<< Our Photo Pages >> White Tor (Peter Tavy) - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: White Tor (Peter Tavy) Alternative Name: Whittor; White Tor CampCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tavistock Nearest Village: Peter Tavy
Map Ref: SX5424078673
Latitude: 50.589542N Longitude: 4.060524W
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 |
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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 |
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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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graemefield visited on 4th Jan 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
IanP24 TheCaptain have visited here
It was once thought to be an iron age hillfort, but study of the structures has shown it to be a Neolithic tor enclosure, adapted over the millennia. This can be seen by the construction of some of the bronze age structures on top of the encircling walls and ditches. Many of the internal cairns and structures are associated with natural rock outcrops on the hilltop, and several of the structures have internal features.
This stone enclosure reminds me of the similar construction on Stowes Pound, at the Cheesewring on nearby Bodmin Moor.
A couple of ancient reaves align themselves to this hilltop site, and there are several ancient settlements and hut circles to be seen on the slopes of the hill.
The views from up here are absolutely superb, with a full 360 degree panorama, spoiled only slightly by the military firing range flagpoles, notice boards and warning posts.
This lovely hill is fairly easy to reach, walking east along the Lich Way from parking at Godsworthy, past Stephen's Grave and you are here.
The site was excavated in 1899 but the finds have since been lost (Silvester 1979, 188). At least eight hut circles and tor-cairns have been identified within the enclosure and both Neolithic and Medieval ceramics have been found (Devon sites & Monuments Record).
Update December 2019: This site is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entries for the White Tor Fort, the White Tor (Whittor) Neolithic Enclosure, and the White Tor Fort. Cox Tor North-east and Roos Tor North-west settlements.
The fort is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 439744, as MDV4101 (White Tor Camp, Peter Tavy) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1004584 (White Tor camp, Cudlipptown Down).
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