Heathfield 2 Reported Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 4567 7963
OS Source: Grinsell
HER: MDV3835
Alternate name: Heathfield 2
Short Name: CN:Heathfld 2
Grinsell: LAMERTON 2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 23 x 1.0
Lidar: SX 4567 7963
Guide Map: 22
Nearby sites: SX 4567 7963
Notes
Grinsell: Barrow with flattish top situated in rough pasture. Possibly ditched. 23 metres diameter, 1.0 metres high. HER: Bowl barrow situated on a prominent upland ridge, part of a round barrow cemetery, the other components of which lie to the west, east and southeast. The barrow also straddles a parish boundary. Circular flat-topped mound whch measured 24.9 metres in diameter and up to 1.0 metres high. The surrounding quarry ditch from which material to construct the mound was derived is visible to the north, east and west where is measures up to 4.1 metres wide and 0.1 metres deep. Some possible slight traces of ridge and furrow representing medieval farming practice are evident across the mound and in the surrounding heath.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.
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)