Mardle Embanked Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 15-07-2016
Database entries
OS Map: SX 67526 69359
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV5308
Megalithic Portal: 3374
Alternate name: Mardle Valley 1
Short Name: CC Mardle
Butler map: 58.12.1
Turner: B11
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 12.0 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 67526 69359
Nearby sites: SX 67526 69359
Notes
Embanked stone circle; an annular bank of earth and/or stone with an inner edge of orthostats. Much disturbed. Internal diam 6.5m with bank 1.2m wide and 0.4m high (turner). This cairn has a very interesting structure appearing to be multiple circles of stones similar to the cairns at Corringdon Ball. This structure is difficult to capture in a photograph as the stones are small and the site much disturbed.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)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)