Tor cairn

Cox Tor rises prominently above the western moor, and its summit holds evidence of Bronze Age activity spanning both burial and domestic life. A cairn forming part of a larger round cairn cemetery sits here alongside a stone hut circle, suggesting this hilltop was valued for settlement, ritual, and the dead across generations. These monuments sit within Dartmoor's rich archaeology, part of the landscape of upland use that shaped the moor over millennia.

Today the site remains as scattered stone, exposed to the elements as it has been for thousands of years. A visit rewards walkers and those interested in how Bronze Age communities used Dartmoor's high ground, choosing this visible summit for both practical settlement and ceremonial purposes. The remains speak to continuity and the layering of human activity across the same places on the moor.

Historic England listed designation: Tor cairn forming part of a round cairn cemetery, and a stone hut circle on the summit of Cox Tor