Holne Lee 5 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 68495 69805
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX68496980
HER: MDV5198
Alternate name: Holne Lee 5
Short Name: CN:Holne Lee 5
Butler map: 58.11.5
Grinsell: HOLNE 16
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 18.0 x 1.0
Lidar: SX 68495 69805
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (4.0 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 68495 69805
Notes
HER: One of two cairns of probable Bronze Age date on Holne Lee. Cairn has an overall diameter of 18.5m and is constructed of small boulders and comprises a central mound, 12.8m diameter, 0.9m high, which has been extensively disturbed. It is immediately surrounded by a ring, 2.9m thick and 0.5m high resulting in a cairn of embankment bowl type.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)
- Newman, Phil; Probert, S. A. J, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (1997)