White Hill N Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Database entries
OS Map: SX 53443 83898
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX53448390
HER: MDV3211
Megalithic Portal: 45826
Alternate name: White Hill S.E.1
Short Name: RC:WhiteHiSE 1
Butler map: 32.22.9
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 9
Turner: A11
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 16.0 x 0.1
Lidar: SX 53443 83898
Guide Map: 15
Nearest Bus Stop: Dartmoor Inn (2.3 km) [Route: 118]
Nearby sites: SX 53443 83898
Notes
HER: Ring cairn of 16 metres diameter by 0.25 metres high north-east of White Hill. The interior has been heavily disturbed and there are a number of upcast mounds and depressions. A slit trench lies to the south of this cairn. Butler grid reference very close to the HER one.Turner: Stone ring 13.2m internal diameter, with bank 1m wide and 0.3m high.
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.2: The North, (1991)
- Fleming, Andrew, The cairn fields of north-west Dartmoor , D.A.S.P. No.38 pp.9-12 (1980)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 21, T.D.A. Vol.34 pp.104- 146 (1902)
- Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 10, T.D.A. Vol.20 (1888)