor Cairn - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hookney Tor Cairn Alternative Name: Grinsell North Bovey 2Country: England
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County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Mortonhampstead Nearest Village: Lettaford / North Bovey
Map Ref: SX6990281310
Latitude: 50.616948N Longitude: 3.840319W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The ring bank survives as a 2 metre wide curving earthwork enclosing a D-shaped area. The tor itself is 6 metres wide and up to 0.9 metres high, Scheduled.
Update November 2019: This cairn is feature on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Hookey Tor Cairn, which tells us: "(this cairn) resemble(es) a barrow in shape. Enough of the topsoil has been removed to show that the mound is a natural outcrop feature covered with turf and heather, enclosed on three sides by a broken turf and stone bank. A footpath approaching the west side has probably effaced the remainder of the circuit".
The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 621684, as MDV6611(Tor cairn 50 metres north-east of Hookney Tor), which says: "(this) cairn (is) built around a natural outcrop and subsequently pillaged. Diameter 20m, height 2.4m".
The cairn is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1019996 (Tor cairn 50m north east of Hookney Tor), which includes a description of the cairn, adding the site has extensive views in all directions.
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