Higher Tor

Round Cairn
SX6110091351

Also known as:

Winter Tor

Nearest town:

Okehampton (4km NW)

OS reference:

SX6110091351

OS sheet:

191

Latitude:

50° 42' 16.54 N

Longitude:

3° 58' 2.25 W

Added to TMA by

Images (7)

Images

Image of Higher Tor (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking south along the ridge towards Steeperton Tor. The small bump of an outcrop to the right is Oke Tor, with the higher Hangingstone Hill, almost 2000ft and crowned with cairns, directly behind.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.12.2018)

thesweetcheat Jan 19, 2019

Image of Higher Tor (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Granite slabs of the broken cist.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.12.2018)

thesweetcheat Jan 19, 2019

Image of Higher Tor (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Remains of the central cist.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.12.2018)

thesweetcheat Jan 19, 2019

Image of Higher Tor (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking west. I think the high hill capped with cloud is Yes Tor, the second highest top on Dartmoor.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.12.2018)

thesweetcheat Jan 19, 2019

Image of Higher Tor (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking north. The outcrop far left of shot is Winter Tor, with Higher Tor on the right.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.12.2018)

thesweetcheat Jan 19, 2019

Image of Higher Tor (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Looking east across the cairn. The big whalebacked hill on the left is Cosdon Beacon, topped with a large cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.12.2018)

thesweetcheat Jan 19, 2019

Image of Higher Tor (Round Cairn) by thesweetcheat

Higher Tor cairn, with Higher Tor rising behind.

Image credit: A. Brookes (22.12.2018)

thesweetcheat Jan 19, 2019

Sites within 20km of Higher Tor

Cullever Steps

Cairn circle • 0.69km NW

6
Nine Stones

Cairn(s) • 1.45km N

27

1

5

1
Watchet Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 1.79km N

6
White Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.85km E

20

1
Cosdon Beacon

Cairn(s) • 2.5km ENE

4
East Hill

Hillfort • 2.83km NW

11

1
White Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 2.88km ESE

35

1

11
Cosdon Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.21km ENE

32

5

1
Yes Tor

Cairn(s) • 3.3km WSW

23

2

1
High Willhays

Cairn(s) • 3.62km SW

11

3
Bude Farm Sticklepath

Standing Stone / Menhir • 3.89km NNE

1
Fordsland Ledge

Cairn(s) • 4.04km SW

18

4
Longstone Hill

Cairn(s) • 4.27km WSW

5

1
Oxenham Arms

Standing Stone / Menhir • 4.53km ENE

4

1

2

1
Throwleigh (b) circle

Stone Circle • 4.58km ESE

1
Buttern Hill Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.74km ESE

28

4
Buttern Hill

5.04km ESE

1

1
Buttern Hill Chambered Cairn.

Chambered Cairn • 5.31km E

8

2
Scorhill

Stone Circle • 5.88km ESE

69

3

12
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 5.91km SSE

1

6

1
Tolmen Stone

Holed Stone • 6.11km ESE

4
Corn Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 6.29km WSW

19

1

1

1
Sourton Tors Circle

Stone Circle • 6.61km WSW

3

1
Kes Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.05km ESE

6

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 7.2km ESE

2

1
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 7.41km ESE

62

1

7

1
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 7.91km SW

10

1

1
Puggie Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 8.23km E

1
Great Nodden

Cairn(s) • 8.24km WSW

4
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.3km ESE

15

1

3

1
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 8.44km ESE

54

6

2
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.47km ESE

7

2
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 8.48km ESE

2

1

1
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 8.52km ESE

5

2
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 8.7km SE

63

4

11

3
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.73km S

12

4
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 8.75km SSE

14

1

1

1
The Spinsters’ Rock

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 8.98km E

40

10

1
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 8.99km ESE

12

1
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.27km SE

3
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.28km ESE

12

2
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.4km ESE

17

1
Fernworthy Round House

9.4km ESE

19

1
Doe Tor

Cist • 9.42km SW

5

1
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.71km ESE

1

1
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.86km ESE

3
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.06km SE

33

3
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.57km SSE

2

1
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 10.74km ESE

2
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.79km ESE

3
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.87km ESE

17

1

2

1
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 11.2km SE

1

1
Gallows Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 11.61km SW

1

1
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.74km ESE

1
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 11.77km SE

2
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.84km S

13

2
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.97km SE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 11.97km SE

16

2
Burley Camp

Hillfort • 11.99km WSW

1

1
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 12.13km ESE

12
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 12.14km SSE

8

2
Chittaford Down

Cist • 12.2km SSE

9

2
Meacombe Burial Chamber

Burial Chamber • 12.2km E

10

4
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.26km ESE

14

1
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 12.28km ESE

13

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 12.49km S

1
Crow Tor

Cist • 12.76km S

2

1
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 12.83km SSE

1

1

2
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.84km SSE

16

1
Cranbrook Castle

Hillfort • 12.87km E

11

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 12.95km ESE

6
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 13.02km ESE

19

2
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.07km SSE

8

1

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 13.46km SE

2
Prestonbury Castle

Hillfort • 13.51km E

16

1
Stennen Hill

Cist • 13.61km SSE

9

1
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.64km SSE

1
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 13.64km SE

4

1

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 13.65km SSE

3
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

13.76km ESE

49

8

1
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 13.81km ESE

10

1
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13.94km ESE

8

1
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.94km SSW

10

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.03km SE

43

2
Bow Henge

Henge • 14.05km NE

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 14.2km ESE

6
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 14.2km SSW

18

1

4
Wistman’s Wood

14.24km SSE

2

2
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 14.25km SE

23

8

2
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 14.26km SSW

4

1
White Tor East

Cist • 14.29km SSW

6

1
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.41km SSW

17
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 14.46km SSW

3
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 14.75km SE

3

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 14.97km S

1

1

1

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 15.04km SSW

1
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 15.16km SSE

8

1
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.22km SSE

26

7

1
Wooston Castle

Hillfort • 15.47km E

13

1

1
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.65km SE

3

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 15.72km SSE

9

1
Giant’s Grave (Dartmoor)

Long Barrow • 15.82km E

13

1

2
Mardon Down Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 15.97km E

25

3
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.97km SSW

8
Mardon Down Cairns

Cairn(s) • 16.04km E

10

2
Mardon Down Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 16.09km E

25

4
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 16.13km SE

5
Mardon Down

16.24km E

1
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.31km SSW

1

1
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.36km SE

7

4
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 16.94km SSE

8
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 17.03km ESE

11

5
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.1km SSE

4

2
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 17.24km SSW

2

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.27km SSW

8

1

1
Hunter’s Tor

Hillfort • 17.46km E

10

1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 17.48km SSW

105

19

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 17.54km SSE

5

1
Yellowmeade

Cist • 17.6km S

2

1
Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.67km SW

22

7
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 17.71km SSW

39

3
Hound Tor

Cist • 18.05km ESE

24

2
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.24km SE

1
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 18.28km SSE

4

1

3
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 18.35km SSE

26

4

1
Vixen Tor

Cist • 18.37km SSW

14

4

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 18.55km SSW

1

2
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 18.57km SSE

2
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 18.62km SSW

1

1
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 18.67km SE

9

1
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.67km SE

33

1
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 18.73km ESE

1

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.78km SE

20

1

1
Sharpitor Nutcrackers

Rocking Stone • 18.84km E

1
Royal Hill

18.84km SSE
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19km SE

6
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.05km S

1

1
Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s) • 19.06km SW

2
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.06km S

8
Higher Bury Camp

Hillfort • 19.12km ENE

1
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 19.2km SE

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 19.25km SSE

1
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 19.26km SSE

24
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 19.34km SSE

3

1
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.37km ESE

7
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 19.41km SSE

10

1
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.57km ESE

15

1
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 19.64km SSE

12

2
Black Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.65km ESE

9

2
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.66km ESE

1
Thorn Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 19.7km W

1
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 19.88km S

8

1
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 19.91km ESE

7

2

2
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.93km S

45

1

3
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.93km ESE

9