Sharpitor E.3 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5629 7045
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV51501
Alternate name: Sharpitor E.3
Short Name: CN:Sharpitor3
Butler map: 45.3.3
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 4.5 x 0.8
Lidar: SX 5629 7045
Nearby sites: SX 5629 7045
Notes
Northern cairn of a group of four cairns on Walkhampton Common. Measures 4.5 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.8 metres high. A number of retaining stones are visible around the north eastern perimeter of the mound, indicating the presence of a kerb, which survives largely as a buried feature. This is one of Butler's group of 4 cairns Sharpitor E.1-4. The NMR entry is duplicated at 964151.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)