Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn
SX60176730

Nearest town:

Plympton (12km SSW)

OS reference:

SX60176730

OS sheet:

202

Latitude:

50° 29' 17.42 N

Longitude:

3° 58' 17.04 W

Added to TMA by

GLADMAN

Images (5)

Images

Image of Plym Steps Round Cairn by GLADMAN

The curve of the settlement wall leads the eye to the cairn... one assumes the cairn was here first?

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps Round Cairn by GLADMAN

Looking across the interior of the cairn to the settlement at SX60236733. Lower Hartor Tor rises above.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps Round Cairn by GLADMAN

The disturbed interior...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps Round Cairn by GLADMAN

Approx west along the River Plym

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Image of Plym Steps Round Cairn by GLADMAN

Pastscape (Ref 441603) reckons this fine cairn is approx. 10m in diameter, 1.5m high.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Mar 31, 2016

Sites within 20km of Plym Steps Round Cairn

Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 0.07km ENE

10
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 0.49km WSW

3

1
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 0.66km ENE

2

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 0.73km ESE

35

1
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 0.96km W

7

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 0.99km WSW

116

8

1
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 1.33km NNW

15

3
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 1.36km ESE

14

1
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 1.55km ENE

2

1

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 1.64km W

9

2
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.68km WSW

8

1
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 1.87km SSW

7

1
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.17km WNW

2

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 2.35km NW

10

1
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 2.4km WSW

2
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 2.4km NW

9

2
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 2.42km W

3

2
Outcombe

Cist • 2.43km W

1

1
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 2.45km SW

1

1
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.47km WNW

69

1

7

1
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 2.53km WNW

1
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.53km WSW

3
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 2.61km WSW

12

1
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 2.71km W

52

3

11

3
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.71km SW

3
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 2.87km WSW

6
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 2.87km SW

2
Down Tor South

Cist • 2.88km WNW

2

1
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 2.88km WNW

3
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 3.14km N

1

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 3.27km NNE

4

1
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 3.29km SW

5

1
Spanish Lake

Cist • 3.34km SSW

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.45km SSW

1

1
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.45km ENE

12

2
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 3.53km S

3
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 3.7km WSW

3
Trowlesworthy

3.73km SW
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.73km SW

2
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 3.73km NE

5

2
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.86km E

4

1
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 3.99km WSW

3

1
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 4.01km SW

1

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 4.07km W

2

2
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.08km WSW

57

1

8

1
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 4.09km ESE

5

2
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.1km WSW

52

7

3
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 4.11km SSW
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 4.11km SW

24

2

2
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.12km SE

3

1
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.17km ESE

1
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.24km SW

20

3

1
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.25km SW

17

3

1
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 4.26km WSW

6
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 4.3km WNW

17
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 4.33km SSW

7
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.4km ESE

15

6

1
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 4.4km E

3

1
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 4.4km S

2
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 4.42km E

4

1
Leather Tor South

Cist • 4.44km W

2
Ter Hill

Cist • 4.61km NE

2

1
Dendles Waste

Cist • 4.78km SE

1

1
Penn Beacon South

4.8km S

3
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.82km ESE

3
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 4.92km NNE

10

1
Ringmoor Down Reave

4.99km WSW

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.04km NW

45

1

3
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 5.13km NNE

24
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 5.13km WNW

1

1
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.16km WNW

17
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 5.2km SE

1

1
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 5.24km W

1

1
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.27km SSW

1

2
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 5.28km WNW

8

1
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 5.3km SW

1

1
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.37km NW

8
Royal Hill

5.39km N
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 5.45km E

9

3
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 5.5km WNW

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.52km WNW

16

2
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 5.54km WNW

10

5
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 5.56km SE

1

1
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 5.62km NNE

3

1
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.64km SE

6

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 5.65km NNE

1
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.68km ESE

4

2

1
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 5.69km E

10
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 5.75km ESE

4

2
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 5.75km ESE

5
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.84km ESE

40

1

6

2
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 5.86km N

4

1

3
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.87km SW

3

1
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 5.97km NE

1
Saddlesborough

5.98km SW
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.98km SW

9

1
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 6.01km WSW

11

1
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 6.02km E

11

1

2
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.15km SW

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.15km SW

19

3
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 6.17km ESE

5

2

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.17km W

4

1
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.19km E

1

1
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 6.22km SW

5

2
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 6.23km SE

3

2

1
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 6.27km ENE

2

1
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.31km WSW

2
Ingra Tor

Cist • 6.4km WNW

1

1
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 6.41km NNE

2
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.49km WNW

1

1
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.52km E

2

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 6.58km N

5

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 6.68km E

9

1

1
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 6.68km E

6

1
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.81km SW

11

1
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.97km NNE

26

4

1
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 7.01km ENE

11

1

3
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 7.01km ESE

10
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.02km WSW

4

4
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.04km SE

8

2
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 7.15km N

8
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 7.21km NE

12

2
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 7.3km ESE

5

1
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 7.36km SW

9
Holne Moor

Cist • 7.45km ENE

1

2
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 7.73km ENE

1

1
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.74km E

9

1
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.76km E

1
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 7.79km E

2
Piles Hill stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.84km ESE

3

1
Burford Down cairn and cist

Cairn(s) • 7.99km SE

8

1
Burford Down

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.01km SE

18

5
Yellowmeade

Cist • 8.07km NW

2

1
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.17km E
Piles Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.18km ESE

8

2
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 8.2km E

8

1

1
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.23km ENE

2
Harford Moor

Cist • 8.3km ESE

15

2
Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.4km ESE

12

2
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 8.46km WNW

1

1
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.53km NNE

4

2
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 8.59km E

13

1

1
Corringdon Ball Stone Row

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 8.7km ESE

15

1
Aller Brook

Cist • 8.73km ENE

1

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 8.76km WNW

39

3
Glasscombe Corner

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.78km ESE

11

2
Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.81km ESE

1
Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 8.83km ESE

3

2
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 8.85km WNW

105

19

1
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 8.93km ESE

14

1
Butterdon stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.02km ESE

16

1

3
Vixen Tor

Cist • 9.18km WNW

14

4

1
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 9.2km ESE

3

1
Butter Brook Ford

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.21km SE

5

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.23km WNW

8

1

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 9.25km NNW

1

1

1

1
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 9.26km E

2

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 9.33km NNE

9

1
Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.36km ESE

6

2
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.44km NE

6
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

Round Cairn • 9.6km ESE

3

1
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 9.6km NE

1
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 9.61km SW

13

1
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.61km NNE

7

4
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 9.64km SE

2

1
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.67km E

5

1
Wistman’s Wood

9.84km N

2

2
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 9.93km WNW

1

2
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 9.96km NNE

8

1
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.04km NW

8
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 10.08km ESE

4

2
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 10.1km WSW

8

2
Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.1km ESE

21

2
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.13km NE

9

1
Addicombe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.15km SE
Bellever

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

26

7

1
Aish Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.24km ESE

2

2
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.29km NE

20

1

1
Littaford Tor

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

1
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb

Chambered Tomb • 10.54km ESE

8

2
Stennen Hill

Cist • 10.75km N

9

1
Cuckoo Ball

Chambered Tomb • 10.82km ESE

13

2
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.87km NE

33

1
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.89km WNW

1

1
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.93km NNE

3

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 10.95km N

3
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 11.02km NE

5
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 11.04km WSW
Western Beacon

Cairn(s) • 11.05km SE

19

5
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.13km N

8

1

1
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.19km NE

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.21km NNE

43

2
Crow Tor

Cist • 11.3km N

2

1
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 11.33km WNW

2

1
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 11.57km N

16

1
Cantrell Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.59km SE

3

2
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 11.59km NNE

4

1

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 11.62km NW

1
Brent Hill

Hillfort • 11.63km E

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 11.66km NW

3
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 11.67km NW

4

1
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 11.77km NW

18

1

4
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 11.89km NNW

1
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 12.05km NNE

1

1

2
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.3km NNW

13

2
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 12.44km ENE

19

5

1
Chittaford Down

Cist • 12.56km N

9

2
White Tor East

Cist • 12.58km NW

6

1
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.59km NW

10

1
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 12.66km N

8

2
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.76km NW

17
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.9km NE

3

1
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.94km NNE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 12.94km NNE

16

2
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 13.45km NNE

23

8

2
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 13.59km N

2

1
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 14.21km NE

1

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 14.4km NNE

2
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 14.65km NNE

1

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 15.32km ENE

11
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.39km NNW

12

4
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.49km NE

1
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.51km NNE

2
Blackslade Down

Cist • 15.52km NE

7

1
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.64km N

3
Water Hill

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

1
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 15.74km N

14

1

1

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.03km NE

9
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 16.14km NNE

19

2
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 16.22km N

63

4

11

3
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.23km NE

7
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 16.28km ENE

1

1
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.39km NNE

33

3
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 16.52km NE

7

2

2
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.58km NNE

13

1
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.6km ENE

22

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 16.61km NE

6
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.68km NNE

17

1

2

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.77km NNE

3
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

16.81km NE

49

8

1
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 17.03km NNE

2
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 17.12km ENE

3
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 17.15km NE

10

1
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 17.2km ENE

8
Fernworthy Round House

17.3km NNE

19

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 17.37km NNE

6
East Lowton settlement

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

17

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.59km NNE

14

1
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 17.6km NNE

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.61km NNE

7

2
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 17.62km NNE

54

6

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 17.64km NNE

5

2
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.69km NE

8

1
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.78km NNE

1

1
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.8km NNE

15

1

3

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.95km NNE

12

2
Hound Tor

Cist • 17.99km NE

24

2
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 18.13km NNE

12
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 18.19km NNE

12

1
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 18.22km N

1

6

1
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 18.26km NE

1

1
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.3km NNE

3
Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s) • 18.44km WNW

2
Doe Tor

Cist • 18.44km NW

5

1
Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.53km WNW

22

7
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 19.15km NE

11

5
Blackdown Rings

Hillfort • 19.16km ESE

1

1
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 19.38km NNE

62

1

7

1
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.54km NE

15

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 19.57km NNE

2

1
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 19.79km NW

10

1

1