Halstock Down Cairnfield Master
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5959 9214
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV58789
Alternate name: Halstock Down
Short Name: CN:Halstock M
Exist: Yes
Record: Duplicate
Record Source: HER
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Maybe
Lidar: SX 5959 9214
Guide Map: 1
Nearest Bus Stop: Okehampton Railway Station (3.0 km) [Route: 118,306,6A]
Nearby sites: SX 5959 9214
Notes
HER: A cluster of 34 small clearance cairns and fragments of an apparently contemporary field system lie on the western flank of Halstock Down adjacent to the military ring road. The cairns vary in size from 1.7 metres to 6.9 metres in diameter and stand between 0.25 and 0.6 metres high. The majority (25) of these features are sub-circular, the remainder being definitely ovoid or linear in plan. One example is square. Bank fragments are now thought to be from the later prehistoric or even historic period and may not indicate fieldsReferences
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.
- Fleming, Andrew, The cairn fields of north-west Dartmoor , D.A.S.P. No.38 pp.9-12 (1980)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Okehampton Training Area, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2014)