Buckland Ridge (S) Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Database entries
OS Map: SX 7357 7324
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV30630
Megalithic Portal: 45827
Alternate name: Buckland Common 5
Short Name: RC:BucklandRid
Butler map: 10.9
Turner: A13
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 19.0
Lidar: SX 7357 7324
Guide Map: 41
Nearest Bus Stop: Poundsgate Tavistock Inn (4.3 km) [Route: 172]
Nearby sites: SX 7357 7324
Notes
Linear arrangement of mounds incorporated into boundary. Could be prehistoric cairns. Turner A13. No NMR record. "Robbed cairn. Stone ring is 13m inside diameter bank 1.80m wide and 50cms high, much of the bank on the eastern side has been destroyed. The central area has been disturbed, modern stone wall running north to south through the eastern section of the stone ring."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.1: The East, (1991)
- Newman, Phil, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2015)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)