Broad Hole S. Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5915 7824
OS Source: NMR
Butler OS: SX59107824
HER: MDV49705
Alternate name: Broad Hole S.
Short Name: CN:BroadHole S
Butler map: 29.14
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: Maybe
Cist Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 7.0 x 0.8
Lidar: SX 5915 7824
Guide Map: 25
Nearest Bus Stop: Two Bridges Hotel (4.8 km) [Route: 98,171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 5915 7824
Notes
HER has this listed as a hut circle. Butler describes as a cairn and NMR suggests possible capstone of a cist. Butler OS SX 5910 7824. NMR OS SX 5915 7824NMR account on HER: SX 59157824. The cairn. Its dimensions are 7.2 metres (north-south) by 7.0 metres and 0.5 metres high. A small hollow, 1.0 metres (north-south) by 0.8 metres and 0.3 metres deep, lies slightly north of centre. A massive slab is situated on the western edge of the cairn; it may represent a displaced capstone though there is no evidence of a cist in the hollow. There is no trace of a kerb
The NGR given by Butler is around 50m to the west.
References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area (2018), Southwest Landscape Investigations (2018)