Throwleigh Common 5 Clearance Cairn
Photo taken on 24-03-2025
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6554 9044
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX65549044
HER: MDV134156
Alternate name: Throwleigh Common 5
Short Name: CN?Throw 5
Butler map: 39.1.5
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Maybe
Dimensions (m): 7.5 x 0.5
Lidar: SX 6554 9044
Guide Map: 8
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Throwleigh Cross (1.8 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Ramsley (2.8 km) [Route: 670,671,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 6554 9044
Notes
HER reffering to Butler: Throwleigh Common cairn '5' of 7.4 metres diameter by 0.3 metres high. On the other side of the hill, out of sight of the settlement on Trowleigh Common but still within its boundaries, is a cairn cemetery which may well have been the burial ground for the hut dwellers. This southern cairn is located in a square field on the north side of the 'leat' to the west of the settlement.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, Throwleigh Common, Throwleigh, Devon. A 'Premier Archaeological Landscape' within Dartmoor National Park, English Heritage (2007)