Snowdon 3 Cairn
Photo taken on 02-10-2025
Database entries
OS Map: SX 66846 68395
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX66846839
HER: MDV5222
Alternate name: Snowdon 3
Short Name: CN:Snowdon 3
Butler map: 58.10.3
Grinsell: WEST BUCKFASTLEIGH 2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 13.5 x 1.2
Lidar: SX 66846 68395
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (6.2 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 66846 68395
Notes
One of a line of four cairns. Visible on Google Earth. HER: The remains of a cairn of 16 metres diameter and 1.1 metres high constructed of turf covered boulders. It is in good condition except for a small central disturbance and a modern marker cairn, 0.8 m high and 1 m diameter. Butler: This cairn retains its shape better than the others, with fewer stones exposed and more shallow pitting.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)