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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ger Tor Alternative Name: Turner E24Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Okehampton / Princetown Nearest Village: Lane End / Lydford
Map Ref: SX54658338
Latitude: 50.631947N Longitude: 4.05658W
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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Cairn in Devon
Featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website the Ger Tor Platform Cairn Circle is described as being "on Ger Tor, north side. Platform circle with ring of kerb stones 4.6m internal diam, enclosing flat-topped cairn 0.2m high. Much disturbed."
Information can also be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 440764, which adds that this is "a heather covered cairn which measures 6.6m by 7.1m in diameter and 0.6m in height, with part of a kerb visible on the southern side. Stones from a small excavation in the top have been thrown to the west side of the cairn."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER, HER number MDV48908, dates the site from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age (4000 BC to 701 BC). In 1975 9 stones were still visible.
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