White Tor East (Cist) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of White Tor East (Cist) by GLADMAN

Quite a substantial cist, as the trekking pole shows.....

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Apr 26, 2014

Image of White Tor East (Cist) by GLADMAN

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Apr 26, 2014

Image of White Tor East (Cist) by GLADMAN

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Apr 26, 2014

Image of White Tor East (Cist) by GLADMAN

White Tor’s prehistoric enclosure rises beyond... the final stop on the way back to the car.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Apr 26, 2014

Image of White Tor East (Cist) by GLADMAN

Anywhere else but Dartmoor it would be a massive surprise to find this where marked as ‘cairns’ on my map....

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN Apr 26, 2014

Image of White Tor East (Cist) by Lubin

The kist at White Tor East

Image credit: Peter Castle ©

Lubin Mar 13, 2005

Articles

White Tor East

Cist

Lubin Mar 13, 2005

The kist here is easy to find as it is on open moor just to the east of the Tor.It is well worth a visit as the tor itself has a prehistoric hill fort around the summit similar to the one at Minnions in Cornwall,around the Cheese Ring,called Stowe’s Pound.

Sites within 20km of White Tor East

White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 0.32km W

17
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 0.45km ENE

10

1
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 0.98km SE

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 1.08km E

3
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 1.17km E

18

1

4
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 1.24km E

4

1
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.12km S

1

1
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.54km SE

8
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 2.96km SSW

2

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.55km SSE

8

1

1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 3.89km SSE

105

19

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 4.02km ENE

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 4.06km SSE

39

3
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 4.3km SSW

1

2
Vixen Tor

Cist • 4.31km S

14

4

1
Yellowmeade

Cist • 4.53km SE

2

1
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 4.78km SSE

1

1
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 4.95km E

1

1

1

1
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 5.08km ENE

13

2
Crow Tor

Cist • 5.88km ENE

2

1
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.16km SE

1

1
Doe Tor

Cist • 6.2km NNW

5

1
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.54km E

1
Wistman’s Wood

6.65km E

2

2
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 6.68km NE

12

4
Ingra Tor

Cist • 6.7km SSE

1

1
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.28km E

8

1

1
Devil’s Gully Settlement

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

8
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 7.34km SE

8

1
Gallows Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 7.43km NW

1

1
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 7.5km ENE

2

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.55km SE

45

1

3
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.61km SE

17
Brent Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.71km W

22

7
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 7.72km E

8
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 7.8km N

10

1

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.9km SSE

4

1
Stennen Hill

Cist • 7.91km E

9

1
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 7.98km SSE

3

2
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 7.98km SSE

16

2
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 8km SSE

1

1
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 8.07km SSE

10

5
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 8.07km ENE

16

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 8.14km ESE

5

1
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 8.33km SE

17
Heathfield Beacons

Round Barrow(s) • 8.41km W

2
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 8.56km E

3
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 8.66km ESE

4

1

3
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 8.75km SSE

1

1
Great Nodden

Cairn(s) • 8.91km NNW

4
Chittaford Down

Cist • 9km ENE

9

2
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 9.08km ENE

8

2
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 9.17km ENE

1

1

2
Leather Tor South

Cist • 9.25km SSE

2
Royal Hill

9.26km ESE
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.33km ENE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 9.33km ENE

16

2
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 9.36km ENE

14

1

1

1
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 9.65km E

9

1
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 9.69km E

8

1
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 9.78km E

4

1

1
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 9.79km ESE

10

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.81km E

43

2
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 9.81km SE

3
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 9.83km ESE

24
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 9.87km NE

1

6

1
Down Tor South

Cist • 9.98km SE

2

1
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.05km ENE

3
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.09km E

26

7

1
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 10.11km SE

1
Burley Camp

Hillfort • 10.14km NW

1

1
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 10.17km SE

69

1

7

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 10.18km SE

9

2
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 10.2km ESE

1

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 10.23km SE

10

1
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 10.3km ENE

63

4

11

3
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 10.37km E

2
Corn Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.51km N

19

1

1

1
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 10.58km ESE

1
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.63km SE

2

1
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 10.67km ESE

3

1
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 10.72km E

26

4

1
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.74km E

4

2
Fordsland Ledge

Cairn(s) • 10.79km NNE

18

4
Outcombe

Cist • 10.9km SE

1

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 10.98km ESE

4

1
Sourton Tors Circle

Stone Circle • 10.99km NNW

3

1
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.01km E

7

4
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 11.03km ENE

1

1
Ter Hill

Cist • 11.09km ESE

2

1
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 11.09km SSE

2

2
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 11.17km SE

52

3

11

3
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 11.29km SE

3

2
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 11.3km SE

15

3
High Willhays

Cairn(s) • 11.35km NNE

11

3
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 11.37km ESE

5

2
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 11.5km SE

9

2
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 11.65km E

3

1
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 11.8km SSE

6
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 12.04km SE

7

1
Yes Tor

Cairn(s) • 12.07km NNE

23

2

1
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 12.12km SE

2
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.13km SE

8

1
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.14km ENE

33

3
Longstone Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.14km N

5

1
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 12.16km SE

12

1
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 12.17km ENE

54

6

2
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 12.17km ENE

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.17km ENE

7

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 12.26km ENE

5

2
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.27km ENE

15

1

3

1
Gutter Tor settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.28km SE

3
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 12.29km E

5
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 12.36km SE

3

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 12.37km SE

116

8

1
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.45km SSE

3
Plym Steps

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

10
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 12.58km SE

5
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 12.6km E

12

2
Fernworthy Round House

12.65km ENE

19

1
Ringmoor Kerbed Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 12.68km SSE

6
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 12.69km SE

2

1
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.72km ENE

2
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 12.76km ESE

2

1

1
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 12.78km E

3

1
Ringmoor Cairn Circle and Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 12.8km SSE

52

7

3
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.84km ENE

1
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 12.85km ENE

23

8

2
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.93km ENE

17

1
Ringmoor Down Cist

Cist • 13.03km SSE

3

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 13.09km ENE

2
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 13.11km ESE

1
Ringmoor Down Reave

13.12km SSE

1
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.2km SE

3
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.21km ENE

17

1

2

1
Brisworthy Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 13.22km SSE

57

1

8

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.24km ENE

3
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 13.26km SE

35

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.3km ENE

12

2
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 13.34km ENE

12

1
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 13.38km SSE

5

1
Wigford Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.39km S

2
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 13.4km SE

1

1
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.46km ENE

1

1
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 13.46km NE

62

1

7

1
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 13.49km ENE

2
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 13.53km NE

2

1
Wigford Down

Cairn(s) • 13.59km SSE

11

1
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 13.68km SE

7

1
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.77km E

6
Tolmen Stone

Holed Stone • 13.79km NE

4
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 13.85km SE

14

1
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 13.86km SE

2
Scorhill

Stone Circle • 13.93km NE

69

3

12
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 14.01km E

9

1
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.03km ESE

12

2
White Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 14.06km NE

35

1

11
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 14.09km E

1
Trowlesworthy Warren

Cist • 14.11km SSE

1

1
Holne Moor

Cist • 14.11km E

1

2
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.13km ENE

3
Throwleigh (b) circle

Stone Circle • 14.21km NE

1
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 14.22km ESE

2

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.25km E

20

1

1
Buttern Hill Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 14.26km NE

28

4
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 14.27km ENE

13

1
Higher Tor

Round Cairn • 14.29km NNE

7
Buttern Hill

14.4km NE

1

1
Kes Tor

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

6

1
Trowlesworthy

14.42km SSE
Little Trowlesworthy Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.42km SSE

2
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 14.43km ENE

19

2
Corndon Tor

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

1
Dewerstone Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.5km S

4

4
White Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.51km NE

20

1
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 14.6km E

33

1
Willings Walls Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.66km SE

1

1
Cullever Steps

Cairn circle • 14.7km NNE

6
Spanish Lake

Cist • 14.71km SE

1
Buttern Hill Chambered Cairn.

Chambered Cairn • 14.77km NE

8

2
Trowlesworthy Stone Row West

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.87km SSE

20

3

1
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.88km E

2
Aller Brook

Cist • 14.9km E

1

1
Trowlesworthy Warren

Stone Circle • 14.91km SSE

24

2

2
Trowlesworthy Stone Row East

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.99km SSE

17

3

1
Roborough Beacon

Enclosure • 15.01km S

8

2
Maristow Camp

Enclosure • 15.17km SSW
West Saddlesborough Cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.2km SSE

5

2
Shell Top South West

Enclosure • 15.2km S

9
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.2km ENE

14

1
West Saddlesborough Hut Circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.21km SSE

8

2
West Saddlesborough Stone Row & Cairn Circle

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.21km SSE

19

3
Saddlesborough settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.33km SSE

9

1
Saddlesborough summit cairns

Cairn(s) • 15.39km SSE

3

1
Saddlesborough

15.43km SSE
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 15.51km ENE

6
Emmets Post

Cairn(s) • 15.54km SSE

1

1
Tory Brookhead

Cairn(s) • 15.6km SE
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 15.61km ENE

12
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

15.62km ENE

49

8

1
Shell Top

Cairn(s) • 15.64km SE

3
Nine Stones

Cairn(s) • 15.64km NNE

27

1

5

1
Cosdon Beacon

Cairn(s) • 15.7km NE

4
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 15.76km ESE

4

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 15.76km ENE

6
Tory Brookhead

Enclosure • 15.77km SE

7
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 15.94km ENE

10

1
Watchet Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 16.04km NNE

6
Cosdon Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.27km NE

32

5

1
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 16.31km ESE

5

2
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.36km ESE

1
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 16.4km ESE

4

1
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.42km ESE

3

1
Castle Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.43km WSW
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 16.44km ESE

11

1

2
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 16.46km ESE

1

1
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 16.48km ENE

8

1
East Hill

Hillfort • 16.53km NNE

11

1
Penn Beacon

Cairn(s) • 16.55km SE

2
Puggie Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 16.57km NE

1
Collard Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.6km SSE

11

1
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.7km SE

3

1
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 16.73km ESE

15

6

1
Cholwich Town (destroyed)

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.74km SE

1

2
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 16.75km ESE

10
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 16.88km ESE

11

1

3
Penn Beacon South

16.93km SE

3
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.94km ESE

1

1
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 16.96km ESE

9

3
Hingston Down East

Round Barrow(s) • 17km WSW

1
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 17.17km E

1

1
Blatchford Bottom settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.17km ESE

3
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 17.29km ESE

6

1
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.29km ESE

2

1
Dendles Waste

Cist • 17.31km SE

1

1
Hingston Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.65km WSW

1

1
Coombebrook North East

Cairn(s) • 17.77km SE

1

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 17.96km ESE

9

1

1
Harrowthorn Plantation North

Cairn(s) • 18.13km SE

1

1
Bude Farm Sticklepath

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.18km NNE

1
Oxenham Arms

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.2km NE

4

1

2

1
Stalldown Cairns

Cairn(s) • 18.22km SE

6

1
Stalldown Stone Row cairns

Cairn(s) • 18.24km SE

4

2

1
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn NE

Cairn(s) • 18.3km SE

4

2
Stalldown cairn circle

Cairn circle • 18.31km SE

5
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.39km ESE

1
Stalldown Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.4km SE

40

1

6

2
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 18.48km ESE

2
Brockhill Foot West

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.56km ESE

9

1
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 18.57km ESE

8

1

1
Kit Hill

18.59km WSW

2

1
Hillson’s House

Cairn(s) • 18.69km SE

5

2

1
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.73km E

1
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S

Cairn(s) • 18.8km SE

3

2

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 18.98km E

11
Boringdon Camp

Hillfort • 18.98km SSE

13

1
Blackslade Down

Cist • 18.99km E

7

1
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.04km E

7
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 19.13km ESE

13

1

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.27km E

9
Three Barrows

Cairn(s) • 19.3km ESE

10
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.42km ESE
Hound Tor

Cist • 19.42km ENE

24

2
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 19.59km E

7

2

2
Stalldown South-East

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.61km SE

8

2
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 19.61km ENE

11

5
The Spinsters’ Rock

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 19.66km NE

40

10

1
Meacombe Burial Chamber

Burial Chamber • 19.67km ENE

10

4
Sharp Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.73km ESE

5

1
Dupath Rounds

Enclosure • 19.75km WSW

1

1
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 19.84km ESE

2

1