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Dartmoor Site: Stannon Bottom Cairn

Stannon Bottom Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 6539 8060
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV6677
Alternate name: Stannon Bottom
Short Name: CN?Stannon B1
Grinsell: LYDFORD 30a
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Hut Class: Maybe
Cairn Class: Maybe
Dimensions (m): 10 x 0.15
Lidar: SX 6539 8060
Nearby sites: SX 6539 8060

Notes

Three cairns noted on the edge of a hut circle settlement on Merripit Hill. Unclear whether these are ritual or clearance cairns as they may have been hut circles that have been covered with loose stone.

References

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