Calveslake Tor (Cairn(s)) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Calveslake Tor (Cairn(s)) by Lubin

The kist on Calveslake Tor

Image credit: Peter Castle ©

Lubin Mar 20, 2005

Image of Calveslake Tor (Cairn(s)) by Lubin

The cairn on Calveslake Tor atr SX608675.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©

Lubin Mar 20, 2005

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Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s)

Lubin Apr 27, 2005

This is a prominent cairn that has been dug into to reveal the kist which is still intact and has had the capstone levered to one side.It stands around 100 metres to the south east of the Tor so is easy to find as you walk up the Plym.

Sites within 20km of Calveslake Tor

Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 0.59km WSW

10
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 0.66km WSW

5
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 0.71km S

35

1
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 0.89km ENE

2

1

1
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 1.13km WSW

3

1
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 1.17km SE

14

1
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 1.42km WNW

15

3
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 1.57km WSW

7

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 1.64km WSW

116

8

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 2.21km W

9

2
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.33km WSW

8

1
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 2.4km SW

7

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 2.52km WNW

10

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 2.58km WNW

9

2
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.59km W

2

1
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.75km WNW

69

1

7

1
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.81km ENE

12

2
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 2.82km WNW

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 2.84km NNE

4

1
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 2.9km NNW

1

1
Outcombe

Cist • 2.97km W

1

1
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 3.02km W

3

2
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 3.05km WSW

2
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 3.07km SW

1

1
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.19km WSW

3
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 3.19km WNW

3
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 3.22km NNE

5

2
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 3.26km WSW

12

1
Down Tor South

Cist • 3.27km W

2

1
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 3.3km W

52

3

11

3
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.35km WSW

3
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.4km E

4

1
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 3.46km SW

2
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 3.51km WSW

6
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 3.74km ESE

5

2
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.81km ESE

1
Spanish Lake

Cist • 3.85km SW

1
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 3.86km SSW

3
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 3.93km WSW

5

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.98km SW

1

1
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.99km ESE

3

1
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 3.99km ESE

4

1
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.08km SE

3

1
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.1km ESE

15

6

1
Ter Hill

Cist • 4.11km NNE

2

1
Trowlesworthy

4.3km SW
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.3km SW

2
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 4.35km WSW

3
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 4.52km WNW

17
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.53km ESE

3
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 4.55km N

10

1
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 4.56km SSW
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 4.63km SW

1

1
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 4.65km WSW

3

1
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 4.67km SW

24

2

2
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 4.68km S

2
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 4.68km WSW

2

2
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.73km WSW

57

1

8

1
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 4.75km N

24
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.76km WSW

52

7

3
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 4.78km SSW

7
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.8km SW

20

3

1
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.81km SW

17

3

1
Dendles Waste

Cist • 4.85km SSE

1

1
Leather Tor South

Cist • 4.91km W

2
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 4.92km WSW

6
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 4.95km E

9

3
Royal Hill

5.06km N
Penn Beacon South

5.08km S

3
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 5.13km E

10
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 5.14km NNE

3

1
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 5.15km SE

1

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 5.18km NNE

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.21km WNW

45

1

3
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 5.35km NE

1
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.41km NW

8
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 5.41km E

11

1

2
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.42km WNW

17
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 5.47km WNW

8

1
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 5.49km WNW

1

1
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 5.53km SE

1

1
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.55km SE

4

2

1
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.56km SE

6

1
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 5.58km N

4

1

3
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.61km E

1

1
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 5.61km SE

4

2
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 5.62km ENE

2

1
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 5.63km SE

5
Ringmoor Down Reave

5.65km WSW

1
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.68km SSW

1

2
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 5.71km W

1

1
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.72km SE

40

1

6

2
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 5.86km SW

1

1
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 5.89km W

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.92km W

16

2
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 5.94km NNE

2
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.95km E

2

1
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 5.95km W

10

5
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 5.99km SE

5

2

1
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 6.1km E

6

1
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 6.13km SE

3

2

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 6.16km E

9

1

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 6.31km N

5

1
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 6.38km E

11

1

3
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 6.47km SW

3

1
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.48km NNE

26

4

1
Saddlesborough

6.58km SW
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.59km SW

9

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.6km W

4

1
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 6.62km NE

12

2
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 6.66km WSW

11

1
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.69km WNW

1

1
Ingra Tor

Cist • 6.71km WNW

1

1
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 6.71km ESE

10
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.76km SW

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.76km SW

19

3
Holne Moor

Cist • 6.81km NE

1

2
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 6.84km SW

5

2
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 6.9km N

8
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.93km SE

8

2
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.97km WSW

2
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 7.07km ESE

5

1
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 7.08km ENE

1

1
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.19km E

9

1
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.2km E

1
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 7.23km E

2
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.37km SW

11

1
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.58km ENE

2
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 7.62km E

8

1

1
Piles Hill stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.64km ESE

3

1
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.67km WSW

4

4
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.67km E
Burford Down cairn and cist

Cairn(s) • 7.92km SE

8

1
Burford Down

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.94km SE

18

5
Piles Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 7.97km ESE

8

2
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 8km WSW

9
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 8.03km E

13

1

1
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.04km NNE

4

2
Aller Brook

Cist • 8.09km ENE

1

1
Harford Moor

Cist • 8.17km SE

15

2
Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.19km ESE

12

2
Yellowmeade

Cist • 8.22km WNW

2

1
Corringdon Ball Stone Row

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 8.4km ESE

15

1
Glasscombe Corner

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.53km ESE

11

2
Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.58km ESE

1
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 8.61km ESE

14

1
Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 8.61km ESE

3

2
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.71km E

2

1
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 8.72km WNW

1

1
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.83km NE

6
Butterdon stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.84km ESE

16

1

3
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 8.91km NNE

9

1
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 8.95km ESE

3

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 8.96km WNW

39

3
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 8.99km NE

1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 9.04km WNW

105

19

1
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.12km NNE

7

4
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.12km E

5

1
Butter Brook Ford

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.13km SE

5

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 9.15km NNW

1

1

1

1
Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.17km ESE

6

2
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.42km WNW

8

1

1
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

Round Cairn • 9.43km SE

3

1
Vixen Tor

Cist • 9.46km WNW

14

4

1
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 9.51km SE

2

1
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 9.53km NE

9

1
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 9.55km NNE

8

1
Wistman’s Wood

9.6km N

2

2
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.69km NE

20

1

1
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.72km NNE

26

7

1
Aish Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.89km ESE

2

2
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 9.93km SE

4

2
Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 9.96km SE

21

2
Addicombe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.06km SE
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 10.15km SW

13

1
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.16km NW

8
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.2km N

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 10.23km WNW

1

2
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.26km NE

33

1
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb

Chambered Tomb • 10.38km SE

8

2
Stennen Hill

Cist • 10.43km N

9

1
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.43km NNE

3

1
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 10.5km NE

5
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.59km NE

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 10.6km N

3
Cuckoo Ball

Chambered Tomb • 10.68km SE

13

2
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 10.75km WSW

8

2
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.8km NNE

43

2
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.85km N

8

1

1
Western Beacon

Cairn(s) • 10.94km SE

19

5
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.08km WNW

1

1
Crow Tor

Cist • 11.09km NNW

2

1
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 11.18km NNE

4

1

1
Brent Hill

Hillfort • 11.18km E

1
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 11.25km N

16

1
Cantrell Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.48km SE

3

2
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 11.59km WNW

2

1
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 11.68km N

1

1

2
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 11.7km WSW
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 11.74km NW

4

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 11.74km NW

3
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 11.75km NW

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 11.8km NNW

1
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 11.8km ENE

19

5

1
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 11.84km NW

18

1

4
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.15km NNW

13

2
Chittaford Down

Cist • 12.21km N

9

2
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 12.31km N

8

2
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.39km NNE

3

1
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.58km N

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 12.58km N

16

2
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.68km NW

10

1
White Tor East

Cist • 12.69km NW

6

1
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.89km NW

17
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 12.95km NNE

23

8

2
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 13.33km N

2

1
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 13.59km NE

1

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 13.91km NNE

2
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 14.25km NNE

1

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 14.68km NE

11
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.86km NE

1
Blackslade Down

Cist • 14.89km NE

7

1
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.06km NNE

2
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.19km NNE

1
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.21km NNW

12

4
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.3km N

3
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.39km NE

9
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 15.45km N

14

1

1

1
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 15.6km NE

7
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 15.63km NNE

19

2
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 15.64km ENE

1

1
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 15.88km NE

7

2

2
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 15.89km N

63

4

11

3
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 15.96km ENE

22

1
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.99km NNE

33

3
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 16.07km NE

6
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.09km NNE

13

1
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.24km NNE

17

1

2

1
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

16.29km NE

49

8

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.33km NNE

3
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 16.47km ENE

3
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 16.55km ENE

8
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 16.59km NNE

2
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 16.62km NE

10

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.86km NNE

6
Fernworthy Round House

16.9km NNE

19

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.09km NNE

14

1
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.14km NNE

17

1
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.15km NE

8

1
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 17.23km N

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.24km N

7

2
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 17.25km N

54

6

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 17.26km N

5

2
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.36km NNE

1

1
Hound Tor

Cist • 17.38km NE

24

2
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.43km N

15

1

3

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.54km NNE

12

2
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 17.62km NE

1

1
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 17.64km NNE

12
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 17.79km NNE

12

1
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.86km NNE

3
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 17.98km N

1

6

1
Doe Tor

Cist • 18.46km NW

5

1
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 18.56km NE

11

5
Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s) • 18.79km WNW

2
Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.84km WNW

22

7
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.91km NE

15

1
Blackdown Rings

Hillfort • 18.95km ESE

1

1
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 19.01km N

62

1

7

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 19.21km N

2

1
Black Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.61km NE

9

2
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 19.78km NW

10

1

1