Venford Brook W.2 Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 6813 7146
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX68137146
HER: MDV130254
Alternate name: Venford Brook W.2
Short Name: CNxVenford W2
Butler map: 60.8.2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Dimensions (m): c.3.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 6813 7146
Guide Map: 40
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (2.6 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 6813 7146
Notes
HER: Four clearance cairns of medieval or later date, one previously recorded as SX 67 SE 113, lie on the crest of the ridge overlooking the W side of Venford Reservoir. All these features have diameters of around 2.5m and remain up to 0.8m high. They lie within an area of the former Dartmeet parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 95) which was heavily disturbed by agrarian activity in the historic period. There is no evidence in the form of cists or kerbs to suggest that these were once prehistoric sepulchral monuments.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)
- Newman, Phil; Probert, S. A. J, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (1997)