Sharpitor N.W. stone row Cairn
Photo taken on 17-05-2019
Database entries
OS Map: SX 55669 70611
OS Source: Garmin
Butler OS: SX55667061
HER: MDV14794
Alternate name: Sharpitor N.W. stone row
Short Name: CN Sharp NW
Butler map: 45.12
Grinsell: WALKHAMPTON 20
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 4.5 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 55669 70611
Guide Map: 38
Nearest Bus Stop: Walkhampton Memorial (3.2 km) [Route: 55,56]
Nearby sites: SX 55669 70611
Notes
HER: Small disturbed cairn at the south-western end of the double stone row north-west of Sharpitor. Diameter up to 5 metres and height 0.3 - 0.4 metres. Possible ditch around cairn detected during geophysical survey in 2021.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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Worth's Dartmoor, (1971)