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Dartmoor Site: Metheral Hill 1 Cairn

Metheral Hill 1 Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 62526 90085
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV60321
Alternate name: Metheral Hill 1
Short Name: CN:MetheralHi1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 8.0 x 0.9
Lidar: SX 62526 90085
Nearby sites: SX 62526 90085

Notes

The eastern of two round cairns on the north slope of Metheral Hill. This heather and grass-covered cairn measures 8.0 meters in diameter, height 0.9 meters and has not been robbed. There are a couple of stones protruding. This cairn lies 185.5 degrees from the eastern of the nearby boundary stones and 193.5 degrees from the western one. The second cairn is 280 degrees and 40.5 meters from this one.

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