Butterdon Hill Summit 6 Cairn
Photo taken on 30-03-2019
Database entries
OS Map: SX 65533 58671
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV2915
Alternate name: Butterdon Hill Summit 6
Short Name: CN Butterdon16
Butler map: 53.9.6
Grinsell: HARFORD 18
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 25.0 x 3.5
Lidar: SX 65533 58671
Nearby sites: SX 65533 58671
Notes
Large cairn. "One of a group of four cairns on Butterdon Hill. Badly damaged, especially around the perimeter. Cairn consists of a mound of stone, earth and turf base, possibly with a berm and ditch. Diameter 25 metres, height approximately 2.5 metres"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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Hankin, C. F., Archaeological checklist of Ugborough parish, D.A.S.P. No.33 (1975)