Shell Top Platform Cairn Circle
Database entries
OS Map: SX 59766 63805
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV12905
Megalithic Portal: 45646
PMD: Shell Top
Alternate name: Shell Top Summit 1
Short Name: PC:ShellTopSu1
Butler map: 51.10.1
Grinsell: CORNWOOD 1
Turner: E53
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 16.0 x 2.0
Lidar: SX 59766 63805
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (3.2 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 59766 63805
Notes
Cairn 9.5m in diameter with boulder of tor. Butler Vol 3 map 51.10 p.174.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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)
- Fleming, A., Collis, J. & Jones, R., A late prehistoric reave system near Cholwich Town Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.31 (1973)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Rowe, Samuel, A Perambulation of Dartmoor (3rd Edition), (1896)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)