White Barrow Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 56852 79309
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX56857930
HER: MDV4214
Alternate name: White Barrow
Short Name: CN:WhiteBarrow
Butler map: 30.13
Grinsell: LYDFORD 31
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 21.0 x 1.7
Lidar: SX 56852 79309
Guide Map: 24
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (6.0 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 56852 79309
Notes
HER: A turf-covered round cairn situated immediately next to the Lichway on the crest of a ridge between Cocks Hill and Lynch Tor. The cairn mound measures 19.7 metres in diameter and stands up to 1.4 metres high on the north side and 0.7 metres high on the south. A shallow hollow in the centre of the mound suggests partial early excavation or robbing. The outer edges of the mound survive as a buried feature below deep peat deposits.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)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2018)