West Vitifer (Cairn(s)) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of West Vitifer (Cairn(s)) by Lubin

One of the stones of the kist in the cairn. This cairn has been excavated and an urn with barbed wire markings was found inside the kist . This is now in the Plymouth Museum. The cairn was put back as it was when the excavation was finished.
It is at SX675827.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©

Lubin Sep 11, 2005

Image of West Vitifer (Cairn(s)) by Lubin

This cairn on Chagford Common takes it’s name from the nearby West Vitifer Mine.

Image credit: Peter Castle. ©

Lubin Sep 11, 2005

Sites within 20km of West Vitifer

Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 0.28km SW

3
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 0.36km SSW

17

1

2

1
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 1.08km NW

1

1
Chagford Common

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.31km N

3
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.36km WNW

17

1
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 1.4km WSW

33

3
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.43km S

1
Fernworthy Round House

1.44km W

19

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.48km NW

12

2
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 1.55km S

2
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 1.55km ESE

13

1
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 1.79km NW

12

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.94km E

14

1
Shapley Common

Platform Cairn • 2.19km ENE

12
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 2.28km ESE

19

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 2.36km WNW

5

2
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 2.43km WNW

2

1

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.44km WNW

7

2
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 2.46km WNW

54

6

2
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 2.51km E

6
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.56km WNW

15

1

3

1
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 2.7km SW

1

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 3.1km SSE

2
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

3.15km ESE

49

8

1
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 3.3km E

10

1
Shovel Down & The Long Stone

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 3.42km NW

62

1

7

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 3.55km ESE

6
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.59km WSW

3
The Greywethers

Stone Circle • 3.61km W

63

4

11

3
King’s Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 3.63km E

8

1
Shovel Down

Stone Circle • 3.66km NW

2

1
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 4.09km SSE

23

8

2
Kes Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.22km NW

6

1
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 4.49km WSW

14

1

1

1
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 4.68km SW

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 4.68km SW

16

2
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 4.7km SSE

3

1
Tolmen Stone

Holed Stone • 4.83km NW

4
Chittaford Cairn and Cist

Cist • 4.99km SW

8

2
Puggie Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 5.1km N

1
Chittaford Down

Cist • 5.1km SW

9

2
Scorhill

Stone Circle • 5.1km NW

69

3

12
Archerton, Newtake

Ring Cairn • 5.36km SW

1

1

2
Kraps Ring

Enclosure • 5.54km SW

4

1

1
Lakehead Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.87km SSW

43

2
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 5.99km WSW

2

1
Buttern Hill Chambered Cairn.

Chambered Cairn • 6.1km NW

8

2
Buttern Hill

6.14km NW

1

1
Rowtor Bog Cairns

Cairn(s) • 6.3km SW

16

1
Buttern Hill Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 6.35km NW

28

4
Riddon Ridge Field Systems

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.35km S

3

1
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 6.39km W

1

6

1
Throwleigh (b) circle

Stone Circle • 6.48km NW

1
Arch Tor (South-West)

Round Cairn • 6.5km SW

3
Meacombe Burial Chamber

Burial Chamber • 6.51km NE

10

4
Riddon Ridge

Round Cairn • 6.54km S

5
Bellever

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.88km SSW

26

7

1
Stennen Hill

Cist • 6.99km SW

9

1
Bowerman’s Nose

Natural Rock Feature • 7.06km E

11

5
Bellever Tor West

Cist • 7.09km SSW

8

1
White Tor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.1km SW

8

1

1
Laughter Tor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.55km SSW

7

4
Cut Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 7.57km WSW

12

4
Hound Tor

Cist • 7.66km E

24

2
Black Newtake

Cairn circle • 7.71km SSW

9

1
White Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 8.01km NW

35

1

11
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 8.01km SE

1

1
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.07km SSE

1
Crow Tor

Cist • 8.09km WSW

2

1
Littaford Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.1km SW

1
Beardown Man

Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.46km WSW

13

2
The Spinsters’ Rock

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 8.48km NNE

40

10

1
Wistman’s Wood

8.48km SW

2

2
Corndon Tor

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 8.54km SSE

33

1
Dunnabridge Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.59km SSW

4

2
Hunter’s Tor

Hillfort • 8.63km E

10

1
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 8.67km ESE

7
Yar Tor summit cairn

Cairn(s) • 8.77km SSE

9

1
Yar Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 8.81km SSE

20

1

1
Cranbrook Castle

Hillfort • 8.89km NE

11

1
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 8.93km ESE

1
White Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.18km NW

20

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.22km ESE

9
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 9.23km ESE

7

2

2
Blackslade Down

Cist • 9.29km ESE

7

1
Yar Tor Hut Circle

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.29km SSE

6
Coffin Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 9.39km SSE

1
Black Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.45km E

15

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 9.48km ESE

11
Cosdon Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.54km NW

32

5

1
Conies Down

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 9.57km WSW

1
Cosdon Beacon

Cairn(s) • 9.61km NW

4
Black Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 9.72km E

9

2
Sharpitor Nutcrackers

Rocking Stone • 9.74km E

1
Haytor Rock

Rocky Outcrop • 9.96km ESE

1

1
Rippon Tor

Cairn(s) • 10.02km ESE

22

1
Sherberton Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 10.15km SSW

26

4

1
Giant’s Grave (Dartmoor)

Long Barrow • 10.17km ENE

13

1

2
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 10.19km ESE

1

1
Mardon Down Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 10.21km ENE

25

4
Prestonbury Castle

Hillfort • 10.23km NE

16

1
Mardon Down Cairns

Cairn(s) • 10.3km ENE

10

2
Long Plantation

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 10.41km SW

1

1

1

1
Mardon Down Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 10.44km ENE

25

3
Round Hill

Cairn(s) • 10.46km SW

8
Swincombe Ford Newtake

Cairn(s) • 10.65km SSW

2
Down Ridge

Stone Circle • 10.69km S

12

2
Higher Tor

Round Cairn • 10.74km WNW

7
Mardon Down

10.75km ENE

1
Blakey Tor

Cist • 10.89km SW

5

1
Horridge Common

Round Barrow(s) • 10.97km ESE

3
Oxenham Arms

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.05km NNW

4

1

2

1
Aller Brook

Cist • 11.09km SSE

1

1
Horridge Common

Round Cairn • 11.22km ESE

8
Wooston Castle

Hillfort • 11.39km NE

13

1

1
Fordsland Ledge

Cairn(s) • 11.41km W

18

4
Pecked Circle

Stone Circle • 11.41km SSW

1
Cullever Steps

Cairn circle • 11.43km WNW

6
The Crock of Gold Cist

Cairn(s) • 11.45km SSW

4

1

3
Joan Ford’s Newtake

Cist • 11.46km SSW

3

1
Holne Moor Triple Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 11.59km SSE

2
High Willhays

Cairn(s) • 11.6km WNW

11

3
Holne Moor

Cist • 11.63km S

1

2
Royal Hill

11.77km SSW
Nine Stones

Cairn(s) • 11.88km WNW

27

1

5

1
Royal Hill Cist

Cist • 11.93km SSW

24
Watchet Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.99km NW

6
Yes Tor

Cairn(s) • 12.07km WNW

23

2

1
Broken Barrow

Round Cairn • 12.16km SSW

10

1
Skir Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.23km S

1
Ter Hill

Cist • 12.5km SSW

2

1
Langstone Moor

Cairn(s) • 12.57km WSW

4

1
Langstone Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 12.59km WSW

18

1

4
Bude Farm Sticklepath

Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.77km NW

1
Langstone Moor

Enclosure • 12.85km WSW

3
Ryder’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.89km S

2

1
Langstone Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 13.05km WSW

10

1
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 13.09km W

10

1

1
Longstone Hill

Cairn(s) • 13.14km WNW

5

1
Doe Tor

Cist • 13.32km W

5

1
Little Mis Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.38km WSW

8
Childe’s Tomb

Cist • 13.39km SSW

5

2
East Hill

Hillfort • 13.41km WNW

11

1
White Tor East

Cist • 13.49km WSW

6

1
Devil’s Gully Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.57km SW

8
Roos Tor Northeast

Cairn(s) • 13.58km WSW

1
Goldsmith’s Cross/Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 13.76km SSW

4

1
White Tor Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.78km WSW

17
Corn Ridge

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.82km W

19

1

1

1
Yellowmeade

Cist • 13.91km SW

2

1
Mardle Valley

Cairn(s) • 13.99km SSE

1

1
Fox Tor Mire

Cist • 14.03km SSW

1

1
The Plague Market At Merrivale

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 14.38km SW

105

19

1
Merrivale Bridge Settlement

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

8

1

1
Great Nodden

Cairn(s) • 14.47km W

4
Sourton Tors Circle

Stone Circle • 14.5km W

3

1
Great Western Reave

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.54km WSW

1

1
Merrivale Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 14.61km SW

39

3
Yes Tor Bottom

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.62km SW

1

1
Hart Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 14.7km SW

45

1

3
Black Tor

Rocking Stone • 14.83km SW

8

1
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 15.07km SE

19

5

1
Raddick Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.25km SW

17
Stall Moor Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.39km S

12

2
Pupers Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.39km SSE

11

1

3
Black Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 15.42km SW

17
Hucken Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 15.49km SW

1

1
Narrator Brook Head cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.62km SSW

10

1
Narrator Brook Head enclosure

Enclosure • 15.65km SSW

9

2
Vixen Tor

Cist • 15.69km SW

14

4

1
Ingra Tor

Cist • 15.82km SW

1

1
Heap of Sinners

Cairn(s) • 15.84km S

11

1

2
Cox Tor

Cairn(s) • 15.88km WSW

2

1
Great Gnat’s Head

Cairn(s) • 15.91km SSW

2

1

1
Eylesbarrow

Cairn(s) • 16km SSW

15

3
Down Tor NW

Round Cairn • 16.02km SSW

1
Down Tor

Stone Row / Alignment • 16.03km SSW

69

1

7

1
Hingston Hill North

Cist • 16.06km SW

3
Leeden Tor South

Cist • 16.24km SW

1

1
Barn Hill / Whitchurch Down

Cist • 16.35km WSW

1

2
Snowdon

Cairn(s) • 16.4km S

6

1
Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.43km S

1

1
Gallows Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 16.43km W

1

1
Down Tor South

Cist • 16.48km SW

2

1
Calveslake Tor

Cairn(s) • 16.59km SSW

2

1
Biller’s Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.61km S

2

1
Cuckoo Rock

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.62km SSW

2

1
Sharpitor Cist

Cist • 16.69km SW

3

2
Dean Moor

Cairn(s) • 16.7km SSE

8

1

1
Sharpitor cairns

Cairn(s) • 16.72km SW

16

2
Buckland Ford Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 16.74km S

10
Sharpitor

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 16.87km SW

10

5
Brockhill Enclosed Settlements

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.96km SSE

1
Plym Steps

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.98km SSW

10
Plym Steps Round Cairn

Round Cairn • 17.03km SSW

5
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 17.09km SSE

2
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 17.22km SSE

13

1

1
Higher Hartor Tor

Round Cairn • 17.24km SSW

3

1
Langcombe Brook / Deadman’s Bottom

Cairn(s) • 17.27km SSW

35

1
Leather Tor South

Cist • 17.28km SW

2
Brockhill Foot West

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

9

1
Horseyeatt

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.29km SW

4

1
Ditsworthy Warren

Cist • 17.31km SSW

7

1
Eylesbarrow South West

Cist • 17.33km SSW

9

2
Outcombe

Cist • 17.36km SSW

1

1
Erme Pound

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.4km S

4

1
Western White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 17.42km S

9

3
Peek Hill

Ring Cairn • 17.44km SW

1

1
Grim’s Grave

Ring Cairn • 17.46km SSW

14

1
Eastern White Barrow

Cairn(s) • 17.61km S

9

1

1
Drizzlecombe Megalithic Complex

Complex • 17.65km SSW

116

8

1
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 17.67km SSE

2

1
Yellowmead SE cairn

Cairn(s) • 17.8km SSW

3

2
Harbourne Head

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.81km SSE

5

1
Hook Lake

Enclosure • 17.86km S

4

1
Higher Bury Camp

Hillfort • 17.86km NE

1
Yellowmead Multiple Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 17.92km SSW

52

3

11

3
Hook Lake

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.93km S

3

1
Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.98km SSW

8

1
Erme Plains

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.2km S

1
Stall Moor Cairn

Cairn(s) • 18.23km S

5

2
Burley Camp

Hillfort • 18.37km W

1

1
Rider’s Rings

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.39km SSE
Gutter Tor

Natural Rock Feature • 18.51km SSW

2
Gutter Tor cairns

Cairn(s) • 18.61km SSW

6
Gutter Tor Cist

Cist • 18.7km SSW

12

1
Stall Moor Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 18.71km S

15

6

1
Gutter Tor settlement

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

3
St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well • 18.89km SW

2

2
Hen Tor North / Shavercombe Brook

Cairn(s) • 18.89km SSW

7

1
Blatchford Bottom settlements

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

3
Bow Henge

Henge • 19.16km N

1
Ditsworthy Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 19.3km SSW

1

1
Chudleigh Rocks

Cave / Rock Shelter • 19.37km E

2

4
Willings Wall Warren

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.41km SSW

3
Cotley Castle

Hillfort • 19.63km ENE
Ringmoor Down cairns

Cairn(s) • 19.66km SSW

3
Willings Walls Warren cist

Cist • 19.79km SSW

2
Ranny Brook

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.86km S

3

1
Legis Tor Cist

Cist • 19.92km SSW

5

1
Denbury

Hillfort • 19.97km ESE

5

1

3

1
Denbury Hillfort round barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 19.97km ESE

4

2