<< Our Photo Pages >> Vixen Tor - Cist in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Vixen Tor Alternative Name: Vixen Tor 1; Grinsell Whitchurch 2; Dixon 41; Butler (V3 44.10.1)Country: England County: Devon Type: Cist
Map Ref: SX5424074392
Latitude: 50.551069N Longitude: 4.058846W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Note: There is no public access to Vixen Tor, see the comments below for further details.
Update December 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Vixen Tor Cist. The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument NO. 440423, as MDV3596 (Cairn and cist 150m north of Vixen Tor) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List ID 1021118 (Cairn and cist 150m north of Vixen Tor).
Note: Landowner wins right to bar ramblers from Dartmoor's tallest Tor
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