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Dartmoor Site: Shavercombe Head (9+ cairns) Reported Cairn

Shavercombe Head (9+ cairns) Reported Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 6065 6490
OS Source: Constructed
Alternate name: Shavercombe Head (9+ cairns)
Short Name: CNxShavercom2
Butler map: 50.3
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 10-15.0 x 0.5-1.0
Lidar: SX 6065 6490
Nearby sites: SX 6065 6490

Notes

Nine circular mounds on high ground at Shavercombe Head. Each of these mounds looks like a barrow, but each is composed solely of peat and there are many other mounds in the vicinity suggesting that there is some form of natural or other agency causing this phenomena.

References

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