Snowdon 1 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 66898 68171
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX66886816
HER: MDV5221
Alternate name: Snowdon 1
Short Name: CN:Snowdon 1
Butler map: 58.10.1
Grinsell: WEST BUCKFASTLEIGH 4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 24.5 x 1.0
Lidar: SX 66898 68171
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (6.5 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 66898 68171
Notes
The most southerly of a line of four cairns. Visible on Google earth. HER: Cairn with a diameter of 23.3m and 1m high and is constructed of boulders, of all sizes and has been heavily disturbed, especially on its east side, where a modern marker cairn, 1.5 m high and 3m diameter has been erected Grinselll: Cairn, hollow towards centre, crowned by modern stone heap, measuring 24.0 meters in diameter, and 1.0 meter in height. Butler: Southernmost of four cairns on Snowdon, this is the largest and is composed of a loosely piled mass of medium-sized stones. There are traces of an outer rim surrounding the pitted and hollowed interior and the cairn may have originally been more structured as the tops of some vertically set slabs are visible within the body of the mound which seem to form part of an inner ring. One block 0.8 metres high which is particularly noticeable within the western side of the mound is likely to have originally have stood on the margin.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)
- Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)