Huntingdon Barrow Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 66217 66912
OS Source: Google
Butler OS: SX66206690
HER: MDV5235
Megalithic Portal: 45571
Alternate name: Heap of Sinners
Short Name: CN:Huntingdon
Butler map: 58.14
Grinsell: LYDFORD 103
DPD page: 87
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 65
Dimensions (m): 24.0 x 2.5
Lidar: SX 66217 66912
Guide Map: 45
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmeet Badgers Holt (8.3 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 66217 66912
Notes
HER: 'Huntingdon Barrow' or 'Heap of Sinners' cairn north of Huntingdon Warren. A large cairn measuring 22 metres in diameter with an average height of 1.4 metres. It is constructed of large boulders but has been mutilated by the erection of marker cairns and shelters on itReferences
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.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Lethbridge, William D., Discover Preshistoric Dartmoor, (2015)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 65, T.D.A. Vol.78 p.49 (1946)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)