Gidleigh - South 2 Chambered Cairn
Photo taken on 06-02-2025
Database entries
OS Map: SX 65534 88378
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV20318
Alternate name: Buttern Hill 3
Short Name: NT Gidleigh S2
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 14 x 5.8 x 0.9
Lidar: SX 65534 88378
Guide Map: 8
Nearest Bus Stop (Minor): Wonson Telephone Box (2.9 km) [Route: 670]
Nearest Bus Stop (Major): Chagford The Square (4.6 km) [Route: 173,178,671]
Nearby sites: SX 65534 88378
Notes
HER quoting Turner: Possible chambered cairn recorded at SX 6554 8837 on Gidleigh Common. A simple chamber cairn with evidence of a chamber (two fallen large stones at south, south-west end). Although many large boulders still remain in position, cairn has obviously been heavily robbed for later enclosure lying to the north.Measurements: length 15.5m, width 3.5 to 5.5m, height 0.8m. This features differs from the other Gidleigh chamber tombs (North and South) as there is no evidence for a passage. It appears to be on the same axis and similar to the Corringdon ball example. Orientation south, south-west by north, north-east.
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.
- Gerrard, Sandy, English Heritage Book of Dartmoor: Landscapes Through Time, (1997)