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Dartmoor Site: Grey Wethers E.1 Cairn

Grey Wethers E.1 Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 6411 8321
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV6806
Alternate name: Grey Wethers E.1
Short Name: CN:Grey Weth 1
Butler map: 35.16
Grinsell: LYDFORD 16
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 5.0 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 6411 8321
Nearby sites: SX 6411 8321

Notes

"A barrow is situated 274m e of grey wethers. Excavations in 1897/8 exposed a pit containing a little charcoal (baring-gould)." Fifth Report of the dartmoor Exploraion Committee

References

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