Whittenknowles Rocks Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 58712 67167
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX58706715
HER: MDV66369
Alternate name: Whittenknowles Rocks
Short Name: CN:Whittenkn1
Butler map: 49.11
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 3.0 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 58712 67167
Guide Map: 48
Nearest Bus Stop: Meavy Primary School (5.6 km) [Route: 56]
Nearby sites: SX 58712 67167
Notes
The cairn survives as a 4m diameter mound standing up to 0.6m high. Stones protruding around the western and southern edges of the mound may represent a kerb which survives elsewhere as a buried feature.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)