Fox Tor Mire (Cist) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Fox Tor Mire (Cist) by Lubin

The cairn/kist at SX607704 on the side of Devonport Leat.

Image credit: Peter Castle ©

Lubin Mar 13, 2005

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Fox Tor Mire

Cist

Lubin Mar 13, 2005

The cairn and kist at this site is situated just to the east of Devonport Leat as it runs from Whiteworks to Nun’s Cross Farm,it is easy to find.

Sites within 20km of Fox Tor Mire

Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 1.02km E

4

1
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 1.7km E

5

2
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 1.78km SW

10

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 1.84km WSW

9

2
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 1.9km NE

10

1
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 1.97km SSW

15

3
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 2.14km NE

24
Ter Hill

Cist • 2.21km ENE

2

1
Royal Hill

2.28km NNE
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.3km WSW

69

1

7

1
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 2.32km WSW

1
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 2.56km WSW

3
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 2.65km SE

2

1

1
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 2.72km N

4

1

3
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.77km SW

2

1
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 2.9km SSE

2

1
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 2.93km W

17
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 2.93km NE

1
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 2.93km NE

3

1
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.94km WNW

8
Down Tor South

Cist • 2.95km WSW

2

1
Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.1km S

10
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 3.14km S

5
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 3.25km SSW

3

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.26km W

45

1

3
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 3.28km SSW

7

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 3.34km SW

9

2
Blakey Tor

Cist • 3.43km N

5

1
Outcombe

Cist • 3.55km SW

1

1
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 3.57km W

8

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 3.6km SSE

35

1
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 3.6km NE

2
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 3.62km SSW

116

8

1
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.82km W

17
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 3.88km ESE

12

2
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 3.93km SW

3

2
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.96km SSW

8

1
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 4.02km N

8
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 4.03km SSE

14

1
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.11km SW

52

3

11

3
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.24km NE

26

4

1
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 4.3km W

1

1
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 4.39km ENE

1
Leather Tor South

Cist • 4.48km WSW

2
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 4.54km SW

2
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.65km W

1

1
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 4.73km SW

6
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 4.74km SW

12

1
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.75km SW

3
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 4.85km W

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 4.89km W

16

2
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 4.93km SSW

7

1
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 4.99km W

10

5
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 5.1km ENE

12

2
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 5.11km WSW

1

1
Ingra Tor

Cist • 5.14km W

1

1
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 5.21km E

2

1
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 5.27km SSW

1

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 5.37km WSW

2

2
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.38km SSW

3
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.57km ESE

4

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.69km W

4

1
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.72km NE

4

2
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 5.76km SSW

2
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.79km SW

3
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 5.9km SSW

5

1
Holne Moor

Cist • 5.92km ENE

1

2
Yellowmeade

Cist • 5.93km WNW

2

1
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 6.16km SE

5

2
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.21km SE

1
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 6.21km ESE

4

1
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.23km ESE

3

1
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.28km SW

52

7

3
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 6.29km SW

3

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 6.3km NW

1

1

1

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 6.33km NNE

9

1
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 6.35km SW

6
Spanish Lake

Cist • 6.38km SSW

1
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.44km SW

57

1

8

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.45km SSW

1

1
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 6.5km E

11

1

2
Trowlesworthy

6.61km SSW
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.61km SSW

2
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.61km SE

15

6

1
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 6.65km ESE

10
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 6.67km S

3
Wistman’s Wood

6.71km N

2

2
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 6.73km SSW

1

1
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 6.78km ESE

9

3
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 6.79km NE

7

4
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.81km ENE

2
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.82km WNW

39

3
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 6.83km W

1

1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 6.84km WNW

105

19

1
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.92km SSE

3

1
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.92km ESE

1

1
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 6.95km NNE

8

1
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.06km SE

3
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 7.06km SSW

24

2

2
Ringmoor Down Reave

7.13km SW

1
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.15km SSW

20

3

1
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.18km NNE

26

7

1
Aller Brook

Cist • 7.18km ENE

1

1
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 7.18km E

11

1

3
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.19km SSW

17

3

1
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 7.21km SSW
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.22km WNW

8

1

1
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 7.28km E

1

1
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.28km ESE

2

1
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.3km N

1
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.32km ENE

6
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 7.33km E

6

1
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 7.43km SSW

7
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 7.54km S

2
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 7.55km ENE

1
Vixen Tor

Cist • 7.56km W

14

4

1
Stennen Hill

Cist • 7.61km N

9

1
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.72km WNW

8
Dendles Waste

Cist • 7.73km SSE

1

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 7.83km NNE

3
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 7.84km ESE

9

1

1
Penn Beacon South

7.93km S

3
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 7.96km ENE

9

1
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 7.98km SSE

1

1
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.98km N

8

1

1
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 8.13km SW

11

1
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.13km NE

3

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.16km ENE

20

1

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.17km NNE

43

2
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 8.18km SSW

1

1
Crow Tor

Cist • 8.2km NNW

2

1
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.29km SE

4

2

1
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.3km SW

2
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 8.33km NE

5
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 8.34km SE

4

2
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.36km SE

6

1
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 8.37km SSE

1

1
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 8.37km SE

5
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.39km S

1

2
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.43km N

16

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 8.43km W

1

2
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.47km SE

40

1

6

2
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.47km E

1
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 8.53km NNE

4

1

1
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 8.55km E

2
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.58km ESE

9

1
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.6km SSW

3

1
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 8.66km SE

5

2

1
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.67km SW

9

1
Saddlesborough

8.7km SW
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 8.73km ENE

33

1
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 8.76km E

8

1

1
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.76km SW

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.76km SW

19

3
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.82km WNW

1

1
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 8.83km SW

5

2
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 8.9km SE

3

2

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 8.94km NW

1
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 8.94km NNE

1

1

2
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.97km ENE

1
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 9.13km SE

10
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 9.16km WNW

4

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 9.19km WNW

3
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 9.25km WNW

18

1

4
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.25km SW

4

4
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.26km NNW

13

2
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 9.27km E

13

1

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 9.3km WNW

1
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.34km ESE
Chittaford Down

Cist • 9.45km NNE

9

2
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 9.54km NNE

8

2
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 9.56km WNW

2

1
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 9.6km SE

5

1
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.66km SSW

11

1
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.67km SE

8

2
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 9.74km SW

9
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.82km NNE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 9.82km NNE

16

2
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 9.99km E

2

1
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.12km NE

3

1
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.13km WNW

10

1
White Tor East

Cist • 10.2km WNW

6

1
Piles Hill stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.23km SE

3

1
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.38km E

5

1
White Tor Settlement

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

17
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.45km N

2

1
Piles Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.54km SE

8

2
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 10.63km NE

23

8

2
Burford Down cairn and cist

Cairn(s) • 10.69km SE

8

1
Burford Down

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.72km SE

18

5
Piles Hill longstone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.76km SE

12

2
Corringdon Ball Stone Row

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 10.77km ESE

15

1
Harford Moor

Cist • 10.87km SE

15

2
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 10.91km ESE

14

1
Glasscombe Corner

Stone Row / Alignment • 11km SE

11

2
Glasscombe Ball North

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.12km SE

1
Glasscombe Ball

Cairn(s) • 11.16km SE

3

2
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 11.41km SE

3

1
Butterdon stone row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.44km SE

16

1

3
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 11.54km NE

2
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 11.58km NNE

1

1
Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.75km SE

6

2
Butter Brook Ford

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.88km SE

5

1
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 11.9km SW

8

2
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 12.01km E

19

5

1
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

Round Cairn • 12.05km SE

3

1
Aish Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.08km ESE

2

2
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 12.13km ENE

1

1
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.2km SE

2

1
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.32km NNW

12

4
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 12.48km SSW

13

1
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.5km N

3
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.54km NNE

2
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 12.58km SE

4

2
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 12.6km N

14

1

1

1
Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.63km SE

21

2
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.67km NNE

1
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 12.71km WSW
Addicombe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.79km SE
Brent Hill

Hillfort • 13km ESE

1
Butterdon Hill Chambered Tomb

Chambered Tomb • 13.01km SE

8

2
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 13.08km N

63

4

11

3
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 13.3km NE

19

2
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.33km NNE

33

3
Cuckoo Ball

Chambered Tomb • 13.34km SE

13

2
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 13.48km ENE

11
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.55km ENE

1
Blackslade Down

Cist • 13.64km ENE

7

1
Western Beacon

Cairn(s) • 13.65km SE

19

5
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.68km NNE

17

1

2

1
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 13.68km NE

13

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.76km NNE

3
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 13.91km NE

6
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 14.03km NNE

2
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

14.07km NE

49

8

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.12km ENE

9
Cantrell Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.19km SE

3

2
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 14.22km ENE

7
Fernworthy Round House

14.23km NNE

19

1
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 14.41km NE

10

1
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.48km NNE

17

1
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 14.49km NNE

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.5km NNE

7

2
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 14.51km NNE

54

6

2
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 14.52km ENE

1

1
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 14.54km NNE

5

2
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 14.55km NE

6
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 14.59km ENE

7

2

2
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.69km NNE

15

1

3

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.72km NE

14

1
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.74km NNE

1

1
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 14.79km ENE

22

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.89km NNE

12

2
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 14.97km NE

8

1
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 15.09km N

1

6

1
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 15.12km NNE

12

1
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 15.26km NE

12
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.28km NNE

3
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 15.44km ENE

3
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 15.56km ENE

8
Doe Tor

Cist • 15.74km NW

5

1
Hound Tor

Cist • 15.74km NE

24

2
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 16.27km NNE

62

1

7

1
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 16.34km ENE

1

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 16.46km NNE

2

1
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 16.76km NE

11

5
Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.89km WNW

22

7
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 17km NW

10

1

1
Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s) • 17.02km W

2
Tolmen Stone

Holed Stone • 17.36km N

4
Kes Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.38km NNE

6

1
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.45km ENE

15

1
Gallows Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 17.57km WNW

1

1
Scorhill

Stone Circle • 17.62km N

69

3

12
Black Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.12km ENE

9

2
Great Nodden

Cairn(s) • 18.4km NW

4
Buttern Hill

18.54km N

1

1
Buttern Hill Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 18.56km N

28

4
Throwleigh (b) circle

Stone Circle • 18.61km N

1
Fordsland Ledge

Cairn(s) • 18.69km NNW

18

4
Buttern Hill Chambered Cairn.

Chambered Cairn • 18.73km N

8

2
Puggie Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 18.96km NNE

1
High Willhays

Cairn(s) • 19.21km NNW

11

3
White Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 19.37km N

35

1

11
Corn Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 19.47km NW

19

1

1

1
Hunter’s Tor

Hillfort • 19.53km NE

10

1
Sharpitor Nutcrackers

Rocking Stone • 19.8km NE

1
Yes Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.95km NNW

23

2

1