South Teignhead Platform Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 25-07-2015
Database entries
OS Map: SX 64084 82827
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV20908
Megalithic Portal: 45611
PMD: South Teignhead
Alternate name: South Teignhead
Short Name: PC S Teignhead
Butler map: 35.17
Butler Vol 5: p.157
Turner: E4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 14.0 x 0.5
Lidar: SX 64084 82827
Guide Map: 18
Nearest Bus Stop: Warren House Inn (5.1 km) [Route: 171]
Nearby sites: SX 64084 82827
Notes
Oval cairn measuring 12.0m x 8.0m. It is flat-topped apart from a slight hollow in the centre. It appears to have multiple concentric rings of spaced small stones set on edge, with at least six rings being visible on its north side. To the south-east some stones are set at right angles to the rings. Butler in Volume 5 p.157 refers to a 14 x 6 m long cairn on the southern slopes of White Ridge. Presumably he refers to this site.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.2: The North, (1991)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.5: The Second Millennium B.C., (1997)
- Robinson, Rosmary and Cosford, Judith, Dartmoor multiple stone circles, D.A.S.P. No.44 pp.166-170 (1986)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)